Hair setting lotion

Claim 1

A hair setting lotion comprising the following ingredients (a) and (b): (a) 0.2-10.0 wt% of a hair setting polymer compound selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone, copolymers of vinyl pyrrolidone and vinyl acetate, terpolymers of vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl acetate and alkylaminoacrylates, lower alkyl esters of copolymers of methylvinyl ether and maleic anhydride, copolymers of vinyl acetate and crotonic acid copolymers of acrylic acid, arylic acid alkyl esters, acrylic acid alkyl esters, methacrylic alkylesters and acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid alkyl esters and acrylic acids methacrylic acid alkyl esters, methacrylic acid and acrylic acid alkyl esters, methacrylic acid and methacrylic acid alkyl esters and methacrylic acid, acrylic acid alkyl esters and methacrylic acid alkyl esters, copolymers of acrylic acid, acrylic acid alkyl esters and N-alkylacrylamides, amphoteric acrylic polymer compounds obtained by copolymerizing dialkylaminoethyl methacrylates, dialkylaminoethyl acrylates and diacetoneacrylamide and acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid alkyl esters and methacrylic acid alkyl esters and reacting the copolymers with acetic halides, and decomposition derivatives of keratin materials wherein the thiol groups of the decomposition derivative are at least one of ##STR4## and (b) a propylene oxide and ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol contained in an amount of 0.05-1.0 time the ingredient (a) on the weight basis and represented by the formula (I) RO--(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O)n(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O)--.sub.m H (I) in which R represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 8-20 carbon atoms, n is a value of 10-50, and m is a value of 3-20, the balance comprising a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, a lower alcohol and mixtures thereof.