The present disclosure is directed to stabilizing compositions comprising a mixture of three or more ultraviolet filters. The disclosed compositions are useful for stabilizing the color and the fragrance of formulations, including cosmetic formulations and household products.

A thickened aqueous composition containing from about 0.01% to about 10%, by weight, of an superabsorbent polymer, from about 0.1% to about 20%, of a silicone elastomer; and from about 20% to about 98% of water.

Provided are: a compound that thickens or gelatinizes a fluid organic substance to a desired viscosity, or uniformly stabilizes a composition containing the fluid organic substance; a thickening/stabilizing agent including the compound; a thickened/stabilized composition including the thickening/stabilizing agent and a fluid organic substance; and a method for producing a thickened/stabilized composition. The compound according to the present invention is represented by Formula (1):
(R.sup.2—HNOC).sub.4-n—R.sup.1—(CONH—R.sup.3).sub.n  (1)
where R.sup.1 is a group resulting from removing four hydrogen atoms from the structural formula of benzene; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are different from each other and are each independently an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.

An object is to provide dispersion containing lipid peptide type compound useful as low molecular weight gelator, such as lipid dipeptide and lipid tripeptide, and dissolution accelerator capable of dissolving the lipid peptide type compound at lower temperature and more easily. It is also an object to provide dispersion that can form hydrogel by simpler method and under milder condition (low temperature) and from which gel can be obtained as gel having high thermal stability, and provide method for forming the gel. Dispersion including: a lipid peptide type compound in which peptide portion formed by repetition of at least two or more identical or different amino acids is bonded to lipid portion including C.sub.10-24 aliphatic group; dissolution accelerator having, in molecules thereof, hydrophilic portion and hydrophobic portion, the hydrophilic portion having betaine structure; and water; and method for producing hydrogel by use of the dispersion.

Methods of stabilizing color in a composition, which methods comprise: (a) providing an amino-substituted hydroxybenzophenone compound corresponding to the general formula (I):

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and (b) combining the amino-substituted hydroxybenzophenone compound with a composition to be stabilized selected from the group consisting of cosmetic preparations and dermatological preparations, are described along with compositions containing an organic dye and an amino-substituted hydroxybenzophenone compound corresponding to the general formula (I).

The present disclosure relates generally to cosmetic powders in which the powders are surface modified with at least one polysaccharide, or salt forms thereof. The powders may be used in cosmetic compositions such as a powder foundation, liquid foundation, point makeup, lip, mascara, eyeliner, skin care products which are skin cream, hair care products which are shampoo, conditioner, treatment and hair styling products, hair color products, cleansing products which are a body soap, hand soap and facial cleanser.

A composition comprising: at least one compound of the chemical structure:

[00001]$\left[\frac{H_x.Math.O_{\left(x-1\right)}}{2}\right].Math.Z_y$ wherein x is and odd integer ≧3; y is an integer between 1 and 20; and Z is one of a monoatomic ion from Groups 14 through 17 having a charge value between −1 and −3 or a polyatomic ion having a charge between −1 and −3; or

Z′—H.sub.x′O.sub.x′-y′ wherein x′ is and integer greater than 3 y′ is an integer less than x′; and Z′ is one of a monoatomic cation, a polyatomic ion or a cationic complex; and at least one of a humectant emollient or carrier.

A cosmetic composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure stably contains capsules. In the cosmetic composition according to an embodiment, the capsule where an active ingredient such as a colorant is loaded has excellent physical and chemical stability. Therefore, the cosmetic composition does not have problems of formulation instability which may be caused by contact and reaction between a component in the capsule and a component outside the capsule, even when kept for a long period of time. In addition, the cosmetic composition can obtain a dramatic makeup effect when the colorant loaded in the capsule is discharged only by frictional force generated during use of the cosmetic.

A method of producing yeast-polyphenol ferment extract includes growing the cells of a yeast of pichia genus in a growth media to late-logarithmic growth phase, in which the carbon source in the media is exhausted; exposing the cells to a non-cytotoxic dose of polyphenol; and extracting cytoplasmic and extra-cellular components of the exposed yeast cells from the growth media.

This invention is a method of eliminating the number of microorganisms on the surface of skin, hair or nails, by contacting these surfaces with a water stable, antimicrobial silanol quaternary ammonium compounds (SQACs) and the trisilanol, polysiloxanol and water soluble polysiloxane derivatives thereof. The stabilizing agent is selected from a list of volatile, antimicrobial, naturally occurring, renewable phytochemical essential oils and extracts that easily form crystal clear microemulsions when water is added to the concentrated SQAC/essential oil mixture. These non-foaming oil in water microemulsions have excellent long term storage stability, are freeze/thaw stable, remain very low in viscosity and do not phase separate or precipitate for many months. Many of the essential oils found to be useful in this process are non-toxic food additives and have pleasant scents, have low flammability yet are volatile enough to evaporate upon cure down of the SQAC, thereby resulting in a higher concentration of SQAC in the cured, antimicrobial film. Economically shippable concentrations of the stabilized SQACs can be further diluted with water to application concentrations without loosing any of their stabilizing properties and remain storage stable at these lower concentrations indefinitely. In particular, the invention relates to the use of such viscosity controlled aqueous dilutions cured as durable antimicrobial coatings for human or animal skin that covalently bond to the skin, remain active through many washings and reduce or eliminate bacteria, viruses and fungi for days.