TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The hair-conditioning or hair-setting material contains at least one pigment selected from titanium dioxide (CI 77891), black iron oxide (CI 77499), yellow iron oxide (CI 77492), red and brown iron oxide (CI 77491), manganese violet (CI 77742), ultramarine (CI 77007), chromium oxide hydrate (CI 77289), iron blue (CI 77510), bismuth oxychloride (CI 77163), carmine (cochineal), pearl shine and color pigments based on mica which are coated with a metallic oxide or a metallic oxychloride such as titanium dioxide or bismuth oxychloride as well as, if necessary, additional color-providing materials such as iron oxides, iron blue, ultramarine, or carmine, where the color is determined by varying the layer thickness; and at least one particle-shaped material selected from silica, silicates, aluminates, alumina, mica, insoluble metallic salts, metallic oxides, minerals, or insoluble polymer particles.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: The composition is a gel, wax, or emulsion. The composition contains at least one additional active ingredient or additive in an amount of 0.01 - 20 wt.%. When the composition is gel-like having a viscosity of at least 5000 mPas, measured at 25degreesC, and a shear speed of 12.9 s-1, then the composition comprises (wt.%) the thickened polymer (0.1 - 10), and the hair-setting or hair-conditioning polymer (0.1 - 5). When the composition is present in the form of oil-in-water emulsion, water-in-oil emulsion, or a microemulsion, then it has a viscosity of at least 5000 mPas, (measured at 25degreesC) and a shear speed of 12.9, and contains (wt.%) the oil or wax (1 - 20), and the emulsifier (0.01 - 30).Preferred Components: The capillary has a diameter of 0.1 - 1 mm and a length of 5 - 100 mm. The spray rate is 0.01 - 5 g/second. The propellants are selected from propane, butane, dimethyl ether and/or fluorinated hydrocarbons.Preferred Composition: The emulsion-type composition is water-in-oil, oil-in-water, or a microemulsion, and it contains at least one emulsifier in an amount of 0.1 - 30 wt.%, and at least one oil in an amount of 1 - 20 wt.%, and water. The oil is selected from silicone oils, mineral oils, isoparaffin oils, paraffin oils, squalane, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, castor oil, lanolin oil, jojoba oil, corn oil, or soy oil. The emulsifier is selected from addition products of 2 - 30 mol ethylene oxide and/or 1 - 5 mol propylene oxide to 8-22C fatty alcohols, addition products of 2 - 30 mol ethylene oxide and/or 1 - 5 mol propylene oxide to 12-22C fatty acids, addition products of 2 - 30 mol ethylene oxide and/or 1 - 5 mol propylene oxide to 8-15C alkyl phenols, 12-22C fatty acid monoesters and diesters of addition products of 1 - 30 mol ethylene oxide to glycerin, addition products of 5 - 60 mol ethylene oxide to castor oil or to hydrogenated castor oil, mono-, di-, or triesters of phosphoric acid with addition products of 2 - 30 mol ethylene oxide to 8-22C fatty alcohols, esters of saccharose and one or two 8-22C fatty acids, esters from sorbitan and one, two, or three 8-22C fatty acids and one ethoxylation level of 4 - 20, polyglyceryl fatty acid esters from at least one (preferably at least 2) 8-22C fatty acids and polyglycerol with 2 - 20 glyceryl units, alkylglycosides, 8-22C alkyldimethyl benzyl ammonium compounds, 8-22C alkyltrimethyl ammonium compounds, 8-22C alkyldimethyl hydroxyethyl ammonium compounds, di-(8-22C alkyl)-dimethyl ammonium compounds, 8-22C alkylpyridinium salts, 8-22C alkylamido ethyl trimethyl ammonium ether sulfates, 8-22C alkylmethyl amine oxides, 8-22C alkyl amino ethyl dimethyl amine oxides, amidoamines, or quaternized amidoamines. The additional active ingredient or additive is selected from hair-conditioning materials, hair-setting materials, silicone compounds, photoprotective materials, preservatives, pigments, direct-penetrating hair dyes, particle-shaped materials, oxidizing agents, reducing agents, or oxidative hair dye precursor products. The hair-conditioning or hair-setting material contains at least one photoprotective material selected from 4-methoxy cinnamic acid-2-ethylhexyl ester, methyl methoxy cinnamate, 2-hydroxy-4- methoxy benzophenone-5-sulfonic acid, or polyethoxylated para-aminobenzoates. The active ingredient and additive (a1) is selected from betaine; panthenol; panthenyl ethyl ether; sorbitol; protein hydrolysates; or plant extracts.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Composition: The gel-type composition contains at least one thickener or gel-former in an amount of 0.01 - 20 wt. %. The waxy composition contains at least one wax that is solid at 25degreesC in an amount of 10 - 80 wt.%.Preferred Components: The thickener or gel-former is a thickened polymer, selected from copolymers from at least one first type of monomer (preferably (meth)acrylic acid), and at least one second type of monomer (preferably esters of acrylic acid and ethoxylated fatty alcohol); crosslinked polyacrylic acid; crosslinked copolymers from at least one first type of monomer (preferably (meth)acrylic acid), and at least one second type of monomer (preferably esters of acrylic acid with 10-30C alcohols); copolymer from at least one first type of monomer (preferably (meth)acrylic acid), and at least one second type of monomer (preferably esters of itaconic acid and ethoxylated fatty alcohol); copolymers from at least one first type of monomer (preferably (meth)acrylic acid, at least one second type of monomer (preferably esters of itaconic acid and ethoxylated 10-30C alcohol), and third type of monomer (preferably 1-4C aminoalkyl acrylates); copolymers from at least two monomers (preferably (meth)acrylic acid and (meth)acrylic acid esters); copolymers from vinyl pyrrolidone and ammonium acryloyl dimethyltaurate; copolymers from ammonium acryloyl dimethyltaurate and monomers selected from esters of methacrylic acid and ethoxylated fatty alcohols; hydroxyethyl cellulose; hydroxypropyl cellulose; hydroxypropyl guar; glyceryl polyacrylate; glycerylpoly methacrylate; copolymers from at least one 2-4C alkylene and styrene; polyurethanes; hydroxypropyl starch phosphate; polyacrylamide; copolymer crosslinked with decadiene from maleic acid anhydride and methyl vinyl ether; locust bean gum; guar gum; xanthan; dehydroxanthan; carrageenan; karaya gum; hydrolyzed corn starch; or copolymers from polyethylene oxide, fatty alcohols, and saturated methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. The wax is selected from paraffin waxes, polyolefin waxes, wool wax, wool wax alcohols, candelilla wax, olive wax, carnauba wax, Japan wax, apple wax, hydrogenated fats, fatty acid esters, fatty acid glycerides, fatty acid triglycerides, polyethylene glycol waxes, or silicone waxes. The hair-conditioning or hair-setting material contains either a polymer with anionic groups or groups that can be anionized; a polymer with cationic groups or groups that can be cationized; a zwitterionic and/or an amphoteric polymer; nonionic polymer; at least one silicone compound; or active ingredient and additive (a1). The anionic polymer is selected from terpolymers from acrylic acid, ethyl acrylate, and N-tert-butylacrylamide; crosslinked or uncrosslinked vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymers; terpolymers from tert-butylacrylate, ethyl acrylate, and methacrylic acid; sodium polystyrene sulfonate; copolymers from vinyl acetate, crotonic acid, and vinyl propionate; copolymers from vinyl acetate, crotonic acid, and vinyl neodecanoate; aminomethyl propanol acrylate copolymers; copolymers from vinyl pyrrolidone and at least one additional monomer (preferably (meth)acrylic acid, and (meth)acrylic acid esters); copolymers from methyl vinyl ether and maleic acid monoalkyl esters; aminomethyl propanol salts of copolymers from allylmethacrylate and at least one additional monomer (preferably (meth)acrylic acid, and (meth)acrylic acid esters); crosslinked copolymers from ethyl acrylate and methacrylic acid; copolymers from vinyl acetate, mono-n-butyl maleate, and isobornyl acrylate; copolymers from at least two monomers (preferably (meth)acrylic acid and (meth)acrylic acid esters), copolymers from octylacrylamide and at least one monomer (preferably (meth)acrylic acid and (meth)acrylic acid esters); or polyesters from diglycol, cyclohexanedimethanol, isophthalic acid, and sulfoisophthalic acid. The cationic polymer is selected from cationic cellulose derivatives from hydroxyethyl cellulose and diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride; cationic cellulose derivatives from hydroxyethyl cellulose and epoxide substituted with trimethyl ammonium; poly(dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride); copolymers from acrylamide and dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride; quaternary ammonium polymers, formed by the reaction of diethylsulfate and a copolymer from vinyl pyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate; quaternary ammonium polymers from methylvinylimidazolium chloride and vinyl pyrrolidone; Polyquaternium-35; polymer from trimethyl ammonium ethyl methacrylate chloride; Polyquaternium-57; dimethylpolysiloxane terminally substituted with quaternary ammonium groups; copolymer from vinyl pyrrolidone, dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, and methacryloylamino propyl lauryl dimethyl ammonium chloride; chitosan or its salts; hydroxyalkyl chitosan or its salts; alkyl hydroxyalkyl chitosan or its salts; N-hydroxyalkyl chitosan alkyl ether; copolymer from vinyl caprolactam, vinyl pyrrolidone, and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate; copolymers from vinyl pyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, copolymers from vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl caprolactam, or dimethylaminopropylacrylamide; or poly- or oligo-esters, constructed from at least one first type of monomer (preferably hydroxycarboxylic acid substituted with at least one quaternary ammonium group). The zwitterionic and/or an amphoteric polymer is selected from copolymers from octylacrylamide, acrylic acid, butylaminoethyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, or hydroxypropyl methacrylate; copolymers from lauryl acrylate, stearyl acrylate, ethylamine oxide methacrylate, or at least one monomer (preferably (meth)acrylic acid and (meth)acrylic acid esters; copolymers from methacryloyl ethyl betaine and at least one monomer (preferably methacrylic acid and methacrylic acid esters); copolymers from acrylic acid, methylacrylate, and methacrylamide propyl trimethylammonium chloride; or oligomers or polymers that are produced from quaternary crotonic betaines or quaternary crotonic betaine esters. The nonionic polymer is selected from polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl caprolactam, vinyl pyrrolidone/vinylacetate copolymers, polyvinylalcohol, isobutylene/ethylmaleimide/hydroxyethylmaleimide copolymer; or copolymers from vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl acetate, and vinyl propionate. The silicone compound is selected from cyclic dimethylsiloxanes, linear polydimethylsiloxanes, block polymers from polydimethylsiloxane, and polyethylene oxide and/or polypropylene oxide, polydimethylsiloxanes with terminal or lateral polyethylene oxide or polypropylene oxide radicals, polydimethylsiloxanes with terminal hydroxyl groups, phenyl-substituted polydimethylsiloxanes, silicone emulsions, silicone elastomers, silicone waxes, silicone gums, amino-substituted silicones, or silicones substituted with at least one quaternary ammonium groups. The active ingredient and additive (a1) is selected from A-B block copolymers from alkyl acrylates and alkyl methacrylates; A-B block copolymers from alkyl methacrylates and acrylonitrile; A-B-A block copolymers from lactide and ethylene oxide; A-B-A block copolymers from caprolactone and ethylene oxide; A-B-C block copolymers from alkylene or alkadiene compounds, styrene and alkyl methacrylates; A-B-C block copolymers from acrylic acid, styrene, and alkyl methacrylates; star-shaped block copolymers; or hyper-branched polymers, dendrimers, intrinsically electrically conducting 3,4-polyethylene dioxythiophenes, and intrinsically electrically conducting polyanilines. EXAMPLE - A hair smoothing gel comprising (g): ammonium thioglycolate (70% aqueous solution) (18.2), ammonia (25% aqueous solution) (2.20), ammonium hydrogen carbonate (3.50), polydimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride (polyquaternium-6) (0.9), 1,2-propylene glycol (2.50), glycerol (3), Cremophor EL (RTM: polyethylene glycol-35 castor oil) (1.50), hydrogenated castor triglyceric polyglycol ether (1), Natrosol 250 HHX (RTM: hydroxyethyl cellulose) (1.5), perfume oil (0.5) and water (balance to 100) was prepared. The obtained gel composition was filled along with dimethylether (where weight ratio of ingredient:propellant was 50:50), into a pressure-resistant aerosol can and equipped with TRUSPRAY (RTM: capillary spray system), to obtain a product release system. The hair treatment by using the product release system was carried out as follows: The gel composition was sprayed on dry hair by suing the product release system, and smoothing the hair with a comb, rinsing out after an action period (10 - 30 minutes), then setting (action period of the fixing agent was 5 - 12 minutes). The hair treatment results showed that the treated hair had smooth feel with excellent hold and very good combing properties. Thus it was concluded that the product release system enables the application of very viscous gel that doesn't drip off or run onto the scalp; and provides improved convenience and safety for the user. The product release system provided user-friendly application of the thickened permanent wave agent; and avoids time-consuming application with the brush.