Abstract: The invention relates to a method of enhancing the photostability of an encapsulated cinnamate derivative in a topical sunscreen composition which comprises introducing into such sunscreen composition an effective amount of at least one additional non-encapsulated sunscreen.

Abstract: The use of a polysiloxane sunscreen as a fragrance fixating agent in hairspray compositions.

Abstract: A method for suppressing discoloration of a composition in which a discoloration suppressing amount of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid or a salt thereof is incorporated into a composition containing an ascorbic acid derivative. Compositions that resist discoloration containing an ascorbic acid derivative and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid or a salt thereof, and methods of making such compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula I in which X is the divalent radical of oxygen, a carbonyl radical, optionally aliphatically substituted imino or the radical ═CR9R10, Y is a carbonyl group or the radical ═CR9R10, R1 and R2 are identical or different electron-withdrawing radicals, chosen from the group consisting of cyano, alkyl- or arylcarbonyl, alkyloxy- or aryloxycarbonyl, optionally substituted aminocarbonyl, alkyl- or arylsulfinyl, alkyl- or arylsulfonyl and optionally substituted aminosulfonyl, R3 is a hydrogen atom, a cyano, hydroxyl, carboxyl or aminocarbonyl group or a C5-C20-aryl radical or C1-C20-alkylradical optionally bonded via an oxygen bridge, an aminocarbonyl bridge or oxycarbonyl bridge, R4 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, or a C5-C20-aryl radical or C1-C20-alkyl radical optionally bonded via an oxygen bridge, and R5 to R10 independently of one another are hydrogen or C1-C20-alkyl radicals and where in additio

Abstract: The use of compounds of the formula I in which R1 and R2 are identical or different, electron-withdrawing radicals chosen from the group consisting of cyano, alkyl- or arylcarbonyl, alkyloxy- or aryloxycarbonyl and optionally substituted aminocarbonyl, R3 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C20-alkyl radical or a C3-C20-cycloalkyl radical or a radical of the formula —CH2—CH2—SO3—M+, where M+ is a cation, X is the divalent radical of oxygen, sulfur or the radical where R3 is as defined above, is the divalent radical of the formula II or III, which forms a fused system with the radical of the formula I where R4 can be bonded one or more times to the benzylidene ring I or naphthylidene ring II, and is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, mono- or dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, each having up to 20 carbon atoms, and also cyano, amino and SO3—M+, where M+ is a cation,

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula I 1

Abstract: 4,4-Diarylbutadienes of the formula I, where the diene system has the Z,Z; Z,E; E,Z or E,E configuration or a mixture thereof, and where the variables independently of one another have the following meanings: R1 and R2 are hydrogen, C1-C20-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkenyl, C1-C12-alkoxy, C1-C20-alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C12-alkylamino, C1-C12-dialkylamino, aryl, hetaryl, unsubstituted or substituted, substituents which confer solubility in water and are selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfonate, or ammonium residues; R3 is COOR5, CONR5R6; R4 is COOR6, CONR5R6; R5 and R6 are hydrogen, C1-C20-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C7-C10-bicycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkenyl, C7-C10-bicycloalkenyl, aryl, hetaryl, unsubstituted or substituted; n is 1 to 3; and R3 and R4 are not COOCH3 when R1 and R2 are hydrogen, are used as photostable UV filters in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations to protect the human skin or human hair from the sun's rays,

Abstract: The present invention describes the use of finely divided dye-containing polymers PD in the form of an aqueous polymer dispersion or a polymer powder obtainable therefrom, the polymer matrix of which comprises at least one organic dye D in homogeneously dispersed form, as color-imparting constituent in cosmetic compositions. The present invention also describes cosmetic compositions which comprise a color-containing polymer in an amount of from 0.1 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the cosmetic composition, and additives customary for cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: The use of crosslinked copolymers obtainable by precipitation polymerization of monomer mixtures comprising (a) monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C8-carboxylic acids, their anhydrides or mixtures of said carboxylic acids and anhydrides, (b) compounds with at least 2 non-conjugated ethylenic double bonds in the molecule as crosslinkers and, where appropriate, (c) other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers which are copolymerizable with monomers (a) and (b), in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators and from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the monomers used, of saturated, nonionic surface-active compounds, as stabilizer in oil-in-water emulsions in amounts of from 0.01 to 5% of the weight of the emulsions, and cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations based on oil-in-water emulsions which contain said precipitation polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula I in which X is the divalent radical of oxygen, a carbonyl radical, optionally aliphatically substituted imino or the radical ═CR9R10, Y is a carbonyl group or the radical ═CR9R10, R1 and R2 are identical or different electron-withdrawing radicals, chosen from the group consisting of cyano, alkyl- or arylcarbonyl, alkyloxy- or aryloxycarbonyl, optionally substituted aminocarbonyl, alkyl- or arylsulfinyl, alkyl- or arylsulfonyl and optionally substituted aminosulfonyl, R3 is a hydrogen atom, a cyano, hydroxyl, carboxyl or aminocarbonyl group or a C5-C20-aryl radical or C1-C20-alkylradical optionally bonded via an oxygen bridge, an aminocarbonyl bridge or oxycarbonyl bridge, R4 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, or a C5-C20-aryl radical or C1-C20-alkyl radical optionally bonded via an oxygen bridge, and R5 to R10 independently of one another are hydrogen or C1-C20-alkyl radicals and where in additio

Abstract: The present invention relates to colorant-containing polymer dispersions comprising

Abstract: Oligomeric 4,4-diarylbutadienecarboxylates and -carboxamides of the formula I in which R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen, an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic radical or substituents which confer solubility in water, chosen from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfonate or ammonium radicals; R3 is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic radical or a radical which is bonded by a carbonyl, sulfonyl or a phosphonyl group, or is a carboxylate or a cyano group; Y is the group; in which R4 is hydrogen, an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic radical and m is from 2 to 10, n is from 1 to 3, and x is the m-valent radical of a polyol having from 2 to 10 hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: The use of compounds of the formula I in which R1 and R2 are identical or different, electron-withdrawing radicals chosen from the group consisting of cyano, alkyl- or arylcarbonyl, alkyloxy- or aryloxycarbonyl and optionally substituted aminocarbonyl, R3 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C20-alkyl radical or a C3-C20-cycloalkyl radical or a radical of the formula —CH2-CH2—SO3—M+, where M+ is a cation, X is the divalent radical of oxygen, sulfur or the radical  where R3 is as defined above, Z is the divalent radical of the formula II or III, which forms a fused system with the radical of the formula I  where R4 can be bonded one or more times to the benzylidene ring I or naphthylidene ring II, and is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, mono- or dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, each having up to 20 carbon atoms, and also cyano, amino and SO3—M+, where M+ is a c

Abstract: Use of amino-substituted hydroxybenzophenones of the formula I in which the variables have the meanings explained in the description, as photostable UV filters in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations for protecting human skin or human hair from the sun's rays, alone or together with compounds which absorb in the UV region and are known per se for cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.

Abstract: A method of using compounds of formula I in which the C═C double bond is present in E and/or Z configuration and the variables have the following meanings: R1 denotes COOR5, COR5, CONR5R6, CN, O═S(—R5)═O, O═S(═OR5)═O, R7O—P(—OR8)═O; R2 denotes COOR6, COR6, CONR5R6, CN, O═S(—R6)═O, O═S(═OR6)═O, R7O—P(—OR8)═O; R3 denotes hydrogen, an optionally substituted aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical having in each case up to 18 carbon atoms; R4 denotes an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic radical containing from 5 to 12 ring atoms; R5 to R8 independently denote hydrogen, an open-chain or branched-chain aliphatic, araliphatic, cycloaliphatic or optionally substituted aromatic radical containing in each case up to 18 carbon atoms, where the variables R3 to R8 may also form, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, a 5-membered or 6-membered

Abstract: Use of ascorbic acid derivatives of the formula I 1

Abstract: Use of ascorbic acid derivatives of the formula I where the variables independently of one another have the following meanings: R1 is hydrogen, C1-C20-acyl, C1-Cl2-alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C12-alkyl, R2 is hydrogen, C1-C20-acyl, C1-Cl2-alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C12-alkyl, where R1 and R2, together with the oxygen atoms to which they are bonded and the carbon atoms bonded to the oxygen atoms, can form an unsubstituted or substituted heterocycle, R3 is hydrogen or a cation selected from the group consisting of NH4+, alkali metal and alkaline earth metal cations, R4 is C1-C12-alkoxycarbonyl, for cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations is described.

Abstract: 4,4-Diarylbutadienes of the formula I, 1

Abstract: A copolymer obtainable by free-radical polymerization of A) 50-99.99% by weight of an olefinically unsaturated C3-C5 monocarboxylic acid, of an olefinically unsaturated C4-C8 dicarboxylic acid or the anhydride thereof or a mixture of such carboxylic acids or anhydrides with B) 0.01-50% by weight of an olefinically unsaturated quaternary ammonium compound of the formula I or II  where R1 is C6-C20-alkyl, C6-C20-alkenyl, C5-C8-cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenyl(C1-C12-alkyl) or (C1-C12-alkyl)phenyl, R2 is hydrogen, methyl or phenyl, R3 and R4 are each H or C1-C4-alkyl, X is halogen, C1-C4-alkoxysulfonyloxy or C1-C4-alkanesulfonate, it also being possible for the latter to occur as R3 or R4 with the formation of a betaine structure, Y is O or NH, and A is C1-C6-alkylene, or a mixture of such ammonium compounds, C) 0 to 49.

Abstract: 4,4-Diarylbutadienes of the formula I, where the variables have the meanings explained in the description, are used as photostable UV filters in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations to protect the human skin or human hair from the sun's rays, alone or together with compounds which absorb in the UV region and are known per se for cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.