Cosmetic skin coloring compositions containing aminated .gamma.-dialdehydes

A cosmetic composition for coloring the skin having a pH between 2-5 and consisting essentially of

• 1. 1-15 weight percent of a surface active agent selected from the group consisting of (A) fatty alcohol having 12-18 carbon atoms and oxyethylenated with 4-15 moles of ethylene oxide, (B) nonylphenol oxyethylenated with 6-12 moles of ethylene oxide and (C) ##EQU8##
• 2. 0.5-4 weight percent of a thickening agent selected from the group consisting of
• A. cellulose ether,
• B. carboxymethyl cellulose and
• C. crosslinked polyacrylic acid having a Brookfield viscosity, measured in a 0.5% solution neutralized to a pH of 7 with NaOH, of 8,900 - 43,000 centipoises;
• 3. 0-2 weight percent of silicone oil;
• 4. 0.5-12 weight percent of an aminated aldehyde of the formula ##EQU9## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl and hydroxyethyl, R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, hexyl, hydroxyethyl, cyclohexyl, benzyl, (1,2-diformyl-2-hydroxy) ethyl and 2-[(1,2-diformyl-2-hydroxy) ethylamino] ethyl and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form piperidinyl;
• and
• 5. the remainder consisting essentially of water.

A cosmetic composition for coloring the skin having a pH between 2-5 and consisting essentially of

• 1. 2-15 percent by weight of a fatty alcohol having 12-18 carbon atoms oxyethylenated with 10-15 moles of ethylene oxide as a surface active agent;
• 2. 0-20 percent by weight of a component selected from the group consisting of light vaseline oil, perhydrosqualene, sweet almond oil, ricin oil, colza oil, olive oil, peanut oil, cocoa oil, palm oil, isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl myristate, fatty alcohol having 16 carbon atoms and saturated fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms;
• 3. 0-6 percent by weight of a thickening agent selected from the group consisting of (A) starch, (B) crosslinked polyacrylic acid having a Brookfield viscosity measured in a 0.5% solution neutralized to a pH of 7 with NaOH of 8,900 - 43,000 centipoises, (C) diethylene glycol stearate;
• 4. 0-15 weight percent glycerine;
• and
• 5. 0.5-12 weight percent of an aminated aldehyde of the formula ##EQU10## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl and hydroxyethyl, R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, hexyl, hydroxyethyl, cyclohexyl, benzyl, (1,2-diformyl-2-hydroxy) ethyl and 2-[(1,2-diformyl-2-hydroxy) ethylamino] ethyl and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form piperidinyl;
• and
• 6.