abstract |
Compositions suitable for the prevention and treatment of dry skin and having a depot moisturizing effect contain, in a suitable cosmetic or dermatological carrier, based on the weight of the total composition, from 0.1 to 10% by weight (2-hydroxyethyl ) urea and 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one betaine of the formula (I), in which the radicals R 1 , R 2 , R 3 are selected independently of one another from -CH 3 ; -CH 2 CH 3 , -CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 , -CH (CH 3 ) 2 , - (CH 2 ) 3 CH 3 , -CH 2 -CH (CH 3 ) 2 , -CH (CH 3 ) CH 2 CH 3 , -C (CH 3 ) 3 and 0.1 to 10 wt .-% glycerol and at least 0.1 wt .-% of at least one enhancer from the group of extracts of Imperata cylindrica, in particular the root extracts thereof, the yeast extracts and of xylitylglycosides (glycosylxylitides). |