Abstract: Provides hair conditioning shampoo compositions suitable and safe for frequent (e.g., daily) use and contact with the hair and skin, said compositions comprising: (a) one or more detersive surfactants such as those selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, amphoteric, and zwitterionic surfactants;(b) a nonvolatile hair conditioning agent or combination of nonvolatile hair conditioning agents selected from the group consisting of insoluble silicones, water soluble organic cationic conditioning agents such as cationic surfactants and cationic polymers; and (c) from about 20% to about 99.5%, by weight, water; wherein said composition additionally comprises from about 0.004M to about 0.08M of free polyvalent metal cations. The present invention can provide improved consistency of deposition on the hair for nonvolatile, insoluble silicone and water soluble cationic conditioning agents when the composition is applied using water across a broad range of hardness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for regulating wrinkles and/or atrophy in mammalian skin comprising treating the skin with a safe and effective amount of salicylic acid and/or additional active component.

Abstract: The invention involves pharmaceutical compositions for topical application comprising:(a) a safe and effective amount of a pharmaceutical active; and(b) from about 0.05% to about 5% of a non-ionic polyacrylamide having a molecular wight of from about 1,000,000 to about 30,000,000.

Abstract: The invention involves pharmaceutical compositions for topical application comprising:(a) a safe and effective amount of a pharmaceutical active; and(b) from about 0.05% to about 5% of a non-ionic polyacrylamide having a molecular weight of from about 1,000,000 to about 30,000,000.

Abstract: The invention involves pharmaceutical compositions for topical application comprising:(a) a safe and effective amount of a pharmaceutical active; and(b) from about 0.05% to about 5% of a non-ionic polyacrylamide having a molecular wight of from about 1,000,000 to about 30,000,000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to leave on, skin care compositions, comprising: (a) from about 0.1% to about 30% of a sunscreen active, (b) from about 0.5% to about 20% of a hydrophobic, structuring agent, (c) from about 0.2% to about 10% of a hydrophilic surfactant, (d) from about 0.1% to about 5% of a thickening agent, and (e) water. These compositions are useful for providing protection to human skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: The invention involves pharmaceutical compositions for topical application comprising:(a) a safe and effective amount of a pharmaceutical active; and(b) from about 0.05% to about 5% of a non-ionic polyacrylamide having a molecular weight of from about 1,000,000 to about 30,000,000.

Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous conditioning shampoo compositions which comprise an anionic detersive surfactant component; dispersed, liquid, droplets of a water insoluble, hair conditioning agent having a number average particle diameter of from about 0.01 microns to about 2000 microns; from about 0.025% to about 5% by weight of an organic, cationic, non crosslinked, deposition or conditioning polymer having a cationic charge density of from about 4 meq/gm to about 7 meq/gm and an average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 1 million. The cationic polymer, in combination with anionic detersive surfactant component and other essential components, provides improved deposition of the conditioning agent on hair or skin, even when the dispersed conditioning agent particles have a number average particle size of up to about 2,000 microns. The composition may be applied to skin or hair, and provides improved conditioning performance even without the use of the dispersed hair conditioning agent particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for regulating wrinkles and/or atrophy in mammalian skin comprising treating the skin with a safe and effective amount of salicylic acid and/or additional active component.

Abstract: The invention involves pharmaceutical compositions for topical application comprising:(a) a safe and effective amount of a pharmaceutical active; and(b) from about 0.05% to about 5% of a non-ionic polyacrylamide having a molecular weight of from about 1,000,000 to about 30,000,000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to non-abrasive personal care cleansing compositions. These compositions utilize insoluble micronized cleansing particles of defined particle size that are not tactilely perceived by the user during the cleansing process, and yet which provide improved cleansing performance from the composition. These compositions also comprise a surfactant, an emollient and water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions useful for treating hair or skin. These compositions comprise a topical vehicle containing panthenol and a polyalkyleneglycol having from 3 to about 12 repeating ethyleneglycol or propyleneglycol units.

Abstract: Disclosed are anhydrous antiperspirant gel-solid stick compositions which comprise a particulate antiperspirant active; a solid non-polymeric gellant selected from the group consisting of 12-hydroxystearic acid, esters of 12-hydroxystearic acid, amides of 12-hydroxystearic acid, and combinations thereof, and an anhydrous liquid carrier having an average solubility parameter of from about 3 to about 13 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.0.5, wherein the composition has a visible residue index of from about 11 to about 30 L-value, a product hardness of from about 500 gram.force to about 5,000 gram.force, a ratio of an elastic to viscous moduli of from about 0.1 to about 100. The refractive indices of the particulate antiperspirant active, solid non-polymeric gellant, and anhydrous liquid carrier are not matched. The solid non-polymeric gellant is preferably a crystalline material having an average particle size of less than about 1 .mu.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dual textured treatment pads comprising at least one paper pad layer laminated to at least one nonwoven, synthetic fiber pad layer. The invention also encompases treatment pads impregnated with a suitable medicated, cleansing, or cosmetic composition. The invention further encompasses a method of treating ache and skin wrinkling and/or atrophy with these medicated pads.

Abstract: Disclosed are anhydrous antiperspirant gel-solid sticks which comprise particulate antiperspirant active; a solid non-polymeric gellant that is substantially free of dibenzylidene alditol, inorganic thickening agents, organic polymeric gellants, amides and esters of N-acyl amino acid, or combinations thereof; an anhydrous liquid carrier that is substantially free of polar, water-immiscible, organic solvents, wherein the composition has a visible residue index of from about 11 to about 30 L-value, a product hardness of from about 500 to about 5,000 gram force, a rheology profile defined by a ratio of an elastic modulus (G') to a viscous modulus (G") of from about 0.1 to about 100. The refractive indices of the particulate antiperspirant active, the solid non-polymeric gellant, and the anhydrous liquid carrier are not matched. The compositions preferably comprise crystalline gellant particles having an average particle size of less than about 1 .mu.

Abstract: Disclosed are topical compositions comprising from about 0.01% to about 50% by weight of N-acetylcysteine or related compounds, from about 0.01% to about 0.5% by weight of selected combinations of certain perfume chemicals to effectively mask malodors associated with topical application of the N-acetylcysteine or related compounds on skin; and a cosmetically acceptable topical carrier. These topical compositions are useful for visibly improving the appearance of skin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water or alcohol soluble or dispersible thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers and to cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions containing these copolymers. This invention especially relates to copolymers useful for hair styling purposes, and to hair styling compositions containing these copolymers. This invention further relates to copolymers useful for providing cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions for topical application to the skin. These topical skin care compositions are useful for delivereing and/or transdermally transporting active ingredients to or thorugh the skin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to non-abrasive personal care cleansing compositions. These compositions utilize insoluble micronized cleansing particles of defined particle size that are not tactilely perceived by the user during the cleansing process, and yet which provide improved cleansing performance from the composition. These compositions also comprise a surfactant, an emollient and water.

Abstract: Disclosed are antiperspirant cream compositions which have a penetration force value of from about 20 gram.multidot.force to about 500 gram.multidot.force, and comprise (a) from about 20% to about 80% by weight of a volatile silicone material; (b) from about 5% to about 35% of a particulate antiperspirant active; and (c) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a gellant material comprising glyceryl tribehenate and other triglycerides wherein at least about 75% of the esterified fatty acid moieties of said other triglycerides have from about 18 to about 36 carbon atoms, and the molar ratio of glyceryl tribehenate to said other triglycerides is from about 20:1 to about 1:1. The compositions preferably further comprise a residue masking material.

Abstract: Disclosed are hair conditioning shampoo compositions comprising(a) from about 5% to about 50%, by weight, of an anionic surfactant component;(b) from about 0.1% to about 10%, by weight, of a dispersed, insoluble, nonionic silicone hair conditioning agent, said silicone hair conditioning agent comprising a non-volatile, insoluble, nonionic silicone fluid component;(c) from about 0.2% to about 10%, by weight, of a soluble cationic, amino or quaternary ammonium conditioning surfactant having a cationic nitrogen atom and at least one N-radical containing one or more hydrophilic moieties that are within 4 carbon atoms (inclusive) of a cationic nitrogen, said hydrophilic moieties being selected from the group consisting of alkoxy, polyoxyalkylene, alkylamido, hydroxyalkyl, and alkylester moieties, and combinations thereof; and(d) an aqueous carrier.