Abstract: The subject of the invention is a cosmetic preparation containing Ilex resin which is isolated from leaves of Ilex aquifolium or Ilex paraguariensis, a method for isolating Ilex resin, and the Ilex resin obtained by this method. Skin treatment preparations containing Ilex resin produce a stable protective film on the skin. Hair treatment preparations containing Ilex resin intensify the color, increase luster, contribute to good wet combability, and improve the elasticity of the hair treated with the preparation.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a cosmetic preparation containing Ilex resin which is isolated from leaves of Ilex aquifolium or Ilex paraguariensis, a method for isolating Ilex resin, and the Ilex resin obtained by this method. Skin treatment preparations containing Ilex resin produce a stable protective film on the skin. Hair treatment preparations containing Ilex resin intensify the color, increase luster, contribute to good wet combability, and improve the elasticity of the hair treated with the preparation.

Abstract: A hair care composition in the form of a gel-like, highly viscous microemulsion, especially suitable for damaged hair, containing:a) from 5 to 20 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactants with an HLB-value of from 5 to 12 or mixtures of the nonionic surfactants, the mixtures having HLB-values of from 6 to 10;b) from 5 to 20 percent by weight of at least one oil;c) from 0.5 to 10 percent by weight of at least one cationic surfactant; andd) from 50 to 89.5 percent by weight water, and not containing a nonionic surfactant with an HLB-value of greater than 12.

Abstract: Pearlescent hair conditioning composition based on a quaternary compound and a fatty alcohol, consisting of (A) 0.2 to 10 percent by weight coconut fatty acid monoethanolamide, (B) 0.4 to 10 percent by weight of a straight-chain fatty alcohol with m carbon atoms (m=14 to 18), (C) 0.1 to 4 percent by weight of a quaternary compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 =C.sub.n -alkyl (n=12-22), coconut amidoethyl, coconut amidopropyl, R'--Y (R'--C.sub.n -alkyl, Y=--O--C(O)--CH.sub.2 - or --C(O)--O--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --) R.sub.2 =CH.sub.3, CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH or CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3, R.sub.3 =CH.sub.3, CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, benzyl or acetamidyl, X.sup..crclbar. =C1.sup.-, Br.sup.-, CH.sub.3 SO.sub.4 --, 1/2SO.sub.4 2--, lactate.sup.- or acetate.sup.-, (D) 70 to 99.3 percent by weight water and (E) 0 to 24 percent by weight conventional cosmetic added substances, wherein m+n.gtoreq.29, A/B is 0.1 to 3, C/A+B=0.05 to 0.5, and the proportion by weight of the added substances is not greater than the sum of A+B+C.