Abstract: An agent for coloring and/or lightening keratinic fibers, in particular human hair, includes: (a) ammonia in a quantity of 0.40 to 3.0 wt.-%, preferably of 0.50 to 2.4 wt.-%, more preferably of 0.60 to 2.0 wt.-% and especially preferred of 0.62 to 1.75 wt.-%, based on the weight of the agent, (b) one or more alkanolamines from the group of monoethanolamine, 2-amino-2-methylpropanol, and triethanolamine, (c) one or more ethoxylated fatty alcohols having a degree of ethoxylation from 80 to 120, (d) cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol in a total quantity of 4 to 8 wt-%, based on the weight of the agent, (e) one or more ethoxylated fatty alcohols having a degree of ethoxylation of 30.

Abstract: An agent for coloring and/or lightening keratinic fibers, in particular human hair, includes: (a) ammonia in a quantity of 0.40 to 3.0 wt.-%, preferably of 0.50 to 2.4 wt.-%, more preferably of 0.60 to 2.0 wt.-% and especially preferred of 0.62 to 1.75 wt.-%, based on the weight of the agent, (b) one or more alkanolamines from the group of monoethanolamine, 2-amino-2-methylpropanol, and triethanolamine, (c) one or more ethoxylated fatty alcohols having a degree of ethoxylation from 80 to 120, (d) cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol in a total quantity of 4 to 8 wt-%, based on the weight of the agent, (e) one or more ethoxylated fatty alcohols having a degree of ethoxylation of 30.

Abstract: A surface active mixture comprising: (A) from about 1 to about 50% by weight of an anionic surfactant having one or two lipophilic groups and having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms and a polar group selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfate and sulfonate groups; (B) from about 0.5 to about 15% by weight of an alkyl glycoside of the formula R(G).sub.x, wherein R is a linear saturated alkyl radical having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms and (G).sub.x is a glycoside or oligoglycoside unit with a degree of oligomerization x of 1 to 10; (C) from about 0.1 to about 7% by weight of a nitrogen-containing copolymer having a molecular weight of from about 15,000 to about 1,500,000 wherein said copolymer is comprised of: (i) from about 99.5 to about 45 mole-% of units derived from vinyl pyrrolidone, (ii) from at 0.5 to about 50 mole-% of units derived from a monomer corresponding to formula (I):CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR.sup.1 --COOR.sup.2 --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 (I)R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 is a C.sub.

Abstract: A composition and process for coloring keratin-containing fibers wherein the composition comprises: (a) an alkyl glycoside of the formula (I):R.sup.1 --O--(G).sub.x --H (I)wherein R.sup.1 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having from 12 to 16 carbon atoms, (G) is an anhydroglucose unit, and x is a number from about 1 to about 2.5; (b) an oxidation dye precursor; and (c) a water-based carrier.