Described herein is a cosmetic composition comprising a mixture of metal oxide pigments having different shapes and sizes which provides high coverage and a natural look upon application.

The present invention relates to a process to modify at least part of the surface of an earth alkaline metal carbonate-containing material in a dry blending process as well as to a mineral product obtainable by the inventive process and uses thereof.

The present invention relates to a process for the manufacturing of a calcium carbonate-comprising material, to a calcium carbonate-comprising material obtained by the process as well as the use of the calcium carbonate-comprising material for paper filler and paper coating applications, in plastics applications, in paints, in adhesives, in sealings, in concrete, in agriculture applications, in food applications, in cosmetic applications or in pharmaceutical applications.

The present invention relates to a washing composition comprising a powder of which surface is hydrophobic, and more specifically, relates to a washing composition comprising a powder in which an alkyl group of a surfactant attached to the surface thereof is oriented towards an outermost shell, thereby the surface of the powder being hydrophobically modified.

Antiperspirant products comprising active antiperspirant compounds surface treated with hydrophobizing agents and methods for manufacturing such products are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, an antiperspirant product comprises a hydrophobic carrier and an active antiperspirant compound with a coating of a hydrophobizing agent.

A hydrophilic inorganic powder having excellent self-dispersibility in water or an aqueous solvent, which could not be conventionally achieved, and a cosmetic preparation containing the hydrophilic inorganic powder are provided by combining a hydrophilic surfactant and lipophilic surfactant. There is provided the hydrophilic inorganic powder comprising an inorganic powder as a base material; a hydrophobic-coat that covers the surface of the inorganic powder; and a hydrophilic-coat that covers the hydrophobic-coat, wherein ingredients of the hydrophilic-coat comprises both a hydrophilic surfactant and a lipophilic surfactant, and each of the hydrophilic surfactant and the lipophilic surfactant has a branched alkyl moiety in their molecules, wherein the hydrophilic inorganic powder has self-dispersibility in water or an aqueous solvent.

The present invention provides a powder surface treatment method comprising (i) a step for mixing 0.001-20 parts by mass of a surface treating agent composition with 100 parts by mass of a power, and (ii) a step for adding an acidic liquid, followed by mixing, wherein the surface treating agent composition contains (a)-(d) below: (a) one or more selected from among an N-acyl amino acid having a carbon chain length of C8-C22 and a salt thereof; (b) one or more selected from among monohydric and polyhydric alcohols; (c) water; and (d) one or more selected from among (dl) an amino acid having an isoelectric point of 7.5-11, and (d2) a compound which generates an ion selected from among an aluminum ion, a magnesium ion, a calcium ion, a zinc ion, a zirconia ion, and a titanium ion, in the surface treating agent composition.

The present invention a device for dispensing a composition, comprising: i) a dispensing head (1) intended to be fitted on a container that contains said composition, comprising: a body (3) that is open at its two opposite axial ends, an engaging part (10) that is open at its two opposite axial ends, at least partially defining at least one dispensing orifice (12), the cross section of the dispensing orifice being between 0.02 mm.sup.2 and 0.5 mm.sup.2, ii) the anhydrous composition comprising, in particular in a physiologically acceptable medium: a) at least one oily phase comprising at least one volatile hydrocarbon-based oil, and b) at least one clay, and c) at least one deodorant active agent, and d) at least one propellant. The present invention also relates to a method for the cosmetic treatment of body odor and optionally of human perspiration, which consists in applying to the surface of a keratin material a composition as defined above by means of the dispensing device defined above.

An oil-in-water cosmetic composed of an aqueous phase and an oil phase and comprising hydrophobized inorganic powder, a fatty acid soap, a nonionic surfactant and a hydrophilic polymer, including an oil that contains a non-silicone oil and including hydrophobized iron oxide powder and hydrophobized pigment-grade titanium oxide powder in the oil phase and the aqueous phase, wherein the contents of the hydrophobized pigment-grade titanium oxide powder in the oil phase and in the aqueous phase are, respectively, greater than 0.5 mass % and less than 5 mass %, and greater than 2.5 mass % and less than 20 mass %, the nonionic surfactant has an overall HLB value of 6 to 15, an aminoalkylsulfonic acid polymer is contained as a hydrophilic polymer, and the total non-silicone oil content is greater than 5 mass % and less than 30 mass %.

An emulsion system includes a plurality of monodisperse particle-drops. Each particle-drop is formed by a single elongated drop-carrier particle disposed in an oil-based continuous phase, wherein the single elongated drop-carrier particle comprises an elongate body with an opening at one end thereof. The single elongated drop-carrier particle has a hydrophilic interior region containing an aqueous droplet and a hydrophobic exterior region. The aqueous droplet and/or a surface of the hydrophilic interior region may contain one or more reagents, analytes, labels, reporter molecules, and/or cells.