The invention relates to a lubricating member for a razor cartridge comprising a lipid phase comprising a lipophilic structurant and a liquid phase, wherein said liquid phase comprises a metathesized unsaturated polyol ester which can be manufactured in a simple one batch process without thermal degradation and exhibiting improved lubricating and skin care properties over a sustained period.

The disclosure relates to hair color base compositions comprising an alkoxylated fatty alcohol, a fatty acid, a fatty alcohol, a buffer system, and optionally a thickening agent and/or colorant compound, hair color altering compositions comprising the hair color base, and kits and methods for altering the color of keratinous fibers such as hair.

Disclosed is a cream composition with herbal extract for the face, body, hand, foot and joint developed to be used in the cosmetic industry for the treatment of skin diseases, aging, joint pain, wrinkles and various wounds, and to the production method thereof. The cream composition includes at least one of bee venom, propolis, royal jelly and honey as active ingredients, water, stearyl alcohol, acholine GC, lipex shealight, jojoba oil, bentonite, shea butter, beeswax, hydrogenated lecithin or olive oil as other ingredients. A disclosed production method includes the steps of heating the oil phase, cooling the oil phase, adding the bee venom phase, homogenization and adding propolis.

The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising: (i) at least one C.sub.16-C.sub.30 fatty alcohol; (ii) at least one anionic surfactant of general formula (I): RCOY(CH.sub.2)nSO.sub.3M; (iii) at least one oil; (iv) at least one wax, and (v) at least one hydrophilic solvent, the weight ratio of anionic surfactant(s) of general formula (I)/fatty alcohol(s) ranging from 1/5 to 1/3, said composition comprising from 1% to 10% by weight of wax(es) relative to the total weight of the composition. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing said composition and a cosmetic makeup and/or care process.

The invention provides an oil-in-water emulsified cosmetic containing (a) an aqueous medium, (b) two or more higher fatty acids of 12 to 24 carbon atoms and alkali metal salts thereof, (c) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl glyceryl ethers having an alkyl group of 12 to 24 carbon atoms and monoalkenyl glyceryl ethers having an alkenyl group of 12 to 24 carbon atoms, (d) a thickener comprising (d-1) a polysaccharide derived from a microorganism and (d-2) a (meth)acrylic-based polymer selected from the group consisting of a poly(meth)acrylic acid salt and a polymer including at least one selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylic acid ester, a (meth)acryloylalkyltaurine and a salt thereof as a structural unit, and (e) a nonionic surfactant.

The present disclosure relates to compositions for altering the tone or color of the hair, the compositions comprising at least one amino acid, at least one carboxylic acid, monoethanolamine, and at least one hair coloring agent comprising a direct dye. The disclosure also relates to methods of using the compositions.

A conditioning composition results in improved particulate benefit agent deposition on to hair, said composition comprising: (i) 0.01 to 10 wt % of a linear cationic conditioning primary surfactant; selected from structure 1 and mixtures thereof; (ii) 0.1 to 10 wt % of a linear fatty material; (iii) a particulate benefit agent selected from conditioning actives and mixtures thereof; (iv) 0.01 to 5 wt % of a linear di-alkyl cationic co-surfactant, selected from structure 2 and mixtures thereof.

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A composition provides superior deposition of benefit agent to hair, said composition comprising: (i) 0.01 to 10 wt % of a linear cationic conditioning primary surfactant; selected from structure 1 and mixtures thereof: Structure 1 wherein: R1 comprises a linear alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C16 to C24, preferably C18 to C22; 10. R2 comprises a proton or a linear alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C1 to C4, preferably C1 to C2 or a benzyl group; and X is an organic or inorganic anion; (ii) 0.1 to 10 wt % of a linear fatty material; 15 (iii) a particulate benefit agent selected from conditioning actives and mixtures thereof; (iv) 0.01 to 5 wt %, of a linear cationic co-surfactant, selected from structure 2 and mixtures thereof wherein: R2 comprises a proton or a linear alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C1 to C4, preferably C1 to C2 or a benzyl group; R3 comprises a linear alkyl chain having an atom-atom chain length of from 3 to 15, 25 preferably 10 to 14; and #X is an organic or inorganic anion; J30413EP CPL—24—wherein the carbon-carbon chain length of R1 in structure 1 differs from the atom-atom chain length of R3 in structure 2 by at least 3 atoms, such that the carbon-carbon chain length of R1 is structure 1 is longer than the atom-atom chain length of R3 in structure 2; and wherein the molar ratio of linear cationic co-surfactant (iv) to linear cationic conditioning primary surfactant (i) is in the range of from 1:20 to 1:1.

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Disclosed are methods for coloring hair, comprising applying a mixture comprising one or more hair dyes and an additive as a pre-treatment, as a simultaneous treatment, as a post-treatment, or a combination thereof.

Described herein are personal care compositions that may include from about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of a polysaccharide; from about 0.01 to about 12 wt. % of a fatty alcohol; and from about 0.5 to about 7 wt. % of a post-biotic blend, wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the personal care composition. Methods of making and using these personal care compositions are also described herein.