Abstract: The aqueous hair fixing composition is in the form of a highly viscous sprayable gel and contains 0.1 to 50 percent by weight of one or more disaccharides or a mixture of 2 to 37 percent by weight of one or more disaccharides and 63 to 98 percent by weight of one or more oligosaccharides, 0.05 to 30 percent by weight of one or more cationic polymers, and 0.05 to 10 percent by weight of at least one thickener selected from the group consisting of honopolymers of acrylic acid, acrylic acid/acrylamides copolymers and sclerotium gum, The composition of the invention necessarily does hot contain monovalent aliphatic alcohols having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and no inorganic salts of alkali metals or inorganic salts of bivalent or trivalent metals. Either the composition is sprayed with the aid of a mechanical spray device or, alternatively, a gaseous propellant is included in it and the composition and propellant is included under pressure in a dispensing container.

Abstract: The hair treatment composition is free of anionic surfactant, has a pH of from 2 to 7 and includes a combination of 0.5 to 15 percent by weight of a surfactant component A) consisting of at least one water-soluble cationic surfactant and/or at least one water-soluble amphoteric surfactant and 0.05 to 5 percent by weight of a component B) consisting of benzoic acid or its physiologically compatible salts or saccharin or its physiologically compatible salts of saccharin with inorganic bases or a mixture of a physiologically compatible salt of saccharin and a physiologically compatible salt of benzoic acid. A weight ratio of surfactant component A) to component B) is from 2:1 to 1:10. A room-temperature method of making the hair treatment composition is also described. The viscosity of the hair treatment composition can be adjusted without difficulty. It improves the wet and dry combability of hair and reduces the electrostatic charge on dry hair without loading the hair after several applications.

Abstract: The oxidation hair dye composition for oxidative dyeing of hair is based on a combination of developer substance and coupler substance and contains at least one 3,4,5-triamino-pyrazole derivative compound selected from the group consisting of 1-methyl-3,4,5-triaminopyrazole, 3,5-diamino-1-methyl-4-methylaminopyrazole, 3,5-diamino-4-(2'-hydroxyethyl) amino-1-methylpyrazole and physiologically compatible, water-soluble salts of the foregoing pyrazole derivative compounds, as the developer substance. The invention also includes novel 3,4,5-triaminopyrazole derivative compounds.

Abstract: The oxidation hair dye composition contains from 0.01 to 4.0 percent by weight of a developer substance including at least one diaminopyrazole of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms and a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl group, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, independently, are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and a hydroxyalkyl group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms; and from 0.01 to 4.0 percent by weight of a coupler substance including at least one m-phenylenediamine selected from the group consisting of N-(3-dimethylamino)phenyl urea and 3-(N-methylsulfonyl)amino-N,N-dimethylaniline.

Abstract: The hair care emulsion of the invention contains from 0.5 to 5 percent by weight of a monoglyceride of a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.6 - to C.sub.22 -fatty acid, a polyglycerylmonofattyacid ester of a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.6 - to C.sub.22 -fatty acid having from 2 to 10 glyceryl groups, a polyglycerylpolyfattyacid ester of a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.6 - to C.sub.22 -fatty acid having from 2 to 10 glyceryl groups and/or an ester of monosaccharide or disaccharide with a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.6 - to C.sub.22 -fatty acid; from 0.5 to 5 percent by weight of trimethylglycine and/or panthenol and from 0.5 to 8 percent by weight of one or more saturated or unsaturated C.sub.6 - to C.sub.22 -fatty acid. The composition according to the invention is free of any surfactant compounds in addition to the above-mentioned ester compounds.

Abstract: The hair fixing composition is in the form of an aqueous solution, foam or gel and contains from 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of one or more film-forming natural polymers, from 5 to 60 percent by weight of one or more water-soluble, halogen-free organic solvents, from 30 to 95% by weight water and from 0.05 to 2 percent by weight of one or more of the following compounds which are insoluble in water at room temperature but soluble in the composition: a C.sub.8 - to C.sub.20 -alkanediol, a C.sub.8 - to C.sub.20 -alkanetriol, a monoglyceride of saturated or unsaturated C.sub.12 - to C.sub.20 -fatty acids, a monodiglyceride of saturated or unsaturated C.sub.12 - to C.sub.20 -fatty acids, a C.sub.12 - to C.sub.20 -fatty alcohol ethoxylated with from 2 to 3 moles of ethylene oxide, a polysiloxane/polyether copolymer having a cloud point at a temperature of less than 20.degree. C., a polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block polymer and a polyoxyethylene/polyoxybutylene block polymer.

Abstract: The hair shaping composition for permanent shaping of hair contains a cysteine ester of the formula (I):HS--CH.sub.2 --CH(NH.sub.2)--COO--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --R (I)as a keratin-reducing material, wherein R is a hydroxy group, alkoxy groups, a poly(alkoxy) group or a hydroxypoly(alkoxy) group, or one of its acid additional salts. Cysteine ester compounds and their methods of preparation are also described. Preferred embodiments of the hair shaping composition have a pH of from 4.5 to 9.0 and contain from 4 to 30% by weight of the cysteine ester or its acid addition salt and provide a safe and uniform shaping of hair without allergic or sensitizing reactions.

Abstract: The method of making a granulate composition for decolorizing or bleaching hair consists of preparing a powdery mixture consisting of from 30 to 65% by weight of one or more inorganic persulfates, from 1 to 20% by weight of a binding agent selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyethylene glycols having molecular weights of 200 to 10,000; of 15 to 45% by weight of at least one salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal carbonates, alkaline earth metal carbonates, alkali metal hydrogen carbonates, alkali metal silicates and from 0.

Abstract: The permanent shaping composition for permanent shaping of hair includes from 2 to 25 percent by weight of a conventional keratin-reducing compound and from 0.02 to 5 percent by weight of certain diquaternary polysiloxanes. The permanent wave-pretreatment composition includes from 0.02 to 5 percent by weight of the diquaternary polysiloxanes. The permanent shaping composition advantageously includes mercaptocarbonic acid reducing agents and has a pH of from 6 to 10 and may include conventional cosmetic additives. Methods for using the permanent shaping composition and the permanent wave-pretreatment composition are described which provide a more uniform permanant wave from the hair roots to the hair tips.

Abstract: A two-chamber container for accommodating flowable substances separately from one another has an upper chamber and a lower chamber, a reduced diameter bottle which separates the chambers from one another and is provided with a plug in a plane of the reduced diameter, a rotary cap provided with a plunger and turnable so that the plunger is pressed from the plane of the reduced diameter into the lower chamber so as to bring both substances together. The rotary cap has a thread in the upper chamber, while the plunger has a threaded portion engaged in the thread of the rotary cap. The plunger is formed as a tubular plunger which has a first end and a second end formed so that in a base position the first end of the plunger is connected with the threaded portion of the plunger in fluid-tight manner and the second end of the plunger extends through the plug into the lower chamber, and the plunger is connected with the plug in fluid-tight manner.

Abstract: The oxidation hair dye composition is made by mixing a viscous creamy hair dye-containing carrier and a fluid preparation in a weight ratio of dye-containing carrier to fluid preparation of 2:1 to 1:3. The viscous creamy hair dye-containing carrier has a viscosity of at least 10,000 mPa.s and contains 0.01 to 12 percent by weight of a combination of developer substance and coupler substance and 15 to 60 percent by weight of a thickener mixture containing fatty alcohols having from 10 to 24 carbon atoms, fatty acid esters, petrolatum, thickened polyacrylic acid derivatives, nonylphenol ethoxylated with 2 to 8 moles of ethylene oxide, fatty acids, starch and/or spermaceti. The fluid preparation contains 0.1 to 20 percent by weight of an oxidizing agent and 0.01 to 6 percent by weight of a nonionic polymer of formula (I),R--(O--CH(CH.sub.3)--CH.sub.2).sub.x --(O--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2).sub.

Abstract: The aqueous-alcoholic hair treatment composition contains 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of one or more film-forming ionic, anionic and/or amphoteric polymer; 0.1 to 9 percent by weight of one or more amphoteric surfactant; 0.1 to 40 percent by weight of one or more alcohol having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and 0.01 to 2.0 percent by weight of one or more organic acid. The aqueous-alcoholic hair treatment composition is also free of cationic surfactants. The aqueous-alcoholic hair treatment composition can be used as a permanent wave pre-treatment agent for treating hair prior to winding the hair on permanent wave curlers.

Abstract: The aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic hair treatment composition contains:A) 0.1 to 10 percent by weight polyvinylpyrrolidone or polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate-copolymer;B) 0.1 to 9 percent by weight of at least one amphoteric surfactant, preferably a fatty acid amidoalkylbetaine or a fatty acid amidoalkylsulfobetaine;C) 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of at least one cationic surfactant, advantageously cetyltrimethylammonium chloride or bromide; andD) 0.1 to 2.0 percent by weight of at least one organic acid, preferably tartaric acid, glyoxalic acid, lactic acid or formic acid.

Abstract: The energy-efficient hand-held device for treating an object with a flow of hot air includes a handle for positioning it in relation to the object, a blower for producing an air flow; a heating device for heating the air flow from the blower; a sensor device for determining when an interruption in the treating of the object with the hot air is or is not occurring; and a device for turning off or turning on the heating device and, if desired, the blower in response to a signal from the sensor device. The sensor device can be a light or ultrasonic transmitter and receiver which detects the presence or absence of reflected light or ultrasonic waves from the object and measures the distance to the object to determine if it is greater than or less than a threshold distance (S). Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: An arrangement for mixing two components has a vessel, a cover element placed on the vessel and having an upper region provided with a recess having an edge, at least one cutting mandrel provided on the edge of the recess, and a releasable depot vessel inserted in the recess of the cover element and having a foil at a side of the vessel. The depot vessel has a lower inner diameter which is greater than a double distance between a central axis of the depot vessel and the cutting mandrel.

Abstract: The hair shaping composition for permanent shaping of hair has a pH of from 6 to 9 and contains one or more conventional cosmetic additives, which can include water; perfume oil and/or a surface active compound, and from 5 to 25 percent by weight of 2-hydroxy-3-mercaptopropionic acid and/or its salts as active keratin-reducing agent. Preferably the 2-hydroxy-3-mercaptopropionic acid and/or its salts are the only keratin-reducing components in the composition. The method for permanent shaping of hair using this hair shaping composition allows a ready and uniform shaping of the hair without allergic or sensitizing reaction.

Abstract: The composition for oxidative dyeing of hair based on a combination of developer substances and coupler substances, contains as a developer substance 4,5-diamino-1-(4'-methoxybenzyl)pyrazole, 4,5-diamino-1-(4'-methylbenzyl)pyrazole, 4,5-diamino-1-(4'-chlorobenzyl)pyrazole, 4,5-diamino-1-(3'-methoxybenzyl)pyrazole, 4-amino-1-(4'-methoxy-benzyl) -5-methylaminopyrazole or 4-amino-5-(2'-hydroxyethyl)amino-1-(4'-methoxybenzyl)pyrazole.