Abstract: The present invention relates to consumer improved hair colouring compositions, which provide improved vibrancy and durability of vibrancy, mulitfaceted colour and complete gray coverage both immediately after dyeing and over the wash and dry cycle. In particular the invention relates to hair colouring compositions comprising specified non oxidative azo thiosulphato dyes and their utilization in combination with oxidative coupler and developer dye systems.

Abstract: Disclosed are treatment compositions comprising a liquid emulsifiable concentrate which comprises a chemically unstable reactive agent wherein the reactive agent is comprised of one or more reactive groups of the electrophilic, nucleophilic or protected thiol type, a water immiscible solvent, one or more surfactants, which is usable upon dilution within a separate aqueous composition to form a micro- or macro-emulsion in-situ immediately prior or simultaneous to application to the substrate and wherein the reactive agent is chemically shelf stable. Also disclosed are methods for treating amino acid based substrates, and methods for bleaching, coloring and conditioning hair with these treatment compositions.

Abstract: A hair coloring composition comprising: (a) from about 0.0003 moles (per 100 g of composition) to less than about 0.09 moles (per 100 g of composition) of an inorganic peroxygen oxidizing agent; and (b) an oxidative hair coloring agent; wherein the pH of each of (a) and (b) is in the range of from about 1 to about 6 and wherein the combined mixture of (a) and (b) has a pH in the range of from about 1 to about 6. The products can provide excellent hair coloring and in-use efficacy benefits including excellent initial color and good wash fastness in combination with reduced hair damage at low pH.

Abstract: A hair coloring composition comprising: (a) an inorganic peroxygen oxidizing agent; and (b) an oxidative hair coloring agent; wherein the pH of each of components (a) and (b) is in the range of from about pH 1 to about pH 4.5 and wherein the pH of the composition is in the range of from about pH 1 to about pH 4.5. The products can provide excellent hair coloring and in-use efficacy benefits including excellent initial color and good wash fastness in combination with reduced hair damage at low pH.

Abstract: A hair coloring composition comprising: (a) a preformed organic peroxyacid oxidising agent; and (b) an oxidative hair coloring agent; wherein the pH of each of components (a) and (b) is in the range of from about pH 1 to less than about pH 7 and wherein the pH of the composition is in the range of from about pH 1 to less than about pH 7. The products can provide excellent hair coloring and in-use efficacy benefits including excellent initial color and good wash fastness in combination with reduced hair damage at low pH.

Abstract: A hair coloring composition comprising: (a) from about 0.0003 moles (per 100 g of composition) to less than about 0.09 moles (per 100 g of composition) of an inorganic peroxygen oxidizing agent; and (b) an oxidative hair coloring agent; wherein the pH of each of (a) and (b) is in the range of from about 1 to about 6 and wherein the combined mixture of (a) and (b) has a pH in the range of from about 1 to about 6. The products can provide excellent hair coloring and in-use efficacy benefits including excellent initial color and good wash fastness in combination with reduced hair damage at low pH.

Abstract: A storage stable, re-usable hair coloring composition comprising: (a) an oxidizing agent; and (b) an oxidative hair coloring agent; wherein the pH of each of (a) and (b) is in the range of from about 1 to about 6 and wherein the combined mixture of (a) and (b) has a pH in the range of from about 1 to about 5 and wherein both (a) and (b) are capable of being stored at low pH, either separately, or, once mixed, for at least 1 month at room temperature and wherein the resultant color delivered to the hair (Delta E) is up to about 75%, preferably up to about 85%, more preferably up to about 90% and most preferably up to about 95% of the total color delivered to the hair (Delta E) from a mixture of (a) and (b) on mixing. The products are storage stable and re-usable and can provide excellent hair coloring and in-use efficacy benefits in combination with improved color retention potential after storage at room temperature.

Abstract: A hair coloring composition present in a single package suitable for direct application to the hair wherein the hair coloring mixture comprises: a) an oxidising agent; and b) an oxidative hair coloring agent; and wherein the combined mixture of a) and b) has a pH in the range of from about 1 to about 5 and wherein the resultant color delivered to the hair (Delta E), after at least about 1 month of storage at room temperature, is up to about 75%, preferably up to about 85%, more preferably up to about 90% and most preferably up to about 95% of the total color delivered to the hair (Delta E) from a mixture of a) and b) on application. The products are storage stable, re-usable and can provide both excellent hair coloring and in-use efficacy benefits as well as improved color development potential after storage at room temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition comprising by weight parts of the liquid composition: (a) from about 0.5 parts to 10 parts dispersed amorphous silica of synthetic origin, i.e., fumed or precipitated; (b) from about 5 parts to about 30 parts of lipid skin moisturizing agent having a Vaughan Solubility Parameter (VSP) of between 5 and 10; wherein said lipid has a shear index, n, value at 35° C. in the range 0.1 to 0.5 and a consistency, k, value at 35° C. in the range 10 to 3,000 poise; (c) from about 5 part to about 30 parts of surfactant; (d) water; wherein said surfactant has a combined CMC equilibrium surface tension value of from 15 to 50; and wherein said stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition has a Lipid Deposition Value (LDV) of from about 5 to about 1000; also wherein said lathering cleansing liquid preferably has a shear index, n, value at 35° C. in the range 0.20-0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition comprising by weight parts of the liquid composition:(a) from about 0.5 parts to 6 parts dispersed smectite clay, i.e., bentonite, hectorite or combinations thereof;(b) from about 5 parts to about 30 parts of lipid skin moisturizing agent having a Vaughan Solubility Parameter (VSP) of between 5 and 10; wherein said lipid has a a shear index, n, value at 35.degree. C. in the range 0.1 to 0.5 and a consistency, k, value at 35.degree. C. in the range 10 to 3,000 poise;(c) from about 5 part to about 30 parts of surfactant; and,(d) water;wherein said surfactant has a combined CMC equilibrium surface tension value of from 15 to 50; and wherein said stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition has a Lipid Deposition Value (LDV) of from about 5 to about 1000; and wherein said composition is stable for at least two weeks at 100.degree. F. (38.degree. C.).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition comprising by weight parts of the liquid composition:(a) from about 0.5 parts to 10 parts of a stabilizer; for example trihydroxystearin;(b) from about 1 part to about 80 parts of lipid skin moisturizing agent;(c) from about 1 part to about 30 parts of surfactant having a combined CMC equilibrium surface tension value of from 15 to 50;(d) water;wherein said stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition has a Lipid Deposition Value (LDV) of from about 5 to about 100 and wherein said composition is stable for at least two weeks at 100 F.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition comprising by weight parts of the liquid composition:(a) from about 0.5 parts to 10 parts of a crystalline, hydroxyl-containing stabilizer;(b) from about 1 part to about 80 parts of lipid skin moisturizing agent;(c) from about 1 part to about 30 parts of surfactant having a combined CMC equilibrium surface tension value of from 15 to 50;(d) water.Such stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid compositions have a Lipid Deposition Value (LDV) of from about 5 to about 100. Such compositions are also stable for at least two weeks at 100.degree. F.

Abstract: The present invention relates to personal cleansing bar compositions comprising:A. from about 1 parts to about 70 parts by bar weight of a mild synthetic surfactant selected from the group consisting of sodium cocoyl isethionate, sodium topped cocoyl isethionate, essentially saturated C.sub.15 -C.sub.22 alkyl sulfate, essentially saturated C.sub.15 -C.sub.22 alkyl sarcosinate, essentially saturated C.sub.15 -C.sub.22 alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate, and mixtures thereof;B. from about 0.01 parts to about 1 parts by bar weight of a nonionic polymer;wherein the nonionic polymer is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR1## wherein x is 2; and n has an average value of from about 2,000 to about 115,000 and wherein the pH is from about 4 to about 9. These bar compositions provide enhanced clinical mildness to the skin while maintaining good lathering, increased lather lubricity and lather creaminess.

Abstract: A stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition comprising by weight parts of the liquid composition:(a) from about 0.5 parts to 10 parts of a crystalline, hydroxy-containing stabilizer; for example trihydroxystearin;(b) from about 1 part to about 30 parts of lipid skin moisturizing agent;(c) from about 5 parts to about 30 parts of surfactant having a combined CMC equilibrium surface tension value of from 15 to 50;(d) water;wherein said stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition has a Lipid Deposition Value (LDV) of from about 5 to about 100 and wherein the composition is stable for at least two weeks at 100.degree. F.

Abstract: A mild antibacterial liquid personal cleanser compositions. (More specifically, a mild, lathering compositions, especially those that are useful for application to the body, face and hands.) comprising:(a) from about 0.1 parts to about 20 parts, preferably 1 part to 15 parts, especially 3 to 12 parts by weight of anionic surfactant,(b) from about 0.1 parts to about 20 parts, preferably 1 part to 15 parts, especially 3 to 12 parts by weight of amphoteric surfactant,(c) from about 0.5 parts to about 25 parts, preferably 0.5 parts to 15 parts, especially 3 parts to about 10 parts by weight of an oily skin moisturizer, preferably an adduct prepared from vegetable oils containing non-conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid esters which are conjugated and elaidinized and then modified via Diels-Alder addition with a member of the group consisting of acrylic acid, fumaric acid and maleic anhydride,(d) from about 0.1 parts to about 2.

Abstract: Liquid compositions comprising acyloxy alkane sulfonic acid salt, paraffin, water, optional salt reactant, and optional fatty acid are provided which have improved stability and pumpability. Also a method of preparing and a method of storing these composition are provided utilizing temperature and particle size limitations. The composition, method of making, and method of storing the composition provide improved storage stability, pumpability, and a decrease in processing time for the incorporation of the composition into finished bar formulations.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses a personal cleansing bar comprising from 10 parts to 70 parts by bar weight of a distilled, topped C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 acyl (topped cocoyl) isethionate (STCI). The bar of this invention contains little or no (0-2.8 parts) highly soluble acyl groups (sodium C.sub.6, C.sub.8, C.sub.10, C.sub.18:1 and C.sub.18:2 acyl isethionate). The bar of this invention is mild, smells better than a bar made with ordinary sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI), is more stable in terms of both odor and color, and is easier to make.A preferred STCI bar contains a higher level of moisture without processing negatives which higher level of moisture contributes to better lather. The sodium topped cocoyl isethionate (STCI) also allows for an increase in levels of liquids and hygroscopic materials, in the bar formulation without the usual processing negatives.