Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Home and Personal Care Usa, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Lever Brothers Company

Avon Products, Inc.

Michael J Fair

Michael Massaro

Mengtao He

Terence James Farrell

Allwyn Colaco

Gail Beth Rattinger

Georgia Shafer

John R Glynn

Sen Yang

Prithwiraj Maitra

Teanoosh Moaddel

John C Brahms

Steven E Brown

David J Lang

John Nicholson

John Richard Nicholson

Yury Yarovoy

James Joseph Dalton

Ashley L Howell

Albert Joseph Post

Giovana A Sandstrom

John R Glynn, Jr

James J Dalton

Stephen M O'Connor

Bozena Marianna Piatek

Michael Francis Petko

Harry Crookham

Gregory Jay McFann

Ajay G Dingley

Edward Andrew Van Gunst

John Gerrard Sheehan

Christine Marie Nixon Lee

Frank Meyer

Abid Khan-Lodhi

Birnur Aral

Kevin Finucane

Laurie Coyle

Sanghee Park

Michael Barratt

Jason Rothouse

Compositions and methods are disclosed for repairing damaged keratin fibers or otherwise strengthening keratin fibers, including hair of the human scalp, and particularly hair that has been damaged chemically, physically, thermally or by other means. The compositions comprise 3,3'-thiodipropionic acid (TDPA) or a derivative thereof in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle.

Compositions and methods for treating damaged hair

Compositions comprising a gel system made from a combination of a fractal network of nanoparticles and translucent macroscopic particles, titanium dioxide and other color pigments is disclosed. The compositions are capable of forming an effective film on the biological surface such as skin to blurring fine lines and wrinkles while retaining a natural look of the skin as a consequence of synergy between the fractal particles, the macroscopic particles, titanium dioxide and color pigments. Also disclosed methods for their use.

Optical blurring pigment composition suitable for use in cosmetics

Compositions and methods are disclosed for imparting a long-wearing shine to keratin fibers, including hair. The compositions comprise an aminosilicone polymer having a viscosity from about 800 to about 1,600 mm/s at 25&#xb0; C., and a functional group equivalent weight from about 8,000 to about 14,000 g/mol. The compositions comprise an aminosilicone polymer and optionally a shine enhancer. The compositions are useful for imparting a long-wearing shine to hair.

Hair care compositions

The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent to a carrying composition into which the premix is added.

Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle

The invention discloses bar compositions which are milder than soap but have squeaky feel or rinse associated with soap. This is accomplished by ensuring at least a certain portion (at least 1%), or all, of the soluble surfactant system is ion-sensitive. Further, soluble soap comprises less than 1% by wt. of bar, which helps produce a less alkaline pH bar while allowing squeaky feel to be produced.

Mild, low soluble soap bars which have non-slimy quick rinse perception in use

The present invention relates to solid detergent compositions generally comprising anionic/amphoteric/nonionic surfactant systems. Addition of specific polyol esters wherein the melting temperature and HLB are specifically defined has been found to remarkably enhance the oil/humectant structuring and releasing capabilities of a skin cleansing bar. In a second embodiment, the invention relates to a method for enhancing the bar's capability of including high levels of oil and/or humectant by carefully balancing the polyol ester's weight ratio to the oil and/or humectant. In the third embodiment, the invention relates to a method of enhancing the bar's capability of incorporating high levels of oil and/or humectant and delivering the oil and/or humectant for skin benefit by carefully balancing the polyol ester's weight ratio to the other costructurants such as PEG 8000 and fatty acid. In the third embodiment, skin mildness and especially skin moisturization are significantly enhanced by the detergent bar compositions comprising the combination of the specific polyol ester with oil and/or humectant.

Bar compositions comprising amphiphilic polyol ester structurant which

A bar composition in which use of specific ratio of cationic to surfactant as been found to remarkably enhance deposition of oil/emollient benefit agent.

Bars comprising benefit agent and cationic polymer

The present invention relates to personal wash bar compositions, particuly compositions comprising (1) lathering anionic surfactants (e.g., sodium acyl isethionate or fatty acid soap); (2) specific solid, less hygroscopic amphoteric surfactants (e.g., disodium N-lauryl iminodipropionate). The invention relates to the incorporation of significant levels of said solid amphoteric surfactant into the specific bar compositions to achieve superior skin mildness and bar user properties. The invention especially addresses the advantages of using solid, less hygroscopic amphoteric surfactants to reduce the processing difficulties in extrusion and modified extrusion processes.

Bar compositions containing solid amphoteric surfactants

The present invention is directed to specific synthetic bar compositions wherein relatively small amounts of specified alkoxylated nonionic surfactant has been found to enhance mildness of bar compositions without sacrificing processability and desired user properties, such as lather and bar smoothness.

Synthetic bar composition comprising alkoxylated surfactants

The present invention relates to cast melt bar composition comprising surfactant, fatty acid, generally lower MW polyalkylene glycol and small amounts of water wherein the ratio of total polyol to water is at least 3:1. By using less water and greater variants of polyol, the bars allow larger amounts of generally insoluble materials to be used and also allow retention of bar integrity using limited amounts of soap (important for mildness).

Pourable cast melt bar compositions comprising low levels of water and

The invention relates to bar compositions comprising an alkali metal salt of hydrophobically modified ethylenediaminetriacetic acid.

Bar compositions comprising novel chelating surfactants

The invention relates to a process for making bar compositions comprising salts of hydrophobically modified ethylenediaminetriacetic acid.

Process for making bar compositions comprising novel chelating

The present invention is directed to synthetic bar compositions wherein relatively small amounts of specified hydrophobically modified polyalkylene glycol nonionic polymer has been found to enhance mildness of bar compositions without sacrificing processability and lather property.

Bar composition comprising nonionic polymeric surfacing as mildness

The present invention relates to liquid detergent compositions comprising anionic/amphoteric surfactant systems. Low addition levels of specific hydrophobically modified polyalkylene glycol wherein ratio of hydrophobically modified polyalkylene glycol to anionic surfactant is defined have been found to remarkably enhance mildness without sacrificing processibility and desired user properties. In a second embodiment, the invention relates to a method for enhancing mildness in liquid detergent compositions comprising anionic surfactant by adding said defined hydrophobically modified polyalkylene glycols.

Liquid compositions comprising hydrophobically modified polyalkylene

The present invention is directed to mixed fatty acid soap based bar compositions, which may include synthetic surfactants as co-actives, wherein relatively small amounts of specified polyoxyethylene-polypropylene nonionic polymer has been found to enhance mildness and reduced mush of bar compositions without sacrificing the user properties and processability of the formulations.

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Michael J Fair