Hair-waving process

Claim 1

In a process for the permanent waving of hair in which, washed hair wound on a mandrel is subjected to the action of a reactive waving solution applied to the mandrel-wound hair, the waving solution having a pH of from 6.8 to 7.0 containing, for cleavage of the cystine bonds, glycerol monothioglycolate and the step of applying peroxide oxidizing agent to the mandrel-wound hair, after rinsing of the hair, to reform the cystine bonds, the improvement which comprises: (a) blotting the hair after cleavage of the cystine bonds to remove reactive waving solution from the hair leaving a remainder to maintain the level of cleaved cystine bonds; (b) applying to the blotted mandrel-wound hair a protein-flow solution and allowing the protein-flow solution to remain in contact with the hair for a period of time of from about 5 to about 10 minutes to induce protein flow in the hair to achieve a desired curl configuration, said protein-flow solution being an aqueous protein-flow solution having a pH from about 2 to about 10 and said protein-flow solution being an aqueous solution of magnesium sulfate present in concentration of about 1 to 10 percent by weight of solution of, and a water-soluble hydroxyorganic compound containing up to about 4 carbon atoms and at least one hydroxyl group present in a concentration of from 2 percent by weight up to 5 percent by weight of solution, and 0.5 to 6 percent by weight nonionic surfactant and thereafter; (c) rinsing the protein-flow solution from the mandrel-wound hair; and (d) applying the oxidizing agent to the mandrel-wound hair to reestablish the cystine bonds to fix the curl.