Abstract: A waving lotion composition is thickened and is more spreadable when there is used, as a thickening and spreading agent, an alkali metal salt or ammonium salt of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) having an etherificiation degree of 2.4 or more.

Abstract: This invention has for its object the use of certain quaternized polymers in compositions to protect the hair from the degradation effects of a permanent wave operation. The invention provides for application of said composition to the hair prior to or subsequent to permanently waving of the hair.

Abstract: A neutralizer for permanently waving hair containing water, an oxidant and about 0.05 to about 5 weight percent of a hydrolyzed animal protein derivative having quaternary nitrogen groups bonded to the protein amino groups, and a pH value of about 2 to 11. The hydrolyzed animal protein derivative has an isoionic point of at least 9.0 and a viscosity at 10 weight percent solids in water at 25.degree. C. of about 5 to about 40 centipoises.

Abstract: There is disclosed a hair rinse conditioner which is capable of imparting a degree of set to the hair. The conditioner comprises, in an aqueous medium, a cationic surfactant which is present in lamellar phase and a latex of particles of a water-insoluble film-forming polymer, which latex has a minimum film-forming temperature in the range 15.degree. C. to 50.degree. C.

Abstract: An oral pharmaceutical composition which comprises a polyglycerol ester of an unsaturated fatty acid and a drug which is very slightly soluble in water.

Abstract: A shaving preparation is provided which has a sub-atmospheric vapor pressure at ambient temperature and which generates a lather when applied to the skin. The composition comprises a water-insoluble volatile organic liquid having a vapor pressure substantially below atmospheric pressure, an aqueous soap solution and a surface active agent which together promote the volatilization of the organic liquid, thereby generating a lather as well as reducing the tendency of the volatile organic liquid to cause smarting of the skin. The compositions of this invention are capable of being packaged in a collapsible tube without premature expansion in the tube during storage, shipment and use.

Abstract: Hair care compositions are disclosed containing a combination of carboxyfunctional polydimethylsiloxane and a cationic, organic polymer. The compositions can be used as hair fixatives and as such may be formulated into aerosol, pump spray, lotion, cream or mousse type hair care products. The compositions are especially effective in providing flexible, long-lasting hold to hair styles.

Abstract: A film-forming cosmetic composition useful as a facial pack, nail enamel, eye liner etc., which comprises a copolymer of vinyl alcohol and alkyl vinyl ether, being referred to simply as PVA/AVE, consisting of 98 to 80 mole % of vinyl alcohol monomer units and 2 to 20 mole % of linear or branched alkyl vinyl monomer units having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. The molar ratio of the vinyl alcohol monomer units to the alkyl vinyl ether monomer units is in the range of from 95/5 to 85/15. The PVA/AVE according to the invention has no acetic groups with ester bonds in a molecule. Instead, there are alkyl or alkenyl groups having ether bonds which serve for steric hindrance for preventing gelation of an aqueous solution of such copolymer. From this reason, the PVA/AVE does not undergo any hydrolysis as time passes and is thus excellent in storage stability.

Abstract: A method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of incontinence in mammals, which method comprises administering to the mammal in need of said treatment an effective amount of a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.8 and X are as set forth herein.

Abstract: The subject invention enables a more efficient management of hair by providing a novel preparation for waving, straightening, softening, or removing hair, employing as a key ingredient the compound thioredoxin or a thioredoxin-derived, or thioredoxin-like, dithiol peptide in combination with thioglycolic acid compounds. This invention allows hair to be treated at a lower pH to minimize hair damage when waving, straightening, or softening the hair; when used to remove hair, objectionable odors of commercial depilatories are minimized or eliminated.

Abstract: Unwanted hair is removed from selected skin area by applying a coating of a curable organopolysiloxane composition thereon, permitting the organopolysiloxane composition to crosslink into a silicone elastomer, e.g., in the form of a solid layer or foam, and embed unwanted hair therein, and then stripping the silicone elastomer and embedded hair from said skin area, whereby said skin area is essentially depilated.

Abstract: A hair treatment composition comprising 0.1% by weight or more of 3,4,4'-trichlorocarbanilide and 0.03% by weight or more of vitamine E acetate in an aqueous medium.This hair treatment composition can effectively prevent dandruff in the hair without causing adverse side effects to the skin or scalp.

Abstract: Shampoo compositions are provided in unpressurized containers that generate a small, tight-bubbled lather more rapidly and more profusely than conventional shampoos, thereby improving the ease with which the shampoo is spread through the hair and rinsed away, resulting in more uniform cleansing. The compositions contain an aqueous solution of a water-soluble salt of lauryl sulfate, a volatile hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon boiling in the range of 25 C to 50 C, a tertiary amine oxide, and a sufficient amount of water-soluble gum to give the shampoo a viscosity in the range of about 1000 to 20,000 centistokes at 5 C.

Abstract: A method of prophylactics with respect to detoxification of Staphylococcus aureus and other toxins by ascorbic acid, salts and esters, topically applied by means of carriers which are otherwise regularly employed in the area where Staphylococcus aureus or other bacteria colonize, such as a pharmacological appliance including gauze pads, an absorbant mass or pad associated with menses, douches, and contraceptive compositions.

Abstract: A method of prophylactics with respect to deodorization by ascorbic acid, salts and esters, topically applied by means of carriers which are otherwise regularly employed in the vaginal area, such as a pharmacological appliance including gauze pads, an absorbant mass or pad associated with menses, douches, and contraceptive compositions.

Abstract: A composition for reducing hair fall-out comprising a ubiquinone (coenzyme Q.sub.n) represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein n represents an integer of from 7 to 10. In addition to such a ubiquinone, the composition may contain a skin peripheral vasodilator drug, such as carpronium chloride, vitamin E nicotinate and benzyl nicotinate.

Abstract: A method for inhibiting unplanned or premature detrusor muscle contractions while at the same time increasing the force of contraction of the detrusor muscle is provided. The method comprises administering to the patient a di-N-substituted aminoethyl ester of diphenylthioacetic acid having the formula: ##STR1## in which R represents a disubstituted amino radical of the group consisting of the diethylamino group, the morpholino group or the piperidino group.

Abstract: According to the invention, a deodorant which comprises at least one of germanium, antimony and bismuth compounds is used for a permanent waving agent consisting mainly of a mercapto compound. The deodorant is utilized by being contained in the permanent waving agent, or applied as a pretreatment agent before the permanent waving operation is carried out.By use of the above-mentioned deodorant, the production of hydrogen sulfide of "unpleasant odor" can be restrained.

Abstract: Substituted benzyl alcohols and substituted phenyl ethanols which are novel and the use of these and related compounds known per se, as sebosuppressives.

Abstract: A composition for the hair, which is intended for use in the treatment of keratinous materials, in particular the hair. This composition contains at least one cationic polymer having a molecular weight of between 500 and 3,000,000, at least one anionic polymer having a molecular weight of between 500 and 3,000,000, at least one sugar and at least one salt in a cosmetically acceptable medium.