The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition and a cleaning and caring product comprising the same, use and application method of the cleaning and caring product. The cosmetic composition comprises: a polymerization product, which is obtained by reacting a system comprising the following components: an anionic polymer, an amphoteric polymer and water, the weight ratio of the anionic polymer to the amphoteric polymer is in the range from 1:100 to 100:1 and the total weight of the anionic polymer and the amphoteric polymer is no less than 0.1 wt %, based on that the amount of the composition is 100 wt %; an optional cationic polymer; an optional active ingredient; an optional additive; and an optional cosmetically acceptable medium.

A personal care conditioning and/or styling composition for a keratin substrate comprising: (A) at least one conditioning and/or styling ter/tetra polymer obtained by polymerizing: (i) about 50 wt. % to 97 wt. % of at least one cationic or pseudo-cationic monomer selected from the group consisting of diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DADMAC), Hydroxyethyl-pyrrolidone-methacrylate (MO6), and/or Vinylpyrrolidone (VP); (ii) about 1 wt. % to 30 wt. % of at least one anionic monomer selected from the group consisting of (a) acrylic acid (AA), (b) acrylamido methylpropyl sulfonate (AMPS), and/or (c) sodium methyl allyl sulfonate (SMAS); and (iii) about 0.1 wt. % to 20 wt. % of at least one hydrophobic monomer selected from the group consisting of (a) polyoxyethylene (PEG)-18-behenylether-methacrylate (BEM) (b) Lauryl-ethoxylated-methacrylate (LEM), (c) stearyl acrylate (SA), (d) Streath-10-allyl-ether, and/or (e) Vinylcaprolactam (V-cap); and wherein said ter/tetra polymer has a cationic degree of substitution (Cat-DS) of greater than about 0.001 units, and wherein the cationic charge density is in the range of about 1 meq/g to about 6.5 meq/g; (B) at least one cosmetically acceptable excipient; and (C) optionally, at least one effective amount of personal care active ingredient. Also, disclosed is a process of preparing said ter/tetra polymer, and its method of use.

An aqueous cleansing composition comprises at least one amino acid surfactant, an aqueous non-ionic emulsion of divinyldimethicone/dimethicone copolymer, and at least one additional anionic surfactant, other than the at least one amino acid surfactant, wherein the at least one amino acid surfactant comprises at least one glutamate surfactant according to the general formula

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wherein R.sub.1 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl chain with 7 to 17 carbon atoms, and M is independent from each other H, sodium or potassium, and optionally at least one sarcosinate surfactant according to the general formula

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wherein R.sub.1 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl chain with 7 to 17 carbon atoms, and M is H, sodium or potassium, and further wherein the aqueous cleansing composition is an aqueous hair cleansing composition.

The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for the treatment of keratin fibres, particularly human keratin fibres such as hair, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, one or more organosilanes, one or more cationic polymers having charge density greater than or equal to 4 meq/g and one or more cationic surfactants. The present invention also relates to a cosmetic process for treating keratin fibres using said cosmetic composition. The present invention finally relates to the use of said composition for the cosmetic treatment of keratin fibres.

A method for the permanent shaping and color modification of keratinic in a single process includes the following steps. First, an aqueous composition, including at least one keratin-reducing compound and at least one alkalizing agent, is applied to the keratinic fibers and is left on the keratinic fibers for a period of 5 to 50 minutes at a temperature of 20 to 45° C. The keratinic fibers are rinsed, and optionally dried. Next, a composition including at least one oxidation dye precursor and at least one oxidizing agent is applied to the keratinic fibers and the keratinic fibers are deformed. That composition is allowed to act for 10 to 35 minutes. An aqueous composition including at least one oxidizing agent, is applied to the keratinic fibers for 30 seconds to 15 minutes. The keratinic fibers are rinsed out, along with removal of the deformation aids.

Method for simultaneously and permanently reshaping and coloring keratin fibers, particularly human hairs, in a single process in which the keratinic fibers are first waved by means of a foam-type waving agent (M1) and then lightened or colored by means of a foam-type coloring agent (M2). The permanent wave is simultaneously fixed by the oxidizing agent included in the oxidative dyeing agent. The method according to the invention brings about a uniform waving and coloring result and causes little or no damage to the hair.

A biodegradable resin particle, includes: a base particle containing a biodegradable resin; a first layer on a surface of the base particle, the first layer containing at least one cationic resin of a polyalkyleneimine, a polyallylamine and a polyvinylamine; and a second layer on the first layer, the second layer containing an anionic or nonionic hydrophobic compound.

The present invention relates to the use of a polymer or of a cosmetic product comprising said polymer, and additionally other known cosmetic ingredients, to bring about an anti-pollution effect on human skin or on human hair, especially to protect human skin or human hair from dust, wherein the polymer is a cationic, anionic or non-ionic polymer, and wherein the polymer has a solubility in water of at least 0.01 g of polymer in 100 g of water at 20° C. at least at a pH in the range between 4 and 9.

Disclosed are oral care compositions of phosphonate and sulfonate group containing polymer compositions that have targeted uses with divalent cations and surfaces having divalent cations. These compounds can be used to deliver anionic character to surfaces such as calcium hydroxyapatite.

Described herein are personal care compositions comprising a stability control system comprising a non-ionic opacifier, and a cationic polymer. Methods of making and using the compositions are also described.