A personal care article can include a composition and a substrate. The article can be compliant to a surface.

The invention relates to a conditioning preshave/aftershave composition and related method. The composition includes a microemulsion including 15%-25% of at least one alkyl(oligo)glycoside, 4%-10% of at least one mono- or diester of glycerol with at least one C.sub.10-C.sub.24 fatty acid as coemulsifier, and 15%-25% at least one oil, and 40%-66% water. The composition can be mixed a water-containing cosmetic carrier comprising: at least one alkyl ether phosphate or alkenyl ether phosphate of the formula (I).

The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof which is useful as perfuming ingredients.

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Described herein are perfuming compositions and perfumed consumer products including, as perfuming ingredients, cyclopentanone compounds of formula ##STR00001##
in a form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, where n represents 1.

Dermal treatment compositions include medium recovered from an adipose-derived stem cell culture where the medium is collected under defined conditions. The medium includes growth factors and other materials that, when transported to living portions of the skin, improve the condition of damaged or aged skin. The compositions include combinations of transport ingredients in controlled proportions for effective topical application.

A personal care article includes a first personal care composition in a first zone and a second personal care composition in a second zone such that the first and second zones are defined by one or more barriers.

A personal care composition comprising a zinc acetate.

A personal care composition comprising a sensate comprising a methyl ketone structure with fewer than two rings. In one embodiment this sensate is selected from the group consisting of gamma methyl ionone; 6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one; and mixtures thereof.

Esters of O-substituted hydroxy carboxylic acids are provided having Formula 1, or 2, or both Formulas 1 and 2: ##STR00001##
wherein R and R.sup.1 are independently selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted, branched- and straight-chain, saturated, unsaturated, and polyunsaturated C.sub.1-C.sub.22 alkyl, substituted and unsubstituted C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, substituted and unsubstituted C.sub.6-C.sub.20 carbocyclic aryl, and substituted and unsubstituted C.sub.4-C.sub.20 heterocyclic; wherein the heteroatoms are selected from sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen; and wherein n is 1-6. Process of producing esters of O-substituted hydroxy carboxylic acids are also provided.

The present invention is in the field of antioxidants and relates to cosmetic or pharmaceutical, preferably dermatological, compositions or homecare product comprising or consisting of a synergistic combination of a specific antioxidant and an effective amount of 1,2-heptanediol and/or 2,3-heptanediol or of a specific alkanediol or a mixture of two or more different specific alkanediols and the use of said compositions as a cosmetic, for personal care, as a pharmaceutical or homecare product, in particular for scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS), for inhibition matrix metalloproteinases expression and/or for inhibiting interleukin 8 (IL-8) secretion. Additionally, the present invention relates to the use of 1,2-heptanediol and/or 2,3-heptanediol or of a specific alkanediol or a mixture of two or more different specific alkanediols for enhancing the antioxidative effect of an antioxidant in a cosmetic or pharmaceutical, preferably dermatological, composition or homecare product, and/or for enhancing the antioxidative effect of a cosmetic or pharmaceutical, preferably dermatological, composition upon application.