| abstract |
A hair dye agent, a combination of the hair dye agent and a softener for dyeing hair and the method of using the combination are disclosed. The hair dye agent comprises a dye activator, a mordant, a stabilizer, water, and a carrier and/or an excipient. The dye activator is selected from gallic acids, the salts and the esters thereof and their combinations. The mordant is a ferrous salt selected from ferrous sulfate, ferrous chloride, ferrous nitrate, ferrous gluconate, ferrous lactate and ferrous fumarate. |