The subject of the present disclosure is a composition for coloring keratinous material, in particular human hair, containing in a cosmetic carrier (a) at least one organic silicon compound selected from silanes having one, two or three silicon atoms, said organic silicon compound further comprising one or more basic chemical functions and one or more hydroxyl groups or hydrolysable groups per molecule, (b) at least one colorant compound from the group of pigments and/or direct dyes, and (c) at least one film-forming hydrophilic polymer.

The subject of the present disclosure is a process for dyeing keratinous material, in particular human hair, comprising the following steps: Application of an agent (a) to the keratinous material, wherein the agent (a) comprises: (a1) at least one organic silicon compound selected from the group of silanes having one, two or three silicon atoms, and (a2) at least one coloring compound comprising at least one effect pigment which comprises α) a substrate platelet and β) a coating, wherein the coating has at least one layer which is (i) a metal oxide and/or metal oxide hydrate and (ii) a coloring compound from the group of pigments,
and application of an agent (b) to the keratinous material, wherein the agent (b) comprises: (b1) at least one sealing reagent.

A process for dyeing keratinous material, in particular human hair, is provided. The process includes applying an agent (a) to the keratinous material, the agent (a) including at least one organic silicon compound. An agent (b) is applied to the keratinous material. The agent (b) includes (b1) at least one coloring compound including at least one effect pigment including i) a substrate platelet, ii) a metal oxide (hydrate) layer provided on the surface of the substrate platelet, iii) a metal particle carrier layer provided on the surface of the metal oxide (hydrate) layer, and iv) metal particles provided on the surface of the metal particle carrier layer, and (b2) at least one film-forming polymer.

The invention relates to a surface-modified effect pigment comprising particular additives and to the production thereof. The present invention further provides a nail varnish composition comprising a) at least one effect pigment that has been surface-modified with a starting material (additive), where the effect pigment comprises a substrate in platelet form and optionally at least one coating applied to the substrate, b) at least one hydrocarbon resin as binder, and c) at least one solvent or solvent mixture, where the starting material (additive) for surface modification of the effect pigment is at least one compound taken from the group consisting of phosphoric ester-containing, phosphonic ester-containing, phosphonic acid-containing, fatty acid-containing and/or silane-containing compounds or mixtures thereof.

The invention provides a cosmetic composition for providing a retro-reflective effect to incident light to a natural or artificial substrate such as hair, skin, nails, eyelashes and the like. The composition comprises retroreflective microparticles and a transparent coating composition and is substantially free of goniochromatic colouring agents.

An acidic aqueous shampoo composition, which comprises: (I) a cleansing surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactant and nonionic surfactant; (II) an emulsified silicone, (III) an anti-settling, thickening polymer, wherein the anti-settling, thickening polymer, comprises: (a) 40 to 74.5 wt % of structural units of C.sub.1-4 alkyl acrylate; (b) 20 to 50 wt % of structural units of methacrylic acid; (c) 0.3 to <5 wt % of structural units of 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-propane sulfonic acid (AMPS); (d) 5 to 25 wt % of structural units of a specialized associated monomer having the following structure: wherein R.sup.1 is a linear saturated C.sub.10-24 alkyl group; wherein R.sup.2 is a hydrogen or a methyl group (preferably, wherein R.sup.2 is a methyl group); and wherein n is an average of 20 to 28; with the proviso that the structural units of the specialized associated monomer (d) are derived from one of (i) a single specialized associated monomer (preferably, a single specialized associated monomer wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of a linear saturated C.sub.12 alkyl group, a linear saturated C.sub.18 alkyl group and a linear saturated C.sub.22 alkyl group; more preferably, a single specialized associated monomer wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of a linear saturated C.sub.12 alkyl group and a linear saturated C.sub.18 alkyl group); (ii) two specialized associated monomers, wherein R.sup.1 is, respectively, a linear saturated C.sub.12 and a linear saturated C.sub.18 alkyl group; or (iii) two specialized associated monomers, wherein R.sup.1 is, respectively, a linear saturated C.sub.18 alkyl group and a linear saturated C.sub.22 alkyl group; (f) 0 to 2 wt % of structural units of multi-ethylenically unsaturated crosslinking monomer or chain transfer agent; and wherein the sum of the weight percentages of structural units (a)-(f) is equal to 100 wt % of the anti-settling, thickening polymer; and method of treating hair or scalp with such a composition. ##STR00001##

A powder cosmetic comprising 3 to 80% by mass of a colorless interference pigment having a chroma C* of 5.0 or more (A), and 0.001 to 3% by mass of a color pigment (B), wherein a hue difference value ΔH* between an appearance color and a coating color is 10 or more is provided. The powder cosmetic may contain a content of 40 to 96% by mass of an inorganic extender pigment (C), a content of 1 o 30% by mass of an organic extender pigment (D), and a content of 1 to 30% by mass of an oily component (E).

The invention relates to effect pigments comprising artificial platelet-shaped substrates which have at least one optically active coating, where the effect pigments have a volume-averaged cumulative undersize distribution curve with the characteristic numbers D.sub.10, D.sub.50 and D.sub.90, said cumulative undersize distribution curve having a span ΔD of 0.7-1.4, and the span ΔD being calculated in accordance with formula (I):
ΔD=(D.sub.90−D.sub.10)/D.sub.50  (I),
and the average thickness of the artificial platelet-shaped substrates being 500 nm to 2000 nm.

Disclosed are a cosmetic composition having increased skin contact and makeup persistence and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes: forming a powder continuous phase by rapidly mixing a powder and a film-forming agent; and obtaining a cosmetic composition in which a surface of the powder is compounded with the film-forming agent by heating the powder continuous phase for a predetermined time. In an embodiment, the cosmetic composition is manufactured by the method. In an embodiment, the cosmetic composition includes 5 wt % to 30 wt % of a powder, 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a film-forming agent, 10 wt % to 30 wt % of a silicone oil, and 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a spherical powder.

The present invention relates to metal effect pigments with a high covering power and a thin iron oxide coating, for creating a champagne tone.