A method of making a bijel includes dispersing surface-active nanoparticles in a ternary liquid mixture. The ternary liquid mixture includes a hydrophilic liquid, a hydrophobic liquid, and a solvent. The ternary liquid mixture is contacted with water. A bijel includes a stable mixture of two immiscible liquids separated by an interfacial layer of colloidal particles. The bijel has temperature-independent stability, and the domain sizes are below one micrometer.

Hollow particles each having a shell composed of at least one layer, wherein the at least one layer contains a nitrogen atom-containing resin having a refractive index of 1.57 or less.

An oil-in-water type emulsified cosmetic and a method of making can be prepared in a system not containing a silicone and is surprisingly produced without a wet-type dispersion apparatus by using a specific combination of the oil component constituting the oily phase and a hydrophobizing agent for a hydrophobized powder. The composition includes an aqueous phase; an oily phase dispersed in the aqueous phase; and a powder dispersed in the oily phase. The oily phase comprises (a) volatile hydrocarbon oil and (b) non-volatile hydrocarbon oil in a combined amount of 40% by mass or more with respect to the total oil content, wherein the blending ratio of (b) non-volatile hydrocarbon oil to (a) volatile hydrocarbon oil, [(b)/(a)], is within a range of 0 to 2.5, and the powder comprises a powder having a surface hydrophobized by a treatment with a metallic soap consisting of a higher fatty acid and a divalent metal or a composite treatment with a higher fatty acid and a divalent metal hydroxide.

Described herein are aerosol compositions useful for deodorant and/or antiperspirant applications. Such compositions are substantially free of cyclomethicone. Also described are methods of making and using the same.

A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the 5-day and 60-day percentage biodegradations of the cellulosic particle measured as per JIS K6950:2000 are lower than 20% and 60% or higher, respectively.

Cosmetic compositions may include a first phase that includes at least about 8% by weight of the composition of a thermoplastic block copolymer comprising styrenated blocks, and at least one hydrocarbon oil, and a second phase that includes at least 20% by weight of the composition of a dimethicone. To provide the necessary stability to such systems, the compositions utilize both a hectorite and silica silylate, where the hectorite is disteardimonium hectorite, stearalkonium hectorite, or both.

Described herein is a method of using solid particles having a surface functionalized with a terminal cyclocarbonate group to neutralize an odor from ammonia and primary or secondary amines. Also described herein are perfuming compositions and perfuming consumer products that include malodor neutralizers.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a water-in-oil type emulsion cosmetic that has a replenishing and smooth feel-of-use, that, once applied, forms a uniform coating, and that can minimize the appearance of skin roughness such as pores while covering discoloration such as spots and freckles, but that does not give an impression of a thick coating. The present invention provides a water-in-oil type emulsion cosmetic characterized by containing (A) 0.1-20 mass % of metallic soap-treated powder, and (B) a water-absorptive polymer having 0.01-2 mass % of a carboxyl group. The (B) water-absorptive polymer having a carboxyl group of this cosmetic preferably can absorb 10-1,000 times its own weight.

Formation of low-crystallinity curcumin nanoparticles via controlled supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO.sub.2) impregnation of curcumin into biodegradable nanoporous starch aerogels and methods of preparing these aerogels are disclosed. The nanoporous starch aerogels increase water solubility and bioaccessibility of the curcumin, thereby making them available for preparation of high nutraceutical value foods.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a silicone-free cosmetic containing no silicone compounds, not only in a surface treatment agent for a powder, but also in the cosmetic itself, wherein the cosmetic has excellent powder dispersibility, has a stable and clear appearance, and also has a good texture in use. The present invention relates to a cosmetic containing (A) a powder that is surface-treated with a surface treatment agent including at least two types of treatment agents, one of the at least two types of treatment agents being an N-acyl amino acid or a salt thereof; and (B) at least one type of surfactant selected from among polyglycerol esters of fatty acids; wherein the cosmetic does not contain a silicone compound.