Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation

The Lubrizol Corporation

Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.

Wing Kin Li

Russell Lowell Kreeger

Edward F Diantonio

Stuart Barry Polovsky

Carmella A Barbeito

Carole Angele Lepilleur

Xiaodong Zhang

Tatiana V Drovetskaya

Murat Kadir

Narjis A Askar

Jean H Xavier

A composition and a process for modifying hair are disclosed. The process includes coating hair fibers with a composition comprising propylene carbonate and a glycol selected from at least one of propylene glycol, 1,3-propane diol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, and mixtures thereof and contacting the coated hair with a heating appliance at a temperature of at least 150&#xb0; C. for a sufficient time to modify the hair fibers.

Hair modification composition and method therefor

Quaternized cellulose ethers suitable for personal care products are described.

Quaternized cellulose ethers for personal care products

Compositions comprising alkoxylated lipophilic polyol compounds, e.g., ehtoxylated, esterified methyl glucosides, are disclosed wherein at least 5% of the polyol derivatives have about three moles of the lipophilic substituent per mole of polyol. Quite advantageously, the disclosed polyol derivatives can be dissolved into aqueous solutions to provide liquid thickeners suitable for thickening surfactant-containing compositions, e.g., shampoos, at cold processing temperatures.

Liquid thickener for surfactant systems

Compositions comprising alkoxylated lipophilic polyol compounds, e.g., ethoxylated, esterified methyl glucosides, are disclosed wherein at least 5% of the polyol derivatives have about three moles of the lipophilic substituent per mole of polyol. Quite advantageously, the disclosed polyol derivatives can be dissolved into aqueous solutions to provide liquid thickeners suitable for thickening surfactant-containing compositions, e.g., shampoos, at cold processing temperatures.

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Wing Kin Li