Kao Corporation

Tomoko Uchiyama

Yoshinori Tamura

Ryosuke Fujii

Hayato Yoshikawa

Yasuhiro Doi

Makoto Kubo

Naoyuki Yamazaki

Yohei Kaneko

Eisuke Miyoshi

Juri Sata

Yumi Yamaguchi

Kazuhiro Iitaka

Masaki Matsubara

There is provided a cleansing composition for skin or hair which can provide a good durability of foam and rinse feel, enhance combing property of the hair during rinsing to impart softness to the hair, and impart a refreshing feeling upon application to the skin without causing stickiness. A cleansing composition for skin or hair contains the following (A) and (B): (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 12 or more and 24 or less carbon atoms; and (B) an anionic surfactant having no sulfate group except the internal olefin sulfonate (A) and an anionic surfactant having two or more carboxylic acid groups.

Cleansing composition for skin or hair

A cationized glycerolated cellulose which, when blended in a hair cosmetic, is able to impart excellent smoothness and its long-lasting feeling at the time of rinsing and to impart a moist feeling and softness to the hair after drying and, when blended in a skin cleanser, is able to impart an excellent moisturizing feeling after drying; a surfactant composition containing the same; and a hair cosmetic composition and a skin cleanser composition each containing the surfactant composition, are provided. [1] A cationized glycerolated cellulose having a specified structure, which has a main chain derived from an anhydroglucose, wherein a degree of substitution of a cationized alkylene oxy group per the anhydroglucose unit is from 0.01 to 0.18, and a degree of substitution of a glycerol group per the anhydroglucose unit is from 0.5. to 5.0; [2] a surfactant composition containing the above-described cationized glycerolated cellulose, a surfactant, and water; [3] a use of the above-described surfactant composition as a hair cosmetic composition and a skin cleanser composition; and [4] a hair cosmetic composition and a skin cleanser composition each containing the above-described cationized glycerolated cellulose, a surfactant, and water, are disclosed.

Cationized glycerolated cellulose

To provide a cleansing composition showing excellent properties during cleansing and rinsing while satisfying foam performance. The hair cleansing composition according to the invention contains the following ingredients (A), (B), (C), and (D) at a weight ratio of Ingredient (A) to Ingredient (B) [(A)/(B)] is of from 0.1 to 1.2 and at a weight ratio of Ingredient (A) to Ingredient (C) [(A)/(C)] of from 0.1 to 1.2:

Hair washing composition

Provided is a hair treatment composition capable of imparting good manageability and excellent hair feel to the hair upon finishing permanent wave or hair dye treatment. The hair treatment composition has the following components (A) and (B): (A) a compound represented by the following formula (1): RO&#x2014;(PO)(EO)&#x2014;R(1) wherein Rrepresents a linear or branched Calkyl or alkenyl group, PO represents a propyleneoxy group, EO represents an ethyleneoxy group, n represents an average addition mole number and is from 1.5 to 5.0, m represents an average addition mole number and is from 0 to 1.0, and Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and (B) at least one selected from keratin reducing agents, oxidizing agents, alkaline agents, and dyes for hair dye, wherein a content of an ROH wherein Rrepresents a linear or branched Calkyl or alkenyl group is 300 ppm or less.

Hair treatment composition

Provided is a skin detergent composition containing a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate or an alkyl sulfate which composition is high in foam viscosity and creamy in foam quality. The skin detergent composition contains the following components (A), (B) and (C):

Skin cleansing composition

Provided is a detergent composition containing a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate or an alkyl sulfate which composition is excellent and creamy in foam quality, and excellent in storage stability. The detergent composition contains the following components (A), (B) and (C): wherein the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is (A)/(B)=91.5/8.5 to 80/20, the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (C) is (A)/(C)=98/2 to 85/15, the weight ratio of the component (B) to the component (C) is (B)/(C)=90/10 to 30/70, and the content of the component (B) is 1.6 to 14% by weight.

Cleansing composition

Provided is a detergent composition having components (A) and (B): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), and (B) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=1; components (A), (B) and (B): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), (B) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=1, and (B) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=2; components (A), (B) and (B): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), (B) a phosphate monoester (2) wherein n=1, and (B) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=2; components (A) and (C): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), and (C) a phosphate monoester (3); or a phosphate-based surfactant produced by reacting a compound obtained by adding to an alcohol an alkylene oxide of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, with phosphoric acid, a polyphosphoric acid or PO:  The detergent composition is mild to the skin, is high in versatility, and has a good foaming property in weak acidic water or in hard water.

Detergent composition comprising a sub-stoichiometric alkoxylated phosphate ester

Provided is a detergent composition having components (A) and (B): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), and (B) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=1; components (A), (B) and (B): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), (B) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=1, and (B) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=2; components (A), (B) and (B): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), (B) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=1, and (B) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=2; components (A) and (C): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), and (C) a phosphate monoester (3); or a phosphate-based surfactant produced by reacting a compound obtained by adding to an alcohol an alkylene oxide of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, with phosphoric acid, a polyphosphoric acid or PO:  The detergent composition is mild to the skin, is high in versatility, and has a good foaming property in weak acidic water or in hard water.

Detergent compositions comprising a mixture of phosphate esters

The present invention relates to a surfactant composition containing a composition containing a diol derivative (I) and a surfactant: wherein Ris an alkyl or alkenyl group having 4 to 22 carbons, Ris an alkyl or alkenyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms and one of Rand Ris a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms and derived from Rand the other is a hydrogen atom.

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Tomoko Uchiyama