Abstract: A topical composition comprising at least one active agent selected from a depilatory agent (s), an agent (s) for preventing or reducing the growth or re-growth of hair and an agent (s) for preventing or reducing in-growing hair, and a gas, wherein the at least one active agent and gas are dispersed in a cosmetically acceptable medium.
Abstract: A depilatory cream composition comprising a depilatory active, and one or more volatile, essential oils selected from the group consisting of orange oil, cedarwood oil, patchouli oil, pine oil, cabreuva oil, guaiacwood oil, lavandin oil, bergamot oil, petitgrain paraguay oil, lavender oil, mint oil, Virginia cedarwood oil, Citrus Aurantium dulcis oil and Citrus grandis oil.
Abstract: The present invention describes an emanation device that is adaptive to its surrounding environment. In one embodiment this device includes a housing adapted to receive a container of fluid and sensor means provided by at least one motion sensor means and/or at least one odour sensor means, emanation means adapted to emanate a fluid, a controller in communication with said sensor means and said emanation means, wherein the controller is operative to analyse the input from the sensor means and make a determination of the quantity of fluid to emanated in response to said input and instruct the emanation means to emanate the determined quantity of fluid.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 7, 2008
Publication date:
November 24, 2011
Applicant:
Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
Inventors:
Martin Butler, Chris Jones, Kate Langley, Shaun Rymer
Abstract: An epilatory composition, substantially provided as flat strips, comprises a gel-like matrix material, for example a rosin-based or sugar-based material and, mixed with the matrix material, a particulate material, for example colloidal particles of fumed silica, and a polyethylene in the form of a homopolymer. The particles reduce the tendency of the epilatory composition to flow, under warm ambient conditions with improved efficacy over known epilatory compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 19, 2008
Date of Patent:
October 18, 2011
Assignee:
Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
Inventors:
Paul Ellis, Philippe Henriat, Natalie Thomas, Isabelle Rigal
Abstract: A cleaning composition comprises a water-in-oil emulsion. The aqueous phase comprises a source of active oxygen. The oil phase comprises a bleach activator in particulate form.