The present invention is drawn to personal care products containing combinations of plant-based glyceride butters and plant-based glyceride oils, and their use in retaining moisture and natural flora in the skin, such as the hands and vaginal lips.

The disclosure relates to compositions for keratin fibers, which have a unique transformative nature that allows the composition to change from a gel to a foam when shear stress is applied to the gel. The disclosure also relates to packaging systems comprising the compositions, and methods of using the compositions.

Composition for topical use including a gelled phase dispersed in a continuous phase, with: the gelled phase including a diol having 3-8 atoms and represented either by formula (Ia): R.sup.a1-C(R.sup.b1)(OH)—C(OH)(R.sup.c1)(R.sup.d1) (Ia), in which each of the Ra1, Rb1, Rc1 and Rd1 radicals represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or saturated aliphatic radical having 1-5 carbon atoms, or by formula (Ib): R.sup.a1-C(R.sup.b1)(OH)—[C(R.sup.e1)(R.sup.f1)]t-C(OH)(R.sup.c1)(R.sup.d1) (Ib), in which t is equal to one, two or three, each of the R.sup.a1, R.sup.b1, R.sup.c1, R.sup.d1, R.sup.e1 and R.sup.f1 radicals represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or saturated aliphatic radical having 1-5 carbon atoms, it being understood that at least one of the Ra1 or Rb1 radicals and/or at least one of the Rc1 or Rd1 radicals do not represent a hydrogen atom, and —a fatty phase including an oil, an emulsifying surfactant system and an emulsifying surfactant.

A stable shampoo composition containing a surfactant system that is substantially free of sulphated surfactants, a cationic polymer, and a sclerotium gum thickener. The shampoo can have a viscosity greater than 2500 cP and a pH greater than 5.5.

A method of increasing the solubility of a water-insoluble or slightly water-soluble hydrophobic organic compound in an aqueous solvent includes adding a saponin component selected from escin, glycyrrhizin, and Quillaya saponaria extract to the aqueous solvent in an amount sufficient to trigger the formation of micelles, wherein in a first step the hydrophobic organic compound is pre-dissolved in an organic solvent, and in a second step the organic solvent comprising the pre-dissolved compound is admixed to the aqueous solvent, whereby at least a part of the insoluble or slightly soluble hydrophobic organic compound gets solubilized and dissolved in the aqueous solvent, yielding an aqueous composition having an increased concentration of said organic compound dissolved therein. Also indicated are pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions including a water-insoluble or slightly water-soluble organic compound dissolved in an aqueous solvent at substantially increased concentrations.

Disclosed is a composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion and including: a) at least one oil; b) at least one cross-linked anionic polyelectrolyte; c) at least one water-in-oil emulsifying surfactant including an alkylpolyxyloside having a non-linear branched alkyl radical and having 10 to 36 carbon atoms; d) at least one oil-in-water emulsifying surfactant; e) at least one hydrophobic perfuming substance; and f) water.

A wet wipe with a substrate having cellulosic fibers and a lotion is provided. The lotion may have between about 96.0% and about 99.5%, by weight of the lotion, of water. The lotion may have a preservative system having benzoic acid and/or a salt thereof, succinic acid and/or a salt thereof, and phytic acid and/or a salt thereof. The lotion may also have a surfactant, pH buffering system, and a pH of about 3.5 to about 5.

Disclosed are personal care compositions, e.g., skin care compositions, comprising an acyl glutamate, e.g., sodium cocoyl glutamate, in an amount of from 1% to 10% by weight of the composition and at least one topically active compound, wherein the at least one topically active compound comprises a vitamin, as well as to methods of using these compositions.

The present invention relates to a composition, especially a cosmetic composition, characterized in that it comprises, in a cosmetically acceptable medium: (a) at least one photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation; (b) one or more carboxylic acid esters, said ester comprising at least 24 carbon atoms; (c) at least one C.sub.8-C.sub.30alkyl(poly)glycoside. The present invention also relates to the use of a carboxylic acid ester in a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation.

Reshaping compositions, methods or processes, and kits-of-parts reshape keratin fibers. The reshaping composition is an aqueous non-reducing, non-oxidizing reshaping composition for keratin fibers having a pH in the range of 7 to 12 and comprises a) one or more alkalizing agents, b) one or more lipophilic compounds being liquid at 25° C. and atmospheric pressure, at a total concentration in the range of 10% to 80% by weight, calculated to the total weight of the composition, c) one or more surfactants, and d) one or more thickening agents being soluble in or mixable with the one or more lipophilic compounds according to b).