A composition and method for treatment of brittle, broken, cracked or otherwise damaged nail and hoof plates. The composition is an aqueous-organic medium containing a non-covalent complex of a diamine and an organic acid or an aqueous-organic medium with a diamine alone.

Dye composition comprising 12-hydroxystearic acid, an organic amine and a dye The invention relates to a dye composition comprising 12-hydroxystearic acid, one or more organic amines and one or more dyes chosen from oxidation dyes and direct dyes. The invention also relates to a dyeing process using said dye composition.

Disclosed are fragrance accords each containing (i) at least 7 wt % of one or more Class 1 fragrance ingredients, (ii) 5 to 85 wt % of one or more Class 2 fragrance ingredients, and (iii) 0 to 80 wt % of one or more Class 3 fragrance ingredients. The Classes 1, 2, and 3 fragrance ingredients are defined by experimental velocity. Also disclosed are delivery systems and consumer products containing such a fragrance accord.

The present invention relates to a sunscreen composition, which comprises 5 to 50% by weight of at least one UV protective agent; 0.05 to 5% by weight of at least one hydrophobically modified clay mineral; 1 to 60% by weight of at least one oil component; and 0.1 to 4% by weight of at least one associative polymer. The present invention also provide a method of achieving an improved sunscreen protection effect with desirable film morphology and excellent wear properties.

The invention relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibres, preferably the hair, comprising the application to said keratin fibres of a composition comprising at least one oxidation dye base chosen from para-phenylenediamine derivatives of formula (I), their addition salts, their solvates and/or the solvates of their salts, in which R is chosen from a (C.sub.1-C.sub.4)alkoxy(C.sub.1-C.sub.4)alkyl radical and a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl radical, at least one compound chosen from N,N-dicarboxymethylglutamic acid, one of its salts and mixtures thereof and a chemical oxidizing agent. The process may comprise the step of mixing a dyeing composition comprising the oxidation dye base and the N,N-dicarboxymethylglutamic acid compound with an oxidizing composition comprising one or more chemical oxidizing agents and applying the obtained mixture to the keratin fibres. A multi-compartment device comprises a first compartment containing the dyeing composition and a second compartment containing the oxidizing composition.

##STR00001##

A multi-component packaging unit and related method for the reductive decolorization of colored keratinic fibers comprising, packaged separately from one another, (I) a container (A) containing a cosmetic agent (a), (II) a container (B) containing a cosmetic agent (b), and (III) a container (C) containing a cosmetic, aqueous agent (c), with the agent (b) in container (B) containing (a1) one or more reducing agents from the group of sodium dithionite, zinc dithionite, potassium dithionite, sodium sulfite, sodium hydrogen sulfite, potassium sulfite, potassium hydrogen sulfite, ammonium sulfite, sodium thiosulfate, potassium thio sulfate, ammonium thio sulfate, hydroxymethane sulfinic acid, aminomethane sulfinic acid, cysteine, thiolactic acid, sulfanylacetic acid (thioglycolic acid) and/or ascorbic acid, and agent (c) in container (C) including (c1) one or more acids from the group of the inorganic and/or organic acids and (c2) one or more zwitterionic and/or amphoteric surfactants.

The present invention discloses novel uses of specific menthol-derivative compounds of Formula 1, and compositions thereof, for methods of providing oral and systemic health care benefits, and methods of up-regulating or down-regulating periodontal disease metabolites: Formula 1 wherein, X is an oxygen atom or an NH radical; and R is an unsubstituted or substituted aryl or aliphatic radical. In some embodiments, the oral and systemic health care benefits include biofilm anti-attachment, anti-inflammation, anti-oxidant, anti-bone loss, and anti-microbial benefits. In some embodiments, the periodontal disease metabolites correspond to healthy and/or diseased oral status and allow differential diagnosis of oral health. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, in particular human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising one or more fatty substances, one or more surfactants, one or more oxidation bases chosen from para-phenylenediamines, bis(phenyl)alkylenediamines, para-aminophenols, ortho-aminophenols and the addition salts thereof and/or solvates thereof one or more particular couplers of meta-phenylenediamine type substituted in position 4, and one or more basifying agents, the fatty substance content in the dye composition representing in total at least 10% by weight relative to the total weight of the said composition. The invention also relates to a dyeing process using such a composition, and also to multi-compartment devices suitable for performing the said process.

Agent for the oxidative dyeing of keratinous fibers is provided herein. The agent includes in a cosmetic carrier (A) 1-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-4,5-diaminopyrazole and/or one of the physiologically-tolerated salts thereof. The agent further includes (B) 2,6-dihydroxy-3,4-dimethylpyridine. The agent also includes (C) p-phenylendiamine, toluene-2,5-diamine, 2-(2,5-diaminophenyl)ethanol and/or one of the physiologically-tolerated salts thereof.

UV-absorbing compounds are provided that have at least one reactive hydrogen. These compounds have structures: ##STR00001##
wherein the generic notations have meanings as described herein. Also provided are formulations comprising a UV-absorbing compounds.