The disclosed subject matter is directed to a hairbrush. The hairbrush comprises a plurality of heating elements protruding from a face of the brush, the heating elements defining a hair treating area. The hairbrush further comprises a plurality of self-adjustable spacers projecting from at least some of the heating elements and configured for axial displacement relative to said at least some heating elements between a projecting position and a retracted position, wherein at the retracted position the at least some spacers are partially retracted into respective heating element maintaining a space between a tip of the heating elements and the scalp, and wherein the spacers are self-adjusting to the contour of a users' scalp.

Methods and apparatus include a hair iron having a ceramic heater between first and second arms movable relative to each other between open and closed positions. The ceramic heater has resistive traces that heat up hair during use upon being connected to a power source. On a side of the ceramic heater opposite the resistive traces, a layer of metal is formed to spread out during use the heat from the resistive traces. The metal may be formed as a single or multiple layers. The composition of the metal can be, representatively, pure or alloys of silver, copper, or aluminum with platinum or palladium. The shape of the metal varies as does its coverage on a surface area of the ceramic heater.

The present invention relates to a sol-gel coating of the surface of a household article comprising at least two decorations (a) and (b) arranged between or in its layers, (a) being a decoration comprising at least one thermochromic pigment composition in the form of particles consisting of a (Bi1-xAx)(V1-yMy)O4-type pigment and optionally additives, where: —x is equal to 0 or x is from 0.001 to 0.999; —y is equal to 0 or y is from 0.001 to 0.999; —A and M are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, a poor metal, a metalloid or a lanthanide; —A and M are different from each other; (b) being a decoration comprising a temperature-indicating pigment composition.

The present invention relates to a heated hair straightening brush (a “heated straightening brush”) as well as a heated hair straightening brush that also dries hair (a “heated straightening dryer brush”). As one non-limiting example, the invention relates to a heated straightening brush and/or a heated straightening dryer brush that has a slightly curved front to the brush head, which is heated, and where the exposed edges on the sides of the brush head, also heated, are curved to help style the hair. As an alternative non-limiting embodiment, the invention relates to a heated straightening brush and/or a heated straightening dryer brush having a curved front and curved sides of the brush head where the density of bristles and tufts on the sides of the brush head is less than the density of the bristles or tufts on the front of the brush head. As a further non-limiting embodiment, the invention relates to a heated straightening brush and/or a heated straightening dryer brush having a curved front and curved sides of the brush head where the brush head is textured and/or coated in whole or in part, including but not limited to having coating in the shape of strips and/or channels at any location on the brush head. The invention also includes, but is not limited to, a heated straightening brush and/or the heated straightening dryer brush having a curved front and curved sides and further having a handle that is detachable from the brush head. The invention further relates to the brush head for a heated hair straightening brush and/or a heated straightening dryer brush where the front and both sides of the brush head are curved and heated and at least a portion of the brush head has a texture or a coating.

According to one embodiment of the current design, there is provided a styling apparatus used to style a user's hair. The apparatus includes a styling arm, a layer of glass positioned on the styling arm, and a film layer deposited or printed on a bottom surface of the layer of glass and positioned between the layer of glass and the styling arm. User hair placed atop the layer of glass is styled using heat passing from the film layer through the layer of glass. The film layer may comprise an ink film layer, a resistive ink film layer, a layer of Polymer Thick Film (PTF) ink, and/or a nano ink layer.

A motorized handheld braiding assembly braids or weaves hair. The hair is selectively retained and carried in three adjacent hair retention heads. The hair retention heads securely fasten, and release the hair through one-handed operation. The hair retention heads are carried along a figure-8 pathway that creates a unique braiding pattern. The hair retention heads are carried on two rotating discs that rotate 360° in opposite directions. A hair clip on each hair retention head is height adjustable to fasten and release the lock of hair. The discs have three equally spaced slots that are radially disposed on an outer perimeter surface. The rotational motion of the discs carries each hair retention head in a revolution while fitted in the slot of the first disc, and then slidably passes each hair retention head on to a slot in the second disc where the rotation continues in the opposite direction.

A motorized handheld braiding assembly braids or weaves hair. The hair is selectively retained and carried in three adjacent hair retention heads. The hair retention heads securely fasten, and release the hair through one-handed operation. The hair retention heads are carried along a figure-8 pathway that creates a unique braiding pattern. The hair retention heads are carried on two rotating discs that rotate 360° in opposite directions. A hair clip on each hair retention head is height adjustable to fasten and release the lock of hair. The discs have three equally spaced slots that are radially disposed on an outer perimeter surface. The rotational motion of the discs carries each hair retention head in a revolution while fitted in the slot of the first disc, and then slidably passes each hair retention head on to a slot in the second disc where the rotation continues in the opposite direction.

A device for sealing a vertical hairstyle including synthetic strands. The device includes a chamber having a heating mechanism disposed in a bottom surface of the chamber. The device further includes a neck portion defining a portal into the device. The neck portion is at least partially lined with a liquid-absorbent material. An extendable portion is disposed between, and connects, the chamber and the neck portion. The extendable portion is extendable between a fully compressed state and a fully extended state.

A hair treatment device includes a first and a second arm, movable in relation to each other, which can be opened to introduce a strand of hair between them and closed to treat the strand of hair, a first and second contact surfaces respectively supported by the first and second arms, arranged facing each other, with at least one of the contact surfaces being heated, at least the first arm having at least one first piece supporting the first contact surface, a sealing element including a central window arranged such that it extends at least partially around the first contact surface between the latter and the first supporting piece,
wherein the sealing element includes at least one opening that is distinct from the central window and the first supporting piece and the first contact surface come into contact with each other through the at least one opening.

Aspects of hair styling instruments and methods for styling hair into waves and curls have been provided herein. In one embodiment, a system for styling hair includes one or more cases for receiving hair therein, the one or more cases including a base having at least a bottom, a center, and an outer annular wall; and a lid coupleable with the base; wherein the lid and the base form a volume for receiving the hair and wherein at least the bottom of the base and an indented upper portion of the lid each include a plurality of openings to allow flow of air and liquids through the case; and a stand, the stand comprising a base; a center piece extending upward from the base, the center piece configured to receive the one or more cases thereon; and a heating element.