Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes of

Abstract: Cationic polymers obtainable by free-radically initiated copolymerization of (a) from 60 to 99% by weight, based on the overall amount of all monomers, of a substituted or unsubstituted and quaternized or nonquaternized 1-vinylimidazole, (b) from 1 to 40% by weight of an acid which contains a polymerizable double bond, or of salts of such an acid, and (c) from 0 to 30% by weight of a further free-radically copolymerizable monomer, percentages by weight being based in each case on the overall amount of all monomers, and quaternization of the polymer if a nonquaternized 1-vinylimidazole was employed as monomer a) are used as active ingredients in cosmetic hair formulations such as shampoos.

Abstract: Water-soluble or water-dispersible graft copolymers in which a tert-butyl acrylate and a polymerizable carboxylic acid are grafted onto a polyvinyllactam, to their preparation and to their use, especially in the form of cosmetic preparations, particularly as hair-setting compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to mixtures comprising

Abstract: Water-soluble polymers whose characteristic structural elements comprise units of the formulae I and/or II where R1 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, R2 and R3 independently are as defined for R1 or are selected from substituted alkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, substituted aryl or substituted aralkyl, the substituents being selected from OH, O-alkyl, O-aryl, SH, S-alkyl, S-aryl, NH2, NH-alkyl, NH-aryl, N(alkyl)2, possibly in protinated form, N(Alkyl)3+3Z−, where Z is the radical of an inorganic or organic acid, COOH, COO-alkyl, CONH2, CONH-alkyl, CON(alkyl)2, CN and SO3H; and the indices x are each independently an integer from 1 to 20; and the acid addition salts of these polymers, (processes for whose preparation are also described), are used in cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes of A) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups of a) at least one compound having a molecular weight in the range from 56 to 300 which contains two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, b) at least one polymer containing two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, c) at least one compound which contains two active hydrogen atoms and at least one ionogenic or ionic group per molecule, d) at least one diisocyanate, B) at least one polymer containing groups which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, chosen from hydroxyl, and primary and secondary amino and/or carboxyl groups, or the salts thereof.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising water-soluble copolymer, which as characteristic structural elements comprises a) vinylcarboxamide units of the general formula I where R1 and R2 independently of one another are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, and b) units of the general formula II where A is a chemical bond or an alkylene group, the radicals R3 independently of one another are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form an unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted, five- to seven-membered, heterocyclic, aromatic or nonaromatic ring, which if appropriate contains one or two further heteroatoms, selected from among O, N and S, it being possible for the heterocyclic ring to be fused to a further five- or six-membered, aromatic or nonaromatic ring, R4 is H, alkyl or aralkyl.

Abstract: Aqueous preparations comprising a) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a copolymer based on N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole and b) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one polyoxyethylene C6-C15-monoalkyl ether, and their use in cosmetic formulations are described.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising a carboxyl-containing polysiloxane and a cosmetically acceptable auxiliary; in which the carboxyls are amidated by a compound selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, ethanolamine, morpholine and triethanolamine, and said amidation is up to 50 mol % of the carboxyls.

Abstract: The inventions relates to carboxamidopolysiloxanes in cosmetic formulations, especially in skin-, hair-, nail- or mouthcare compositions. The cosmetic state is being improved: wet combability, combing force and static charge.

Abstract: A description is given of water-soluble or water-dispersible polyaspartic acid derivatives, their preparation and their use in cosmetology, especially in hair cosmetology.

Abstract: A description is given of water-soluble or water-dispersible polyaspartic acid derivatives, their preparation and their use in cosmetology, especially in hair cosmetology.

Abstract: An aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic hair-cosmetic formulation comprising as film former copolymers based on (meth)acrylate which have a K value of 20-150 are obtainable by free-radical polymerization of(a) 40-65% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid,(b) 14-60% by weight of alkyl (meth)acrylate, and(c) 0-50% by weight of a further free-radically polymerizable monomer or a mixture thereof;20-100% of the carboxyl groups of the copolymer being neutralized.

Abstract: Pyrrolidonyl-containing polyesters and polyamides I to III ##STR1## where R, X, A and Z are defined herein, are suitable as film formers and conditioners in hair-cosmetic formulations, for stabilizing hydrogen-peroxide in aqueous solution, for complexing iodine, as tablet binders and as a constituent of film coatings in pharmaceutical preparations, for enzyme and bleach stabilization in detergent formulations, as an auxiliary in the production and finishing of textiles, as a solubilizer and protective colloid in the preparation and stabilization of polymer dispersions, and as an adhesive raw material.

Abstract: Quaternized copolymers suitable as active ingredients in hair styling compositions are obtainable from N-vinylimidazoles, N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinylpyrrolidone and, if required, further monomers.