A hair conditioner which provides hair conditioning, de-tangling, frizz control and reduced flyaway benefits, without weighing down hair or loosing hair volume, in a clear composition, is disclosed. The composition utilizes a combination of high levels of PEG/PPG silicone surfactants together with cationic polymeric thickeners (such as polyquaternium-37) to provide those benefits.

The present disclosure discloses a composition for solidified oil embodied in a dispenser for treating hair and scalp by moisturization. The composition comprising a blend of natural oils; essential oils; vitamins to provide antioxidants to the scalp; at least one thickening agent is mixed to increase the viscosity of the mixture formed; a tubular dispenser for holding the solidified oil composition formed from the mixture; a turning screw present on the bottom of the tubular dispenser for allowing the solidified oil composition to protrude out of the tubular dispenser when the turning screw is moved to an anti-clockwise direction, wherein the solidified oil composition is moved downwards when the turning screw is moved to a clockwise direction; and a cap for enclosing the tubular dispenser housed with the solidified oil composition.

New extracts of Nannochloropsis sp. and related species of Nannochloropsis are suggested, obtainable by treating said microalgae with a solvent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.1 aliphatic alcohols, ethyl acetate, water or their mixtures, removing the dissolved extracts from the residues and recovering the pure extracts from the solvent. The extracts show excellent properties particularly in modulating the metabolism of human skin and hair follicles.

The invention relates to novel compounds, to aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations containing the novel compounds and to the use of the novel compounds as thickening agents of aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations.

The present invention provides a paraffin mixture that is suitable for use as cosmetics and cleansing oil for skin and hair and has excellent volatility. The paraffin mixture according to the present invention is a mixture that contains isoparaffin having a carbon number of 12 to 16, and the mixture has a boiling point range of 185° C. to 215° C. and has the content of 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethylheptane at less than 10 mass %.

In one aspect, the invention provides a method for treating a protein-containing surface, including applying to the surface a microcapsule suspension including droplets of a dispersed water-immiscible core phase, an aqueous continuous phase, and a wall surrounding each core phase droplet, the wall including the salt formed from at least one amphiphilic Lewis acid reactant or amphiphilic Lewis base reactant, and at least one corresponding Lewis base reactant or Lewis acid reactant.

In one aspect, the invention provides a method for treating a protein-containing surface, including applying to the surface a microcapsule suspension including droplets of a dispersed water-immiscible core phase, an aqueous continuous phase, and a wall surrounding each core phase droplet, the wall including the salt formed from at least one amphiphilic Lewis acid reactant or amphiphilic Lewis base reactant, and at least one corresponding Lewis base reactant or Lewis acid reactant.

A film-forming composition containing a polymer obtained by polymerizing (A) 5 to 80 mass % of a silicone resin having an R.sub.3SiO.sub.1/2 unit, an R.sub.2R′SiO.sub.1/2 unit, and an SiO.sub.2 unit, where R may be the same or different and represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R′ represents a —C.sub.3H.sub.6SH group, wherein a total amount of the R.sub.3SiO.sub.1/2 unit, R.sub.2R′SiO.sub.1/2 unit, and SiO.sub.2 unit is 80 mol % or more with respect to all structural units, and a mole ratio expressed by (sum of R.sub.3SiO.sub.1/2 unit and R.sub.2R′SiO.sub.1/2 unit)/(SiO.sub.2 unit) ranges from 0.5 to 1.5 and (B) 20 to 95 mass % of one or more radically polymerizable compounds, wherein component (B) includes (B-1) one or more radically polymerizable monomers having no SiO unit in a structure thereof. This composition is capable of forming a transparent film that is excellent in adhesiveness without exhibiting stickiness and secondary adhesion.

The present disclosure provides personal care compositions comprising a surfactant system that includes an anionic surfactant, a zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactant and optionally a non-ionic surfactant; a preservative system; a pH modifier; optionally a moisturizer or a skin conditioner or both a moisturizer and a skin conditioner; and a viscosity adjusting system, wherein the viscosity adjusting system comprises glyceryl oleate and at least one additional viscosity adjusting agent. Use of the viscosity adjusting system can achieve viscosity levels that would otherwise not be possible by either agent alone, and allows for higher maximum viscosity levels while at the same time providing an emolliency to the formulation.

An isolated peptide for stimulating melanogenesis in a mammal subject is provided. The isolated peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence of FKCRRWQWRMK KLGAPSI (SEQ ID NO: 1). Also provided are methods and compositions for stimulating melanogenesis in a mammal subject.