Abstract: The skin and hair treatment composition includes 0.5 to 2 percent by weight apple wax, 0.1 to 30 percent by weight of at least one anionic, cationic, amphoteric and/or nonionic surfactant, a solvent consisting of water, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, glycols or mixtures thereof and one or more cosmetic additives selected from the group consisting of perfume oils; opacifiers; pearlescing agents; bacterial and fungicidal ingredients; coconut fatty acid diethanolamide; buffer substances; coloring materials; solubilizers; light stabilizers; antioxidants; complexing agents and antidandruff active ingredients. Methods for obtaining the apple wax used in these compositions include extraction of depectinized apple pomace with a variety of solvents and purification and evaporation of the extract to obtain an apple wax product.

Abstract: A composition for dyeing hair containing 2,5-diamino-6-nitropyridine, a solvent which is preferably water, a surfactant and at least one cosmetic additive selected from the group consisting of thickeners; care agents; perfume oils; complexing agents; oxidation hair dyes; and direct hair dyes; preservatives; a pH-adjusting member selected from the group consisting of ammonia, monoethanol amine and triethanol amine; and a polymer selected from the group consisting of chitosan derivatives, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl lactam and copolymers thereof.

Abstract: The composition for dyeing hair yellow contains 2-nitroaniline derivatives of the general formula I: ##STR1## in which, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent, independent of one another, hydrogen an alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a monohydroxyallkyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a dihydroxyalkyl of 3 or 4 carbon atoms, provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 do not simultaneously represent alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X denotes an alkyl, monohydroxyalkyl, perfluoroalkyl or halogen. Also disclosed are new 2-nitroanitrile derivatives of the general formula II: ##STR2## in which R.sup.a and R.sup.b denote, independent of one another, ethyl, a monohydroxylalkyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a dihydroxyalkyl of 3 or 4 carbon atoms, when Z is methyl, Cl or Br; or when Z is CH.sub.2 OH or a perfluoroalkyl, R.sup.a denotes hydrogen, a monohydroxyalkyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a dihydroxyalkyl of 3 or 4 carbon atoms, and R.sup.b represents 2-hydroxyethyl or 2,3-dihydroxypropyl.

Abstract: The method of dyeing hair comprises applying to the hair a dye containing a 2,6-dinitro-aniline derivative having the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 monohydroxy alkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 -dihydroxy alkyl and X represents one of the radicals C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 monohydroxy alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 perfluoro alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 monohydroxy alkoxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 dihydroxy alkoxy or halogen. The present invention also comprises hair dyes containing at least one compound having the formula (I) and novel 2,6-dinitro-aniline derivatives. The dyes having the formula (I) have good physiological properties and provide all the yellow shades required for dyeing from a bluish-tinged lemon-yellow via a pure yellow to red-orange.

Abstract: A composition for the oxidative dyeing of hair based on a gel vehicle and a dye mixture dissolved therein, wherein the gel vehicle containsA) from 12 to 16% by weight of oleic acid,B) from 12 to 30% by weight of nonyl phenol, ethoxylated with from 2 to 6 moles of ethylene oxide, and/or of fatty alcohol, having from 12 to 20 carbon atoms, ethoxylated with from 2 to 6 moles of ethylene oxide,C) from 8 to 14% by weight of fatty alcohol having from 10 to 20 carbon atoms,D) from 4 to 18% by weight of ethanol and/or isopropanol, andE) from 16 to 70% by weight of water.The new composition allows the ammonia it contains to escape more slowly, and it darkens less, when hydrogen peroxide is added, than the known gel hair dye compositions.

Abstract: The hair- and body-cleaning agent contains a combination of (A) a physiologically compatible salt of formic acid, (B) benzoic acid or its physiologically compatible salt and (C) a physiologically harmless inorgnic or aliphatic organic acid as well as a surfactant or surfactant mixture. This hair- and body-cleaning agent is very well preserved and also very well compatible.

Abstract: A process for producing 2,5-diamino-6-nitropyridine derivatives having the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 represent hydrogen or the radicals alkyl, hydroxy alkyl, dihydroxy alkyl, alkoxy alkyl, alkoxy carbonyl, hydroxy- or chlorine-substituted alkoxy carbonyl, aminoalkyl and aminoalkyl substituted by alkyl or hydroxy alkyl groups, the alkyl groups in each case containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an oxazolidinone ring being formed by R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 and/or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4. The present invention also relates to novel 2,5-diamino-6-nitropyridine derivatives and to a hair dyeing agent containing 2,5-diamino-6-nitropyridine derivatives, which are direct nitro dyes coloring the hair yellow orange to blue violet and are physiologically harmless.

Abstract: The invention is directed to cosmetic compositions for the treatment of hair or skin characterized in that they contain new N-hydroxybutyl-chitosans, or their salts, consisting of(a) 4 to 40 mole percent monomer units of the formula (I) ##STR1## and (b) 60 to 96 mole percent monomer units of the formula (II) ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and designate hydrogen or the group ##STR3## with n being equal to an integer from 1 to 5, provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not simultaneously hydrogen in at least 50 percent of the units of formula (II). In addition, it is directed to new N-hydroxybutyl-chitosans and their salts and a process for producing these new compounds from butylene oxide and chitosan.

Abstract: The quaternary chitosan derivatives useful in cosmetic compositions are made by a process comprising reacting a chitosan consisting of 50 to 100% deacetylized chitin or a structurally modified chitosan made by reprecipitating and deep freezing, with glycidyl trialkyl ammonium halogenide, particularly glycidyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, and, if necessary, with glycidol. The reaction mixture is advantageously stirred for several hours at 10.degree. to 100.degree. C. The reaction may be performed in the presence of an organic or inorganic acid or base in water.

Abstract: The compound 4-(N-ethyl-N-2'-hydroxyethyl)-amino-1-(2"-hydroxyethyl)-amino-2-nitrobenze ne, having the formula: ##STR1## is provided for use as a blue coloring nitro dye in a hair dyeing composition that may be directly applied to hair without the use of oxidation agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pumpable cationic fatty alcohol dispersion having a high content of dispersed fatty alcohol and a low content of cationic dispersant, characterized in that it contains:(A) from more than 10 to about 25.0% by weight of a linear or branched, primary, saturated C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty alcohol;(B) from about 0.01 to about 1% by weight of a cationic surface-active compound containing a quaternary ammonium, pyridinium or imidazolinium group and a linear C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 alkyl or 2-hydroxyalkyl group; and(C) water quantity sufficient to adjust to 100% by weight.It has surprisingly been found that the fatty alcohol dispersions according to the invention can be stabilized with very small quantities of the cationic surface-active compound and that, despite high fatty alcohol contents, a low viscosity and hence good pumpability of the dispersion can be obtained, particularly with low contents of cationic dispersant.

Abstract: Tetrafluoroethoxybenzenes, and their acid addition salts, of the general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 may represent hydrogen or an alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent one or more of the same or different substituents selected from hydrogen, an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or mono- or dihydroxyalkyls having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, provided that the amino groups are situated relative to one another in an ortho- or meta- position and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 do not simultaneously represent hydrogen when the amino groups are arranged in a 2,4-position. The compounds of the invention, along with 2,4-diaminotetrafluoroethoxybenzene, are useful as coupler components in oxidative hair coloring agents. A process for making the compounds, as well as a separate process for making the mono-N-.beta.-hydroxyethyl compounds, is provided.

Abstract: A composition and method for the oxidative dyeing of hair based on a combination of coupler substance and developer substance, wherein they contain(A) 5-amino-2-methylphenol as coupler substance and(B) 4-amino-3-methylphenol and(C) 1,4-diaminobenzene and/or 2,5-diaminotolueneas developer substances, also in the form of the physiologically compatible salts.The new composition enables the production of neutral red color shades which are free from yellow and virtually free of blue portions and, in addition to the high dye intensity and brilliance, have an outstanding dye equality with very good absorptive power.

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a composition and a process for improving the condition of hair are improved based on a synergistic combination of glycine with a physiologically compatible aliphatic organic acid which is free of amino groups, particularly citric acid, and a wax and/or oil component, particularly a mixture of petrolatum and fatty alcohols.The combination of glycine, physiologically compatible aliphatic organic acid which is free of amino groups, and wax and/or oil components, which combination has a hair conditioning action, is completely harmless physiologically and can also be used together with anionic surfactants. The compositions, according to the invention, act on the hair so as to disentangle it, smooth the hair surface and improve the feel as well as the ability of the hair to be combed.

Abstract: New 5-alkoxy-2,4-diaminoalkylbenzenes is disclosed having the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl and R.sup.2 is an alkyl radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a monohydroxyalkyl radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a dihydroxyalkyl radical having from 3 to 4 carbon atoms, as well as their acid addition salts, and oxidative hair dyeing compositions containing compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: New alkyl-hydroxypropyl-chitosans of the formula IHO[C.sub.6 H.sub.11-m-q NO.sub.4 (R.sup.1).sub.m (R.sup.2).sub.n (R.sup.3).sub.q ].sub.p H (I)(m=0-0.6; n=0.5-10; q=0.5-4; p=50-5000; R.sup.1 =acetyl; ##STR1## R.sup.3 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl) and their salts with organic or inorganic acids. The invention is directed, in addition, to a process for producing the chitosan derivatives of the formula I, as well as cosmetic compositions for the treatment of hair or skin, particularly compositions for strengthening hair, comprising a content of these chitosan derivatives. The described alkyl-hydroxypropyl-chitosans are distinguished by their favorable solubility in organic solvents. Therefore, they can also be used, for example, in anhydrous hairsprays.

Abstract: Tetrafluoroethoxybenzenes, and their acid addition salts, of the general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 may represent hydrogen or an alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent one or more of the same or different substituents selected from hydrogen, an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or mono- or dihydroxylalkyls having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, provided that the amino groups are situated relative to one another in an ortho- or meta- position and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 do not simultaneously represent hydrogen when the amino groups are arranged in a 2,4- position. The compounds of the invention, along with 2,4-diaminotetrafluoroethoxybenzene, are useful as coupler components in oxidative hair coloring agents. A process for making the compounds, as well as a separate process for making the mono-N-.beta.-hydroxylethyl compounds, is provided.

Abstract: Oxidative hair dyeing preparation having a content of a 1-hydroxyalkyl-2,5-diaminobenzene having the formula ##STR1## as developing substance, wherein R denotes hydroxyalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or their salts with inorganic or organic acids. Preferably, these hair dyeing preparations will contain 1-hydroxymethyl-2,5-diaminobenzene in a concentration of approximately 0.1 to 3.0 percent by weight, this either alone as a developing substance, or in combination with the conventional coupling substances.

Abstract: Cosmetic compositions are disclosed, for the treatment of skin or hair, with a content of new N-hydroxypropyl-chitosan derivatives, composed of (a) 4 to 40 Mol-% units of Formula (I) ##STR1## and (b) 60 to 96 Mol-% units of Formula (II) ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and are each hydrogen or the group ##STR3## with n being equal to an integer from 1 to 5, with the proviso that in at least 50% of the units (II), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not simultaneously hydrogen, or the salts thereof; along with new N-hydroxypropyl-chitosan derivatives and their salts as well a a process for the production of these new compounds from propylene oxide and chitosan.

Abstract: 2-nitroaniline derivatives of the general formula I: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent, independent of one another, hydrogen, an alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a monohydroxyalkyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a dihydroxyalkyl of 3 or 4 carbon atoms, provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 do not simultaneously represent alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X denotes an alkyl, monohydroxyalkyl, perfluoroalkyl or halogen, for use as an agent in a hair dyeing composition. Also disclosed are new 2-nitroaniline derivatives of the general formula II: ##STR2## in which R.sup.a and R.sup.b denote, independent of one another, ethyl, a monohydroxylalkyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a dihydroxyalkyl of 3 or 4 carbon atoms, when Z is methyl, Cl or Br; or when Z is CH.sub.2 OH or a perfluoroalkyl, R.sup.a denotes hydrogen, a monohydroxyalkyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a dihydroxyalkyl of 3 or 4 carbon atoms, and R.sup.b represents 2-hydroxyethyl or 2,3-dihydroxypropyl.