Abstract: By coating the surface of a powder comprising a silicone resin and/or an organic powder with a specific hydrophilizing agent, such powder is hydrophilized. Such coated (treated) powder has extremely great dispersibility (ease of dispersion) and very good dispersion stability (long-term dispersion stability with lapse of time) in aqueous dispersion media, particularly under acidic and alkaline conditions, specifically at pH 3 through 13. Using the surface-treated powder, additionally, a dispersion with good dispersibility (ease of dispersion) and great dispersion stability, preferably for cosmetics can be provided. The use of the surface-treated powder, or the use of the dispersion can provide further a cosmetic excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability and further in re-dispersibility and dispersion stability with lapse of time and smooth feeling as compared to the related art when selecting aqueous cosmetic as an agent form.

Abstract: A surface of particles of a silicone resin is treated with a low-molecular organosilicon derivative, with or without a water-soluble cationic polymer to improve the hydrophilicity of the silicone resin. The thus-treated powder is quite excellent in dispersibility (readily dispersible) and in dispersion stability in an aqueous dispersion medium. The use of the surface-treated powder provides a dispersion for cosmetic, excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability and the like. The use of the surface-treated powder, or the use of the dispersion provides further a cosmetic excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability, and further excellent in ease of re-dispersion and dispersion stability with lapse of time when selecting aqueous cosmetic as an agent form, and also excellent in smooth feeling in comparison with ordinary products.

Abstract: By coating the surface of a powder comprising a silicone resin and/or an organic powder with a specific hydrophilizing agent, such powder is hydrophilized. The hydrophilizing agent includes water-soluble polyoxyalkylene glycol derivatives. The organic powder is at least one selected from PMMA, nylon, polyester, polystyrene, cellulose, silicone elastomer powder, silicone rubber powder, benzoguanamine, styrenedivinylbenzene pinhole polymer, ethylene tetrafluoride, polyethylene powder, polypropylene powder, polyurethane powder, silk powder, metal soap powder, starch powder, N-acylated lysine, an organic pigment, and a composite of at least one of these organic powders described above with a metal oxide and/or a metal hydroxide. Such coated (treated) powder has extremely great dispersibility (ease of dispersion) and very good dispersion stability (long-term dispersion stability with lapse of time) in aqueous dispersion media, particularly under acidic and alkaline conditions, specifically at pH 3 through 13.

Abstract: A composite powder containing a powdery base and aluminum hydroxide adhered to at least a portion of the surface of the base, wherein said adhered aluminum hydroxide in the form of a spherical and net structure is comprised preferably in a large amount. In case of using in powdery cosmetics, this composite powder hides wrinkles, pore openings and hard texture of the skin, and thus maintains the correcting effect of the troubled morphology of the skin. Thus, it exerts excellent effects of imparting natural gloss and color tone to the makeup coating without darkness, being superior in a feeling of “elasticity” and transparency, and the like, compared to the conventional products. The effect of the above object can be more enhanced by the surface treatment such as a further surface treatment by silicon on the surface of said composite powder.

Abstract: There is provided a cosmetic, particularly a skin cosmetic, excellent in imparting transparency (transparent feeling) to the skin, conditioning the skin texture and making wrinkles and hair follicles imperceptible when applied. The cosmetic comprises a powder of porous spherical silica having an average particle size (based on volume) from 3.0 to 20 ?m, a maximum particle size of 50 ?m or smaller, and a pore volume from 1.5 to 3.0 cm3/g, wherein the powder is characterized in that the minimum value of dlog (storage elasticity)/dlog (shear stress) is ?10 or more, when 40 g of squalane is added to 15 cm3 of apparent volume of said powder of porous spherical silica, the resulting paste is charged in thickness of 2 mm between parallel plates of 2.

Abstract: A surface of particles of a silicone resin is treated with a low-molecular organosilicon derivative, with or without a water-soluble cationic polymer to improve the hydrophilicity of the silicone resin. The thus-treated powder is quite excellent in dispersibility (readily dispersible) and in dispersion stability in an aqueous dispersion medium. The use of the surface-treated powder provides a dispersion for cosmetic, excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability and the like. The use of the surface-treated powder, or the use of the dispersion provides further a cosmetic excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability, and further excellent in ease of re-dispersion and dispersion stability with lapse of time when selecting aqueous cosmetic as an agent form, and also excellent in smooth feeling in comparison with ordinary products.

Abstract: A surface of particles of at least one powder selected from PMMA, nylon, polystyrene, a silicone elastomer powder, benzoguanamine, a styrenedivinylbenzene pinhole polymer, ethylene tetrafluoride, a polyethylene powder, a polyurethane powder, a silk powder, an organic pigment and a composite of at least one of these and a metal oxide and/or a metal hydroxide is treated with a low-molecular organosilicon derivative, with or without a water-soluble cationic polymer to improve the hydrophilicity of the powder. The thus-treated powder is quite excellent in dispersibility (readily dispersible) in an aqueous dispersion medium, especially an aqueous dispersion medium in acidic and alkaline conditions, specifically with pH from 3 to 13 and in dispersion stability. The use of the surface-treated powder provides a dispersion, preferably dispersion for cosmetic, excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability and the like.

Abstract: There is provided a powder having a base substance usable as a powder for cosmetics, a layer of hydroxyapatite which exists directly on the surface of the base substance and a layer of zinc oxide which exists directly on the surface of the layer of hydroxyapatite, and containing 5 to 30% by weight of the hydroxyapatite and 10 to 50% by weight of the zinc oxide based on the total weight of the powder. This powder is suitable for use in cosmetics. As the powder has an improved properties for cosmetics, or adsorbent property of unsaturated fatty acids or sebum, it is also useful for a sebum-adsorbent agent, a body deodorant or the like as well as the cosmetics.

Abstract: A dispersion which has a stable dispersibility, that is, a dispersion in which an ultraviolet light scattering agent is dispersed homogeneously and with good stability for a prolonged time with a dispersant, and a cosmetic in which such a dispersion is blended and which is superior in emulsion stability.

Abstract: A powder comprising a core powder, a hydroxyapatite layered directly on the core, and zinc layered directly on the hydroxyapatite, suitable for use in cosmetics. The powder has a light reflection curve similar to that of the surface of the skin so that it exhibits good skin feeling and is superior in long wear effect for makeup and antibacterial effect. The powder is also superior in adsorbing, solidifying, or congealing the sebum components or body odor components, and is useful as an effective component for a sebum-adsorbent agent, a body deodorant or the like in addition to cosmetics.

Abstract: A composite powder containing a powdery base and aluminum hydroxide adhered to at least a portion of the surface of the base, wherein said adhered aluminum hydroxide in the form of a spherical and net structure is comprised preferably in a large amount. In case of using in powdery cosmetics, this composite powder hides wrinkles, pore openings and hard texture of the skin, and thus maintains the correcting effect of the troubled morphology of the skin. Thus, it exerts excellent effects of imparting natural gloss and color tone to the makeup coating without darkness, being superior in a feeling of “elasticity” and transparency, and the like, compared to the conventional products.

Abstract: There is provided a composite pigment comprising a clay mineral and an aluminum hydroxide that adheres to the surface of said clay mineral, wherein said aluminum hydroxide contains an aluminum hydroxide in the form of a cup with cover, the basal plane of which adheres to the surface of said clay mineral, and preferably contains such specified aluminum hydroxide as much as possible, which shows excellent transparency, makes both the troubled morphology of the skin such as, wrinkles, pore openings, hard texture of the skin less noticeable, and the trouble color tone of the skin such as, blemishes, freckles, and acne traces less noticeable, when included in cosmetics, as well as having a smoother feel and lesser color drabness, and makes the skin look brighter, when compared to conventional products.

Abstract: There is provided a powder comprising a base substance usable as a powder for cosmetics, a hydroxyapatite and a zinc oxide, preferably a powder obtained on coating the surface of the substance with hydroxyapatite to form a hydroxyapatite coating layer on the surface of the base substance and fixing zinc oxide to the hydroxyapatite coating layer thereof, suitable for use in cosmetics.

Abstract: There is provided a composite pigment comprising a clay mineral and an aluminum hydroxide that adheres to the surface of said clay mineral, wherein said aluminum hydroxide contains an aluminum hydroxide in the form of a cup with cover, the basal plane of which adheres to the surface of said clay mineral, and preferably contains such specified aluminum hydroxide as much as possible, which shows excellent transparency, makes both the troubled morphology of the skin such as, wrinkles, pore openings, hard texture of the skin less noticeable, and the trouble color tone of the skin such as, blemishes, freckles, and acne traces less noticeable, when included in cosmetics, as well as having a smoother feel and lesser color drabness, and makes the skin look brighter, when compared to conventional products.

Abstract: A powdered base material treated with organic silicon compounds comprised of a powdered base material to which is preferably affixed one or more of metal hydroxides, hydroxy group-containing inorganic oxides and the gelated products thereof and to which are also affixed a reactive alkyl polysiloxane and a methyl hydrogen polysiloxane, preferably the methyl hydrogen polysiloxane represented by the following formula: (CH3)3SiO[(CH3)2SiO]m(CH3HSiO)nSi(CH3)3, wherein m and n are each an integer, and m+n=7 to 50, more preferably 7 to 25 and m:n =1:0.2 to 1:4, more preferably m:n=1:0.5 to 1:2.

Abstract: Cosmetic compositions and cosmetics which have good dispersibility, high UV protection effect that lasts for a long period and high stability with suppressed optical activity and catalytic activity. The cosmetic contains 10.5 weight % of a composition comprising fine-grain titanium oxide (mean particle size 0.9 .mu.m) treated with 5% methylhydrogenpolysiloxane, zinc oxide (mean particle size 2.5 .mu.m) treated in the same manner and talc (mean particle size 4 .mu.m) treated in the same manner.

Abstract: A dispersion of a moisture-retaining agent for use in a cosmetic article is disclosed which is characterized by having dispersed in the moisture-retaining agent an inorganic ultraviolet intercepting material having the molecules of the moisture-retaining agent adsorbed thereon by a mechanochemical reaction. This dispersion manifests an excellent ability to disperse the inorganic ultraviolet intercepting material, affords a highly effective protection against ultraviolet light, and exhibits excellent stability in a cosmetic article.A cosmetic article containing the dispersion is also disclosed.

Abstract: An aqueous slurry for cosmetic products, which comprises particles of pigments and/or extender pigments having a lipophilic moiety attached to the surface thereof and a cosmetically acceptable oily material dispersed in a liquid suspending medium consisting essentially of water.

Abstract: Cosmetics having good dispersibility, high sustained ultraviolet light ray shielding, suppressed photochemical reactivity and catalytic activity of the ultraviolet ray shielding material and high stability. A milky lotion containing fine particles of zinc oxide surface-modified with 5% dimethyl polysiloxane (mean particle size, 1.6.mu.) and titanium oxide surface-modified with 5% dimethyl polysiloxane (mean particle size, 1.2.mu.).

Abstract: A water and oil repellant vapor deposition coating layer is produced by reaction-bonding a water and oil repellant agent to an active site, either an acid or base site, on the surface of an inorganic base powder. The water and oil repellant agent is a fluorosilane, fluorosilazane or fluorinated hydrocarbon. The water and oil repellant coated powder is produced by coating the activated inorganic powder with either a water and oil repellant agent or an oily agent, or both, a reactive auxiliary agent and a primer. The first baked coating layer is formed on the surface of the base powder by heat treatment and a second baked coating layer may be formed on the first baked coating layer by heat treatment, in which the second baked coating layer is formed with the reactive auxiliary agent and either the water and oil repellant agent or the oily agent, or both, to provide a multi-layer structure on the powder.