Abstract: In various embodiments, a method for determining a skin moisture content is provided. The method includes: contacting at least one skin region with at least one sensor contact region of a skin moisture measuring device; detecting a signal dependent on skin moisture in the skin region with the skin moisture measuring device; and associating a skin moisture content with the detected signal by comparing the detected signal with reference signals for known skin moisture contents, wherein the reference signals are located in a database stored in a processor cloud architecture.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for ascertaining the condition of the skin including: ascertaining a trace element content of skin, including: arranging a plurality of electrodes over a skin area, wherein the plurality of electrodes includes at least one first electrode and one second electrode, wherein the first electrode contacts a selection layer arranged on the skin area and the second electrode contacts the skin area, wherein only the trace element, in the event of contact with the selection layer, is suitable for generating a signal which is dependent on the concentration of the trace element and can be measured between the first and the second electrode; measuring the signal dependent on the concentration of the trace element; comparing the measured signal with reference signals for known trace element contents of skin; and ascertaining the condition of the skin on the basis of the ascertained trace element content.

Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a method for determining a degree of colonization of skin with acne bacteria is provided. The method may comprise: for at least one region of a user's skin, recording an image of the region of skin by a camera during illumination of the region of skin with ultraviolet and/or blue light, wherein the camera is configured to at least capture light in a fluorescence wavelength range of a fluorescent agent produced by the acne bacteria, by the image, determining a captured quantity of light which is emitted from the fluorescent agent as fluorescence as a consequence of the illumination, and allocating a degree of colonization of the skin to the determined captured quantity of light, wherein the allocation of the degree of colonization of the skin to the determined captured quantity of light is carried out by a database stored in cloud computing architecture.

Abstract: Cosmetic agents include liquid oils in a total amount of 80 to 99.5% by weight. The liquid oils include (a) at least one liquid oil with a spreadability value (25° C.) in a range of 100 mm2/10 min to less than 800 mm2/10 min, (b) at least one liquid oil with a spreadability value (25° C.) in a range of 800 mm2/10 min to less than 1050 mm2/10 min, (c) at least one liquid oil with a spreadability value (25° C.) in a range of 1050 mm2/10 min to 1800 mm2/10 min. The weight ratio of the total amount of the oils named under (a) to the sum of the respective total quantities of the oils named under (b) and (c) is in the range of 1 to 3 to 1 to 1. The cosmetic agents are suitable as skin care oils and provide a smooth skin feel and protect the skin against drying out.

Abstract: Cosmetic compositions in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion include a) at least one monoglycerol fatty acid ester A, b) at least one first polyglycerol difatty acid ester B, c) at least one second polyglycerol difatty acid ester C which differs from the first polyglycerol difatty acid ester B, d) at least one fatty acid ester of the general formula (I) the residues R1 and R2 mutually independently denoting a saturated or unsaturated alkyl residue with 16 to 26 carbon atoms, and e) at least one skin-lightening active substance. A method includes using such compositions.

Abstract: Cosmetic compositions in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion, including: a) at least one monoglycerol fatty acid ester A, b) at least one first polyglycerol di-fatty acid ester B, c) at least one second polyglycerol di-fatty acid ester C different from the first polyglycerol di-fatty acid ester B, d) at least one fatty acid ester of the general formula (I) where the R1 and R2 groups independently of one another stand for a saturated or unsaturated alkyl groups having 16 to 26 carbon atoms, e) at least one thickener, and f) at least one cosmetically active substance. Methods are included for using these compositions.

Abstract: Cosmetic compositions in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion include: a) at least one monoglycerol fatty acid ester A, b) at least one first polyglycerol difatty acid ester B, c) at least one second polyglycerol difatty acid ester C which differs from the first polyglycerol difatty acid ester B, d) at least one fatty acid ester of the general formula (I) the residues R1 and R2 mutually independently denoting a saturated or unsaturated alkyl residue with 16 to 26 carbon atoms, and e) at least one organic UV filter. Methods of using such a composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: An aqueous cosmetic composition includes: a) at least one alkyl glucoside including a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 14 to 30 carbon atoms and a mono-, di- or triglucoside group; b) at least one extract of a plant species from the aralia family (Araliaceae); c) at least one extract of a plant species from the pine family (Pinaceae); d) at least one extract of a plant species from the flowering plants family (Theaceae); and e) at least one extract of a plant species from the gooseberry family (Grossulariaceae).

Abstract: Cosmetic agents include liquid oils in a total amount of 80 to 99.5% by weight. The liquid oils include (a) at least one liquid oil with a spreadability value (25° C.) in a range of 100 mm2/10 min to less than 800 mm2/10 min, (b) at least one liquid oil with a spreadability value (25° C.) in a range of 800 mm2/10 min to less than 1050 mm2/10 min, (c) at least one liquid oil with a spreadability value (25° C.) in a range of 1050 mm2/10 min to 1800 mm2/10 min. The weight ratio of the total amount of the oils named under (a) to the sum of the respective total quantities of the oils named under (b) and (c) is in the range of 1 to 3 to 1 to 1. The cosmetic agents are suitable as skin care oils and provide a smooth skin feel and protect the skin against drying out.

Abstract: Cosmetic or dermatological preparations are comprised of from 0.01 to 5% by weight of a dicarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of 8-hexadecene-1,16-dicarboxylic acid decanedioic acid nonanedioic acid and combinations thereof and from 0.01 to 5% by weight of ascorbic acid, salts of ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid derivatives and combinations thereof. These preparations provide skin-lightening and/or hair-lightening preparations which inhibit melanin biosynthesis and do not damage hair and/or skin.

Abstract: The invention relates to plant extracts that have a prebiotic effect on skin, topical cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions containing said plant extracts, and the use of said plant extracts and compositions, especially for treating the skin.

Abstract: Novel topical cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions containing apple core extracts, and novel uses of apple core extracts in topical cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: A method of using DNA repair enzymes in topical cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention of the ageing of human skin. In particular, the method prevents ageing effects caused by light. The method prevents the degradation of collagen within connective tissue, specifically within the dermis of the skin.

Abstract: The invention relates to cosmetic and pharmaceutical creams in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion containing at least one polar oil as the oil component, said polar oil having an interfacial tension (&ggr;1) with water of less than 30 mN/m at 25° C., and at least one plant protein as the emulsifier, a 1 wt % aqueous solution of said plant protein having an interfacial tension (&ggr;2) with the oil component at 25° C. which is less than the interfacial tension &ggr;1 between oil and water. Protein or protein-containing meals consisting of oats, wheat or peas are preferred as emulsifiers, whilst the oil components preferably belong to the group of C8-C22 fatty acid esters of monovalent or polyvalent C2-C22 alkanol esters of monovalent or polyvalent C2-C6 hydroxycarboxylic acids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin lightening composition comprising (a) a safe and effective amount of a compound of formula (I): wherein Z is Oxygen or Sulfur, (b) an average polarity solvent, (c) a polyhydric alcohol, (d) a solid fatty alcohol, (e) a nonionic surfactant, (f) water, and (g) lecithin wherein at least a portion of the above components (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) forms a liquid crystal.

Abstract: Antimicrobial mixtures containing specific antimicrobial diols, e.g. 1,2-dodecanediol, and specific aromatic alcohols, e.g. phenylethyl alcohol or hydrocinnamic alcohol, are provided. Such mixtures with a weight ratio of diol to aromatic alcohol of 9:1 to 1:9 have been found to exhibit a synergistic effect, i.e. a high antimicrobial activity which cannot be explained by an additive effect of the very low-activity components. Such mixtures are useful in the disinfection of hard surfaces, in the production of disinfectant cleaning preparations and in the preservation of water-based preparations of microbially degradable substances.

Abstract: Aqueous detergent preparations containing 1-20 wt. % of a condensation product of fatty acids with 12-22 carbon atoms and water-soluble oligo- and/or polypeptides and their water-soluble salts, and 1-20 wt. % of an alkyl glycoside are characterized by their excellent foaming capacity and increased viscosity or ease of thickening on addition of 1-8 wt. % of an amphoteric or zwitterionic tenside and/or 0.1-5 wt. % of a water-soluble, inorganic electrolytic salt, e.g. a chloride or sulphate of an alkali metal or magnesium.