Hair Compositions With Aqueous Wax

US Patent No. 9,408,785 B2; L’Oréal has patented a method of shaping hair with a styling composition that contains an aqueous dispersion with at least one solid wax particle having a particle size ranging from about five microns to about 25 microns and comprising at least one wax chosen from beeswax, hydrogenated myristyl olive esters, hydrogenated stearyl olive esters, VP/eicosene copolymer, ditrimethyloylpropane tetrastearate and C30-45 alkyldimethylsilyl propylsilsesquioxane; a surfactant mixture comprising at least one nonionic surfactant chosen from PEG-30 glyceryl stearate, sorbitan palmitate and mixtures thereof; at least one cationic surfactant chosen from cetrimonium chloride, behentrimonium chloride, dipalmitoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate, distearoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate, and mixtures thereof; water; and an optional ingredient comprising at least one additional ingredient chosen from a wax having a melting point of 35°C or less, oils, emulsifying polymers, sunscreen agents, pigments/dyes, silicas, talc, clays and perfumes.

The patent includes heating the hair in order to melt the solid wax particle.