A fragrance composition is provided. The fragrance composition comprises one or more fragrance ingredients, at least one solubilizer, and acceptable carriers, and the composition is substantially free of ethanol. The composition is a perfume, perfume water, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, eau de parfum, fragrance mist, or air freshener. The composition may be personalized and may also provide a sensory experience.

A cosmetic having excellent properties in transparency, spreadability, smoothness, skin compatibility and safety is prepared using a synthetic talc that is flake-like particles containing 2:1-type laminar crystals of silicate which have a basic structure of an octahedron sheet sandwiched between two tetrahedron sheets. The flake-like particle has a mean volume particle diameter of 0.5 to 100 μm, and 0.3° or less of half width at half maximum of peak present at 2θ equal to 9.4°±1° when measured by unoriented powder X-ray diffractometry (XRD) using CuKα rays, and the cosmetic is substantially free of Mg.sub.3Si.sub.2O.sub.5(OH).sub.4.

Provided is a makeup cosmetic having bright fluorescent colouring whilst still having excellent transparency (being clear), and a cosmetic colouring material that is suitable for the cosmetic. The makeup cosmetic comprises (A) at least one kind of oil-soluble dye selected from the group consisting of red no. 218, red no. 223 and orange no. 201, (B) particles of a specific material selected from hydroxyapatite, calcium carbonate, a metal oxide (other than ferric oxide) and silica, and (C) oil, wherein the blending amount of pigment is not greater than 0.5 mass %, and the blending amount of water is less than 1.5 mass %. The makeup cosmetic, achieves high luminance fluorescent colouring whilst also having excellent transparency, and can be used as a lip cosmetic, blusher or eye shadow.

The present invention relates to a composition, notably an aqueous cosmetic composition, comprising at least one screening agent chosen from water-soluble or water-dispersible screening agents that are capable of absorbing UV rays from 320 to 400 nm (UVA), water-soluble or water-dispersible screening agents that are capable of absorbing UV rays from 280 to 320 nm (UVB), and mixtures thereof; at least one hydrophilic thickener; and at least one surfactant with an HLB of greater than or equal to 7.

The present invention also relates to a non-therapeutic cosmetic process for treating keratin materials, preferably the skin, comprising the application, to said keratin materials, of a composition according to the invention.

A transparent liquid composition is provided which has excellent handling properties when used in cosmetic production without causing increases in viscosity or precipitation of insoluble matter during storage, and which imparts hydrophobicity to damaged hair when added to a cosmetic, and is smooth, moist and soft so feels good during use; a cosmetic containing this transparent liquid composition is also provided. This transparent liquid composition is characterized by containing (A) a compound selected from a group consisting of peptides, amino acids and derivatives thereof, (B) fatty acid amidoamines, (C) gluconic acid and/or gluconolactones and (D) a polyhydric alcohol, wherein the mass ratio (C)/(B) of component (C) to component (B) is 0.5-2.0.

A cleansing composition comprising a detersive surfactant; an aqueous carrier; from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of the cleansing composition of discrete particles comprising anhydrous particles and an aqueous phase, and wherein said anhydrous particles comprise: one or more fatty amphiphile selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohol, fatty ester, fatty acid, fatty amide and mixtures thereof; of one or more secondary surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic, cationic or mixtures thereof. Wherein the discrete particle of the cleansing composition has a size from about 500 microns to about 7000 microns, and wherein the cleansing composition has a % transmittance of about 75% or higher.

This disclosure relates to translucent oral care compositions comprising one or more source(s) of zinc source and/or a stannous source. The translucent oral care composition can comprise one or more zinc and/or stannous ion source(s) in amounts effective to provide at least 28% soluble zinc and/or stannous as a fraction of the total zinc and/or stannous ion concentration in the composition; an abrasive (e.g., silica), wherein the abrasive has a refractive index of approximately 1.45 as measured in a 4% silica, 90% sorbitol/water solution; and an orally acceptable vehicle. Methods of using and of making these compositions is also disclosed herein.

A method for forming a coating on a skin surface using a nanofiber sheet, the method including: (1) applying to the skin a sheet transparentizing agent containing 2 mass % or more of one or more oil agent; and (2) transferring a white nanofiber sheet mainly composed of a water-insoluble polymer to the skin after (1), where the transferred white nanofiber sheet becomes transparent and the coating is a transparent coating through which the skin is visible.

A hair treatment compositions including about 20 wt. % or more of a polyol; about 5 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a monoalcohol having 1 to 10 carbons; about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of silicone; about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % of a cationic polymer; about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % of a cationic surfactant; about 0.1 to about 15 wt. % of a fatty alcohol; and about 10 wt. % or less of water, wherein all percentages by weight are based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition.

This invention concerns a transparent composition comprising at least a first amphoteric water-soluble polymer, which comprises: A units of a cationic monomer selected from: acidified or quaternised dimethylaminoethyl acrylate salts, acidified or quaternised dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate salts, acidified or quaternised dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide salts, and acidified or quaternised dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide salts, and mixtures thereof; B units of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulphonic acid and/or salts thereof; and optionally C units of acrylamide,

characterised in that the molar ratio between the A units of cationic monomer and the B units of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulphonic acid and/or salts thereof is between 0.4 and 1.4.