Microcapsule slurries can be formed from a phosphate ester and a multivalent ion. The microcapsules can encapsulate a core material misicible with the phosphate ester. The phosphate ester can be lipophilic and insoluble in aqueous solutions.

A starch delivery vehicle which includes a starch, a core material, and a lipophilic phosphate ester, wherein the lipophilic phosphate ester at least partially coats the core material.

Microcapsules can be formed of a phosphate ester and a multivalent ion. The microcapsules can encapsulate a core material having a C log P value of about 0 or greater. The phosphate ester can be lipophilic and insoluble in aqueous solutions.

A personal or household care product includes cationic, nonionic or cationic/nonionic derivatized polysaccharide in combination with a phosphate ester surfactant. The derivatized polysaccharide polymer is formed by reacting the polysaccharide ester surfactant for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature in the presence of water, caustic, and at least one surfactant. The polysaccharide polymer may optionally be reacted with an oxidizing agent, hydrolytic or proteolytic enzymes, molecular weight reducing agents and a cationizing agent and nonionic agent. The formed derivatized polysaccharide has a lower clarity in water than in an aqueous surfactant system.

It is provided a kit for obtaining a hair coloring composition, a hair coloring composition, and a method for treating hair. The hair coloring composition particularly provides the desired color shade and intensity, together with an enhanced root to tip evenness on hair, particularly on previously colored hair and on hair with a broad range of damage levels along hair length.

The present invention relates to emulsions containing at least one sunscreen active agent and having improved sun protection factor (SPF) properties, as well as methods of improving sun protection factor (SPF) properties.

An aqueous conditioner composition comprising: i) 0.1 to 2 wt % of a cationic conditioning polymer: ii) 0.1 to 5 wt % of an ethoxylated anionic surfactant comprising ethylene oxide groups, with a degree of ethoxylation of from 3 to 15; and iii) 0.001 to 2 wt % of a piroctone compound: wherein the composition has a transparency such that the turbidity is lower than 1 cm1, as measured using a UV/vis spectrophotometer and applying the equation Turbidity=(2.3A/L), where A is the absorbance measured from the sample at 750 nm and L is the path length; and wherein the composition has a maximum foam height of 10 ml, as measured at 25 C. and atmospheric pressure, by diluting 1 g composition with 9 g water in a 100 ml graduated cylinder with an internal diameter of 29 mm, and recording a starting volume (V1); the cylinder then being stoppered and vigorously shaken vertically for 10 seconds, followed by resting for 60 seconds after which measuring the height of the foam to the nearest 5 ml graduation; and subtracting the starting volume (V1) from this value; and wherein the composition is free from anionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants other than those defined in ii), such that the foam height of the composition does not exceed the maximum foam height.