Abstract: A composition and its method of production. This composition includes both an oily external phase and a gelled aqueous phase, wherein the aqueous phase is 60 to 98% by weight of the total composition. Additional features of the composition include the aqueous phase containing a polyelectrolyte in which the ionic sites are combined with their counterions. The oily phase of the composition contains one or more oils and also an emulsifying system with a lipophilic nature. The composition may be utilized in the following applications: cosmetic, pharmaceutical, veterinary, or detergent preparations.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition comprising: 10 to 90 wt. % of arachidylic alcohol and/or behenylic alcohol; 90 to 10 wt. % of a phosporic ester of arachidylic alcohol and/or a phosphoric ester of behenylic alcohol; 0 to 20 wt. % of one or several alkylpolyglycosides. The invention also concerns emulsions containing said composition, and the use of said composition as emulsifier.

Abstract: The invention concerns a linear or crosslinked polymer, characterized in that it is obtainable either by copolymerizing N-[2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)-ethyl]-propenamide, or by copolymerizing N-[2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl][-propenamide with one or several monomers selected among cationic monomers, monomers comprising at least a strong acid function, partly salified or completely salified, monomers comprising at least a weak acid function, partly salified or completely salified or neutral monomers. The invention also concerns inverse latex or microlatex containing such a polymer. The invention further concerns the uses of said polymer in cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions, as thickening agents in industrial or household detergents, as additives for assisted recovery of oil, as rheology modifier for drilling fluid or as flocculants for water treatment.

Abstract: The invention concerns the use of an alkylpolyxyloside obtained from a Guerbet alcohol having 16 to 28 carbon atoms as cosmetic feel-enhancing oil-in-water emulsions containing a polymer. The invention also concerns oil-in-water emulsions containing such an alkylpolyxyloside.

Abstract: A composition and process of preparation of emulsifier agents based on an alkylpolyglycoside structure with a length of alkyl chain having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms to be used. The resulting emulsions exhibit an excellent dispersion of the fillers and/or pigments without it being necessary to add coemulsifier or dispersant. The emulsifier makes it possible, by itself alone, to prevent the reagglomeration of the fillers and/or pigments.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an alkylpolyxyloside obtained from a Guerbet alcohol having from 16 to 28 carbon atoms, as an emulsifier for the preparation of water-in-oil emulsions.

Abstract: A topical composition containing one oily outer phase and two aqueous inner phases, one of which is a gel and a process for its preparation. In a preferred embodiment, the topical composition is a sunscreen emulsion containing one or more sunscreen filter substances.

Abstract: Composition comprising an oil phase, an aqueous phase, at least one emulsifying agent of water-in-oil (W/O) type and at least one emulsifying agent of oil-in-water (O/W) type in the form of a self-invertible inverse latex comprising from 20% to 70% by weight, and preferably from 25% to 50% by weight of a branched or crosslinked polyelectrolyte, characterized in that the said polyelectrolyte is either a homopolymer based on a monomer having a partially or completely salified strong acid functional group or a copolymer based on at least one monomer having a partially or completely salified strong acid functional group copolymerized with acrylamide and characterized in that the constituent solvent of the oil phase is chosen from white mineral oils, squalane, hydrogenated polyisobutene, isohexadecane or isododecane. Cosmetic, dermocosmetic, dermopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical composition comprising them.

Abstract: Composition comprising an oil phase, an aqueous phase, at least one surfactant of water-in-oil (W/O) type, at least one surfactant of oil-in-water (O/W) type and a branched or crosslinked polyelectrolyte, characterized in that:

Abstract: Novel compounds of formula (I): RO—(X)p  (I) in which p represents a decimal number between 1 and 5, x represents a xylose residue, and R represents a radical: CH(CnH2n+1)(CmH2m+1)—CH2— in which m is an integer between 6 and 18, n is an integer between 4 and 18 and the sum n+m is greater than or equal to 10. Process for preparing them, compositions containing them and their use as surfactants.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of a composition in the form of an inverted latex, comprising an oil phase, an aqueous phase, at least one emulsifier of water-in-oil (W/O) type, at least one emulsifier of oil-in-water (O/W) type, from 20% to 70% by weight, and preferably from 25% to 45% by weight, of a branched or crosslinked anionic polyelectrolyte based on a monomer possessing a strongly acidic function, characterized in that a) an aqueous solution containing the monomers and the optional additives and adjusted beforehand to a pH below 4 is emulsified in an oil phase in the presence of one or more emulsifiers of water-in-oil type, b) the polymerization reaction is initiated by introducing a free-radical initiator into the emulsion formed in a), after which the reaction is left to proceed, c) when the polymerization reaction is complete, one or more emulsifiers of oil-in-water type are introduced at a temperature below 50° C.

Abstract: Composition comprising an oil phase, an aqueous phase, at least one emulsifying agent of water-in-oil (W/O) type and at least one emulsifying agent of oil-in-water (O/W) type in the form of a self-invertible inverse latex comprising from 20% to 70% by weight and preferably from 25% to 50% by weight of a branched or crosslinked polyelectrolyte, characterized in that the said polyelectrolyte is either a homopolymer based on a monomer having either a partially or completely salified strong acid functional group or a partially or completely salified weak acid functional group, or a copolymer based on at least one monomer having a strong acid functional group copolymerized either with at least one monomer having a weak acid functional group or with at least one neutral monomer, or a copolymer based on at least one monomer having a weak acid functional group copolymerized with at least one neutral monomer, and characterized in that the constituent solvent of the oil phase is chosen from fatty acid esters.

Abstract: Use of a composition having an oil phase, an aqueous phase, at least one emulsifier of water-in-oil (W/O) type and at least one emulsifier of oil-in-water (O/W) type, in the form of a reverse latex comprising from 20% to 70% by weight, and preferably from 25% to 40% by weight, of an anionic polyelectrolyte, the anionic polyelectrolyte being based on partially neutralized acrylic acid, which may be branched and/or crosslinked, to prepare a cosmetic, dermopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical composition. Novel lattices, process for their preparation and cosmetic, dermopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical composition incorporating them.

Abstract: Composition comprising an oil phase, an aqueous phase, at least one emulsifying agent of the water in oil (W/O) type, at least one emulsifying agent of the oil in water (O/W) type, in the form of an auto-inversible inverse latex comprising from 20% to 70% by weight, and preferably from 25% to 50% by weight, of a branched or reticulated polyelectrolyte, characterized in that said polyelectrolyte is either a homopolymer based on a monomer having a weakly acidic function, partially or totally salified, or a copolymer based on at least one monomer having a strongly acidic function, copolymerized either with at least one monomer having a strongly acidic function, or with at least one neutral monomer, and characterized in that the solvent constituting the oil phase is selected from white mineral oils, squalene or hydrogenated polyisobutene. Cosmetic, dermocosmetic, dermopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical composition including it.

Abstract: Composition comprising an oil phase, an aqueous phase, at least one emulsifying agent of water-in-oil (W/O) type and at least one emulsifying agent of oil-in-water (O/W) type in the form of a self-invertible inverse latex comprising from 20% to 70% by weight, and preferably from 25% to 50% by weight of a branched or crosslinked polyelectrolyte, characterized in that the said polyelectrolyte is either a homopolymer based on a monomer having a partially or completely salified strong acid functional group or a copolymer based on at least one monomer having a partially or completely salified strong acid functional group copolymerized with acrylamide and characterized in that the constituent solvent of the oil phase is chosen from white mineral oils, squalane, hydrogenated polyisobutene, isohexadecane or isododecane. Cosmetic, dermocosmetic, dermopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical composition comprising them.

Abstract: Linear, branched or crosslinked polymer based on at least one monomer, possessing a free, partially salified or completely salified strong acid functional group, copolymerized with at least one monomer chosen either from esters of aliphatic alcohols comprising from 8 to 30 carbon atoms and of unsaturated monocarboxylic acids or from esters of aliphatic alcohols comprising from 8 to 30 carbon atoms and of unsaturated polycarboxylic acids. Preparation process, use as thickener and/or emulsifier and composition comprising it.

Abstract: Novel compounds of formula (I):

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel family of compositions based on alkylpolyglycosides and dimerdiol, which are especially useful for the preparation of vaporisable oil-in-water emulsions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions based on alkyl polyglycosides and fatty alcohols which enable stable fluid emulsions to be produced, and which contain These compositions generally comprise: 5 to 60% by weight of a mixture of alkyl polyglycosides essentially consisting of: 10 to 25% by weight of an alkyl polyglycoside of formula (I) R1O(G1)X1  (I) 10 to 30% by weight of an alkyl polyglycoside of formula (II) R2O(G2)X2  (II) 0 to 10% by weight of a mixture of alkyl polyglycosides of formulae (III) and (IV): R3O(G3)X3  (III) R4O(G4)X4  (IV) 40 to 80% by weight of a mixture of alkyl polyglycosides of formulae (V) and (VI): R5O(G5)X5  (V) R6O(G6)X6  (VI) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 each represent a linear or branched aliphatic radical having 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 carbon atoms respectively, G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 and G6 each represent a saccharide residue, x1, x2, x3, x4, x5 and x6 each represent a number between 1 and 5;

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel family of compositions based on alkylpolyglycosides and fatty diols, which are especially useful for the preparation of emulsions which are stable and which possess a good opaque-making effect. According to the invention, these compositions comprise: 5 to 95 parts by weight of a mixture of alkylpolyglycosides which is constituted of the products of a reaction of a saccharide and 1,12-octadecanediol; 95 to 5 parts by weight of 1,12-octadecanediol.