A wipe comprising a substrate and a cleaning and/or disinfecting compound retained by one or more cyclodextrin compounds. The wipe is wet with one or more fluids comprising water to release the cleaning and/or disinfecting compound from the one or more cyclodextrin compounds, and applied to a surface to clean and/or disinfect the surface.

A solid cosmetic composition comprisingbased on the total weight of the cosmetic compositionfrom about 30.0 to about 60.0% by weight of at least one polyhydric alcohol, and optionally: from about 15.0 to about 50.0% by weight of at least one surfactant, from about 0.1 to about 15.0% by weight of at least one saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C.sub.8-C.sub.30 alcohol and/or a saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C.sub.8-C.sub.30 carboxylic acid and/or a salt of a saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C.sub.8-C.sub.30 carboxylic acid, and from about 0.1 to about 20.0% by weight of at least one polysaccharide, as well as production and application methods and uses thereof.

Disclosed herein are compositions comprising complexes of cyclodextrins and lipid-modified stem cell proteins. Also disclosed are topical compositions the complexes. Methods of using the compositions for the therapeutic purposes are also disclosed as well as methods of producing the compositions.

The present invention relates to a composition and method for stabilisation of compounds including retinoids using the synergistic effects of beta-carotene and sodium polyaspartate.

A hair cosmetic containing (A) a specified quaternary ammonium salt, (B) a dimethylpolysiloxane having a weight average molecular weight of 300 or more and 3,000 or less, and water, the hair cosmetic being used by applying on the hair and then rinsing away, wherein the content of the component (B) is 0.5 mass % or more and 60 mass % or less, and a receding contact angle (.sub.R) of water droplet as measured by the expansion-contraction method with respect to the surface of a polyethylene plate which is applied with the hair cosmetic and then subjected to water washing is 82 or more and 110 or less. A treatment method of hair including (I) applying the hair cosmetic on the hair and spreading it over the entire hair, and (II) rinsing away the hair cosmetic with water from the entire hair.

The described invention provides inclusion complexes of an active agent with a -cyclodextrin, improved methods for their preparation, methods for characterization of the complexes, and formulation of the complexes as cosmetic compositions or pharmaceutical compositions.

Cosmetic and dietary supplement compositions containing silymarin and sulfoalkyl ether cyclodextrin, particularly sulfobutyl ether cyclodextrin, are described. The compositions and methods are useful in reducing appearance of facial redness in rosacea-prone skin, rejuvenating skin, preventing skin aging, inhibiting oxidative stress in epidermal and dermal cells, increasing collagen production, reducing the likelihood of skin cancer, treating or reducing liver damage from a toxin, or treating a liver disease.

The present invention relates to a composition, especially a cosmetic, in particular photoprotective, composition, comprising at least: one or more particular acrylic polymers one or more fatty acid esters of dextrin, and one or more UV-screening agents.

A mixture of inositol derivatives in which a sugar is bonded to inositol includes an inositol derivative (A10) in which total sugars bonded to one inositol molecule is 10 or more in terms of monosaccharide units. In addition, a mixture of inositol derivatives in which a sugar is bonded to inositol includes 5% by mass or more of an inositol derivative (A7), in which total sugars bonded to one inositol molecule is 7 or more in terms of monosaccharide units, with respect to a total amount of inositol derivatives (100% by mass).

Phenol formulations including phenol and an encapsulation agent, such as a cyclodextrin or derivatives thereof, and uses of such formulations.