Abstract: Provided is a rinse-off-type hair cosmetic composition used by being applied to hair and then washed away, the hair cosmetic composition comprising: the ingredients (A) to (C) below, and water, wherein a molar ratio of the ingredient. (B) to the ingredient (A), (B)/(A), is less than 3, and a mass ratio of the ingredient (C) to the ingredient (A), (C)/(A), is less than 1: (A) an amido-cationic surfactant represented by formula (1) wherein R1 represents a C11-17-alkyl group or alkenyl group, R2 represents a C2-4-alkylene group, R3, R4, and R5 independently represent a C1-3-alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or hydroxyalkyl group, and X? represents an anion; (B) a fatty alcohol having 14 to 18 carbon atoms; and (C) a silicone.

Abstract: Provided is a rinse-off-type hair cosmetic composition used by being applied to hair and then washed away, the hair cosmetic composition comprising: the ingredients (A) to (C) below, and water, wherein a molar ratio of the ingredient. (B) to the ingredient (A), (B)/(A), is less than 3, and a mass ratio of the ingredient (C) to the ingredient (A), (C)/(A), is less than 1: (A) an amido-cationic surfactant represented by formula (1) wherein R1 represents a C11-17-alkyl group or alkenyl group, R2 represents a C2-4-alkylene group, R3, R4, and R5 independently represent a C1-3-alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or hydroxyalkyl group, and X? represents an anion; (B) a fatty alcohol having 14 to 18 carbon atoms; and (C) a silicone.

Abstract: A hair cleansing composition contains (a), (b), and (c). Component (a), as particles having mean particle size of 0.5-50 ?m, is a polyalkyleneimine derivative or a salt thereof, having weight average molecular weight of 3,300-50,000, with at least one of R1—CO—, R2—(CH2)n—CHX—CH2—, and R3—NH—CO— bonded to 40 mol % or more of the N atoms of the polyalkyleneimine. In (a), R1 represents H, alkyl, alkenyl, or the like; R2 represents H, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, or the like; n is 0 or 1; X represents H or OH; R3 represents H, alkyl, or alkenyl; at least one of R1 to R3 has 13 or more carbon atoms, and the entirety of R1 to R3 has an average number of carbon atoms of 9 or more and a linear group content of 30 mol % or more. Component (b) is an anionic surfactant. Component (c) is a water-soluble cationic polymer.

Abstract: An aqueous hair cleansing agent containing the following components (A), (B) and (C) and water: (A) an anionic surfactant; (B) a specific organo polysiloxane; and (C) one or more of cationized polymer(s) selected from (c-1) and (c-2): (c-1) a cationized polymer having cellulose skeleton or galactomannan skeleton; and (c-2) a cationic polymer having diallyl dimethylammonium salt skeleton.

Abstract: The invention provides a hair cleansing composition which contains the following components (a), (b), and (c), component (a) being in the form of particles having a mean particle size of from 0.5 ?m to 50 ?m, wherein the components (a), (b), and (c) are: (a) a polyalkyleneimine derivative or a salt thereof, the derivative formed of a polyalkyleneimine having a weight average molecular weight of from 3,300 to 50,000, in which at least one of R1—CO—, R2—(CH2)n—CHX—CH2—, and R3—NH—CO— [wherein R1 represents H, an alkyl, an alkenyl, or the like; R2 represents H, an alkyl, an alkoxy, an alkenyl, or the like; n is 0 or 1; X represents H or OH; R3 represents H, an alkyl, or an alkenyl; and at least one of R1 to R3 is a group having 13 or more carbon atoms; the entirety of R1 to R3 has an average number of carbon atoms of 9 or more and a linear group content of 30 mol % or more] is bonded to 40 mol % or more of the N atoms of the polyalkyleneimine; (b) an anionic surfactant; and (c) a water-soluble cationic polymer.

Abstract: An aqueous hair cleansing agent containing the following components (A), (B) and (C) and water: (A) an anionic surfactant; (B) a specific organo polysiloxane; and (C) one or more of cationized polymer(s) selected from (c-1) and (c-2): (c-1) a cationized polymer having cellulose skeleton or galactomannan skeleton; and (c-2) a cationic polymer having diallyl dimethylammonium salt skeleton.

Abstract: Provided are a rinse-off, non-dyeing type hair cosmetic composition containing (a) a polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof, (b) a hydroxymonocarboxylic acid or salt thereof, and (c) an organic solvent selected from aromatic alcohols, alkylene carbonates and polyols at a weight ratio satisfying 0.33?[(a)+(b)]/(c)?2.5, in which, the weight of each of (a) and (b) is that as an acid, and the composition has a pH at 25° C. of from 2.5 to 5 when diluted to 20 times the weight with water; and a method of treating hair, which contains using two hair cosmetic compositions A and B and treating the hair in the order of A?B or B?A; and a hair quality improving cosmetic set which contains the hair cosmetic compositions A and B: A: Composition containing Components (a) and (c) at a weight ratio of (a)/(c)=0.6 or greater B: Composition containing Components (b) and (c) at a weight ratio of (b)/(c)=0.25 or greater.

Abstract: The present invention presents a hair cosmetic composition, which contains (A) equal to or higher than 0.01 mass % and equal to or lower than 20 mass % of a quaternary ammonium or its salt; (B) equal to or higher than 0.01 mass % and equal to or lower than to 20 mass % of ether-type tertiary amine or its salt; (C) equal to or higher than 0.005 mass % and equal to or lower than 6 mass % of branched aliphatic acid or its salt; and (D) equal to or higher than 0.05 mass % and equal to or lower than 10 mass % of aromatic sulfonate and water, in which the mass ratio of the component (C) and the component (D) being (C)/(D) is 0.05 to 1.

Abstract: Provided are a rinse-off, non-dyeing type hair cosmetic composition containing (a) a polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof, (b) a hydroxymonocarboxylic acid or salt thereof, and (c) an organic solvent selected from aromatic alcohols, alkylene carbonates and polyols at a weight ratio satisfying 0.33?[(a)+(b)]/(c)?2.5, in which, the weight of each of (a) and (b) is that as an acid, and the composition has a pH at 25° C. of from 2.5 to 5 when diluted to 20 times the weight with water; and a method of treating hair, which contains using two hair cosmetic compositions A and B and treating the hair in the order of A?B or B?A; and a hair quality improving cosmetic set which contains the hair cosmetic compositions A and B: A: Composition containing Components (a) and (c) at a weight ratio of (a)/(c)=0.6 or greater B: Composition containing Components (b) and (c) at a weight ratio of (b)/(c)=0.25 or greater.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a detergent composition which is primarily used on the skin, and more particularly to a detergent composition which provides comfortable and smooth touch on the skin after cleansing. These compositions comprise: (A) a glycerol derivative represented by the following formula (1) wherein one of Z1 and Z2 represents R2—Y— and the other of Z1 and Z2 represents —OH and wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, represent hydrocarbon groups having C3-C12 straight or branched chain or hydrocarbon groups having C14-C20 branched chain respectively and X and Y represent an oxygen atom or (B) at least one silicone; and (C) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant and a nonionic surfactant, wherein component (A) and component (C) are present in a ratio of from 1:1 to 1:100, by weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a detergent composition which is primarily used on the skin, and more particularly to a detergent composition which provides comfortable and smooth touch on the skin after cleansing. These compositions comprise:(A) a glycerol derivative represented by the following formula (1) ##STR1## wherein one of Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represents R.sup.2 --Y-- and the other of Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represents --OH and wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, represent hydrocarbon groups having C3-C12 straight or branched chain or hydrocarbon groups having C14-C20 branched chain respectively and X and Y represent an oxygen atom or ##STR2## (B) at least one silicone, and (C) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant and a nonionic surfactant, wherein component (A) and component (C) are present in a ratio of from 1:1 to 1:100, by weight.

Abstract: A 21-substituted steroid compound is disclosed. The compound has a structure of formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkoxy, or phenyl group, R.sup.2 is a hydroxyl group or an acyloxy group having 1-6 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may together form a lower alkylidenedioxy group, X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 may be the same or different and individually represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 may be the same or different and individually represents a methylene group or a sulfur atom, Z is a sulfur atom or an imino group, the wave line means that the configuration of R.sup.3 may be of either .alpha. or .beta., and dotted line between the 1 and 2 position means that the bond may be the double bond.