Abstract: Cosmetic hair- and/or body-cleansing compositions comprising licochalcone A or an extract of Radix Glycyrrhiza inflata and one or more surfactants and, optionally, further comprising cosmetic and/or dermatological active ingredients, auxiliaries and additives.

Abstract: The present invention is a water-in-oil emulsion having a high content of water and relatively high amounts of skin-moisturizing agents and a cosmetic or dermatological stick including the water-in-oil emulsion. The present invention also includes methods of moisturizing the skin using the water-in-oil emulsion. The water-in-oil emulsion is solid at room temperature and comprises a fatty phase with at least one oil component and at least one wax component, an aqueous phase with a skin-moisturizing agent in addition to water, a water-in-oil emulsifier having the general structure A-B-A?, where A? and A? represent the same or different hydrophobic inorganic groups and B is a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: A cosmetic cleansing gel comprising myreth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, a cross-linked acrylate copolymer and water. The gel has a viscosity of from about 1,500 to about 10,000 mPa·s. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A method of protecting skin enzymes from the harmful effects of a cosmetic cleansing preparation which comprises water and one or more anionic surfactants. The method comprises using a cleansing preparation which has a pH value of from 4 to 7 and an SCTE (Stratum Comeum Tryptic Enzyme) value, determined following application of the preparation to human skin and standardized to a value of 100 for tap water, of from 65 to 95. The preparation comprises (i) one or more acyl-/dialkylethylenediamines which reduce the CMC of the one or more anionic surfactants and (ii) a buffer system of citric acid and citrate ions.

Abstract: Cleansing article of a textile that is impregnated with a preparation containing a) one or more anionic surfactants in a total concentration of from 1 to 30% ,by weight and b) one or more lipids liquid or viscous at room temperature in a total concentration of at least 8% by weight, respectively based on the total weight of the preparation, its production and use.

Abstract: A cosmetic cleansing gel comprising myreth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, a cross-linked acrylate copolymer and water. The gel has a viscosity of from about 1,500 to about 10,000 mPa.s. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Cosmetic hair- and/or body-cleansing compositions comprising licochalcone A or an extract of Radix Glycrrhizae inflatae and one or more surfactants besides, if appropriate, further cosmetic and/or dermatological active ingredients, auxiliaries and additives.

Abstract: The invention relates to adhesion peptides for modifying the adhesion capacity of eukaryotic cells between each other and their use to promote or inhibit the cell/cell adhesion of eukaryotic cells. The invention relates in particular to the use of the cell adhesion polypeptides in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals to influence the cell/cell interactions of eukaryotic cells.