Abstract: Antiperspirant compositions in the form of gel sticks, which provide the user with excellent antiperspirant efficacy while exhibiting good stability, are disclosed. These compositions utilize particular gelling agents which are stable under the acidic conditions required in antiperspirant compositions. Specifically, the compositions have an acidic pH and include an antiperspirant active, a gelling agent which comprises dibenzylidene alditols substituted on the benzene ring with an electron withdrawing group, and a solvent for the gelling agent. Examples of preferred gelling agents include di(meta-fluorobenzylidene) sorbitol and di(meta-chlorobenzylidene) sorbitol. The method of preventing and controlling perspiration wetness using these compositions is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition 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 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 present invention relates to artificial tanning compositions that provide improved color development and good chemical and physical stability. These compositions comprise dihydroxyacetone, certain amino acids or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and a topical carrier, wherein said compositions have a pH value of less than about 4. In other embodiments these compositions comprise dihydroxyacetone, certain amino acids or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and a stabilizing salt selected from the group consisting of metabisulfite salts, sulfite salts, hydrogen sulfite salts, and mixtures thereof, and a topical carrier.

Abstract: Oral compositions, such as oral gels and toothpastes, containing a novel abrasive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions which provide both a skin cleansing and skin moisturizing benefit from the same product. These compositions provide improved lathering and cleansing characteristics, are extremely mild to the skin, and deliver a moisturizing agent to the skin. These compositions comprise at least one anionic surfactant, a dispersed, insoluble oil phase, at least one additional surfactant, an optional suspending agent, and water. This invention also relates to methods for providing combined cleansing and moisturization, and to methods for delivering these compositions as a foam.

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 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 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: An antiperspirant gel stick composition incorporating a gelling agent, including a primary gellant selected from the group consisting of 12-hydroxystearic acid, esters of 12-hydroxystearic acid, amides of 12-hydroxystearic acid, and mixtures thereof and a secondary gellant selected from the group consisting of n-acyl amino acid amide derivatives. The antiperspirant gel stick compositions further incorporate a liquid base material including a non-polar, volatile oil and a relatively polar, non-volatile co-solvent. The combination of the gelling agent and the co-solvent permit the utilization of relatively high levels of a non-polar volatile oils which provide a dry feel.

Abstract: Oral compositions, such as oral gels and toothpastes, containing a novel abrasive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for personal cleansing in the form of oil-in-water emulsions. These emulsions have the characteristic of breaking upon contact with the skin to provide improved cleansing efficacy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gel deodorant composition comprising: (a) from about 0.001% to about 50%, by weight of the composition, of deodorant active, fragrance, or combination thereof; (b) from about 0.01% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a soap gelling agent selected from the group consisting of salts of C.sub.12 -C.sub.40 fatty acids, and combinations thereof; (c) from about 3% to about 50%, by weight of the composition, of glycerol, a polymer of glycerol, wherein said polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 800 or less, or combinations thereof; (d) from about 5% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of one or more low molecular weight polyoxyethylene compounds having a structure according to Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein n is the interger 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8; R and R.sup.1 are, independently, hydrogen; alkyl; or--C(.dbd.O)R.sup.2, where R.sup.

Abstract: Oral compositions, such as oral gels, toothpastes and mouthwashes, containing a chelating agent and a hydrophobic anionic surfactant.

Abstract: High SPF value (about 8 or greater) sunscreen compositions having improved photoprotective properties by non-sunscreen mechanism. These compositions comprise allantoin; pantothenol; Vitamin E, its pharmaceutically-acceptable esters, or mixtures thereof; one or more sunscreen agents; and carrier material.

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: Disclosed are hair conditioning shampoo compositions comprisingA liquid hair conditioning shampoo composition 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, nonvolatile, nonionic silicone hair conditioning agent;(c) from about 0.05% to about 10%, by weight, of soluble, organic, polymeric cationic hair conditioning agent, said polymeric, cationic hair conditioning agent consisting essentially of one or more cationic, hair conditioning polymers, said cationic hair conditioning polymers having quaternary ammonium or cationic amino moieties, or a mixture thereof, an open chain backbone, and a charge density of about +3.0 meq/gram or less; andThe shampoo compositions hereof can provide excellent overall hair conditioning benefits, in conjunction with excellent cleaning performance, to a variety of hair types including treated hair such as permed and color-treated hair, as well as undamaged hair.

Abstract: Provided is a topical personal care composition, having improved drying time, said composition comprising: (a) a polysiloxane-grafted adhesive polymer; (b) a volatile, water insoluble solvent for said polysiloxane-grafted polymer; (c) a nonvolatile drying aid for said polysiloxane-grafted polymer which is soluble in said volatile solvent (b) at 45.degree. C. and is water insoluble at 25.degree. C., and is selected from the group consisting of silicone fluids and waxes having from 1 to about 100 siloxy units, silanes, and silicone resins and mixtures thereof; wherein the weight ratio of said polysiloxane-grafted polymer (a) to said drying aid (c) is about 100:1 or less.

Abstract: Provided hair styling compositions comprising: (a) from about 0.1% to about 15%, by weight, of a silicone grafted adhesive polymer, said polymer being characterized by an organic polymeric backbone having silicone macromers grafted to said backbone; (b) from about 0.5% to about 15%, by weight, of a hydrocarbon solvent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.10 -C.sub.14 branched chain hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof; (c) a polar solvent phase comprising from about 80% to about 98.9%, by weight of the composition, of a polar solvent selected from the group consisting of water and C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 monohydric alcohols, and mixtures thereof, wherein said composition contains no more than about 15%, by weight, of C.sub.3 monohydric alcohol; wherein said organic polymer backbone is soluble in said polar solvent phase, and said silicone macromers of said hair setting polymer are soluble in said hydrocarbon solvent and insoluble in said polar solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions which provide both a skin cleansing and skin moisturizing benefit from the same product. These compositions provide improved lathering and cleansing characteristics, are extremely mild to the skin, and deliver a moisturizing agent to the skin. These compositions comprise at least one anionic surfactant, a dispersed, insoluble oil phase, at least one additional surfactant, an optional suspending agent, and water. This invention also relates to methods for providing combined cleansing and moisturization, and to methods for delivering these compositions as a foam.