Abstract: A hair care composition is disclosed comprising i) a piroctone compound: ii) a metal oxide or metal salt wherein said metal is selected from magnesium, calcium, barium and strontium; and iii) a cationic guar polymer; wherein the composition comprises at least 2% of said metal oxide or metal salt by weight of the composition.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition is disclosed comprising i) hinokitiol; ii) a metal oxide or metal salt wherein the metal is selected from manganese, stannum and barium; and iii) a cationic polymer selected from cationic galactomannans, dialkyldiallylammonium halide homopolymers and copolymers, cationic cellulose, (meth)acrylamidopropyl trialkylammonium halide homopolymers and copolymers, trialkylammonioethyl (meth)acrylate homopolymers and copolymers; wherein the weight ratio of the metal oxide or metal salt to hinokitiol is from 1:10 to 20:1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rinse-off personal care composition comprising: (a) a microcapsule comprising an intercalated layered particle having an interlayer distance of 1 to 10 nm and an active inside of the particle; and (b) an anionic surfactant, wherein the active is selected from natural essential oil, pro-fragrance, fragrance, mosquito repellence active, anti-dandruff active or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cosmetic composition comprising hinokitiol and an organic UVA filter selected from Butyl Methoxy-dibenzoylmethane, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, Methylene Bis-benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol, and a mixture thereof. It has been shown to improve the stability of the hinokitiol.

Abstract: A composition comprising: (i) an antidandruff agent; (ii) a wax or a wax-like substance in which said antidandruff agent is soluble or dispersible, where melting point of said wax and said substance is 30° C. to 105° C. and where said substance is not a UV absorbing sunscreen; and, (iii) a cationic polymer having weight average molecular weight of 103 Da to 107 Da, where said composition is in the form of particles of particle size 0.1 to 1000 ?m and where said wax-like substance is a C13 to 35 fatty alcohol; where said wax is at least one of beeswax, Chinese wax, lanolin, shellac wax, spermaceti, bayberry wax, candelilla wax, carnauba wax, castor wax, esparto wax, Japan wax, ouricury wax, rice bran wax, soy wax, tallow tree wax, ceresin wax, montan wax, ozocerite or peat wax.

Abstract: Disclosed are composite particles comprising a photolabile antidandruff agent and an organic UV filter whose melting point is from 30° C. to 105° C., characterized in that said composite particles comprise a cationic polymer having weight average molecular weight of 1000 Da to 10000000 Da.

Abstract: A skin care composition is described comprising water-soluble dye polymer comprising polymer backbone having negatively charged reactive dye substituent covalently bound thereto; and cosmetically acceptable carrier. The dye polymer is present in amount of 0.00001 to 0.1% in terms of reactive dye substituent by weight of the skin care composition. The composition is useful for providing cosmetic benefits such as skin lightening, evening skin tone and masking blemishes.

Abstract: A skin care composition is described comprising water-soluble dye polymer comprising polymer backbone having negatively charged reactive dye substituent covalently bound thereto; and cosmetically acceptable carrier. The dye polymer is present in amount of 0.00001 to 0.1% in terms of reactive dye substituent by weight of the skin care composition. The composition is useful for providing cosmetic benefits such as skin lightening, evening skin tone and masking blemishes.

Abstract: A hair colouring composition comprising an arylated polyethyleneimine dye wherein the arylated polyethyleneimine dye comprises a polyethyleneimine having covalently bound to the nitrogen groups of the polyethyleneimine: a. a negatively charged reactive dye and; b. aryl group or substituted aryl group; c. in which the aryl group or substituted aryl group and the negatively charged reactive dye are different moieties.

Abstract: A hair colouring composition comprising analkylated polyethyleneimine dye, wherein the alkylated polyethyleneimine dye comprises a polyethyleneimine having covalently bound to the nitrogen groups of the polyethyleneimine: (i) a negatively charged reactive dye and; (ii) a linear carbon chain comprising at least 7 carbon atoms.