TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The pigment is titanium dioxide (CI 77891), black iron oxide (CI 77499), yellow iron oxide (CI 77492), red and brown iron oxide (CI 77491), manganese violet (CI 77742), ultramarine (CI 77007), chromium oxide hydrate (CI 77289), iron blue (CI 77510), bismuth oxychloride (CI 77163), carmine (cochineal), pearl shine and color pigments based on mica which are coated with a metallic oxide or a metallic oxychloride such as titanium dioxide or bismuth oxychloride, if necessary, additional color-providing materials such as iron oxides, iron blue, ultramarine, or carmine, and where the color is determined by varying the layer thickness. The particle-shaped material is silica, silicates, aluminates, alumina, mica, insoluble metallic salts, metallic oxides, minerals or insoluble polymer particles.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INSTRUMENTATION AND TESTING - Preferred Components: The capillary has a diameter of 0.004-0.04 in (0.1-1 mm) and a length of 0.2-4 in (5-100 mm). The spray rate is 0.0004-0.2 oz/s (0.01 to 5 g/s).    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The propellant is propane, butane, dimethyl ether and/or fluorinated hydrocarbons. The UV filter is materials based on 3-benzylidene camphor, 4-aminobenzoic acid, cinnamic acid esters, salicylic acid, benzophenone, 2-phenylbenzimidazole or dibenzoylmethane, preferably 4-tert-butyl-4'-methoxydibenzoylmethane, 4-methoxy cinnamic acid-2-ethylhexyl ester, methyl methoxy cinnamate, 2-phenyl-5-sulfobenzimidazole, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, ethylhexyl triazone, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzophenone-5-sulfonic acid, 3-(4-methylbenzylidene)-dl-camphor, polyethoxylated p-aminobenzoates or 2-ethylhexyl-2-cyano-3,3-diphenyl acrylate. (I) is a gel, wax or emulsion. The waxy composition contains at least one wax (10-80 wt.%) that is solid at 77degreesF (25degreesC). The wax is paraffin waxes, polyolefin waxes, wool wax, wool wax alcohols, candelilla wax, olive wax, carnauba wax, japan wax, apple wax, hydrogenated fats, fatty acid esters, fatty acid glycerides, fatty acid triglycerides, or polyethylene glycol waxes. The emulsion-type composition is water-in-oil (W/O), oil-in-water (O/W), or a microemulsion, and it contains at least one emulsifier (0.1-30 wt.%), at least one oil (1-20 wt.%), and water. The emulsifier is addition products of ethylene oxide (2-30 mol) and/or propylene oxide (1-5 mol) to 8-22C fatty alcohols, addition products of ethylene oxide (2-30 mol) and/or 1-5 mol propylene oxide to 12-22C fatty acids, addition product of ethylene oxide (2-30 mol) and/or 1-5 mol propylene oxide to alkyl phenols with 8-15 C alkyl, 12-22C fatty acid mono- and diesters of addition products of ethylene oxide (1-30 mol) to glycerin, addition products of ethylene oxide (5-60 mol) to castor oil or to hydrogenated castor oil, mono-, di-, or triesters of phosphoric acid with addition products of ethylene oxide (2-30 mol) to 8-22C fatty alcohols, esters from saccharose and one or two 8-22C fatty acids, esters of sorbitan and one, two, or three 8-22C fatty acids and an ethoxylation level of 4-20, polyglyceryl fatty acid esters of one, two, or more 8-22C fatty acids and polyglycerol with 2-20 glyceryl units, or alkylglycosides. The composition contains at least one additional active ingredient/additive (0.01-20 wt.%) of skin-conditioning materials, hair-conditioning materials, hair-setting materials, silicone compounds, preservatives, pigments or particle-shaped materials, where the compound is contained as a hair-conditioning/hair-setting material, with the compound of hair-conditioning or hair-setting polymers, silicone compounds, preservatives, pigments, direct-penetrating hair dyes, particle-shaped materials, oxidizing agents, reducing agents or oxidative hair dye precursor products, and the compound is contained as a hair-conditioning material, with compound of antioxidants, natural ingredients and derivatives thereof, antiwrinkle ingredients, self-tanning substances, repellents, moisturizers or fillers that improves the feel of the skin. (I) is in the form of an O/W emulsion, W/O emulsion, or a microemulsion and contains at least one oil/fatty alcohol (1-20 wt.%), at least one emulsifier (0.1-30 wt.%) of cationic, anionic, zwitterionic or nonionic surfactants, and at least one UV filter (0.1-30 wt.%).    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The gel-type composition contains at least one thickener/gel-former (0.01-20 wt.%). The thickener/gel former is a thickened polymer of copolymers from at least one first type of monomer, which is acrylic acid and methacrylic acid or at least one second type of monomer, which is esters of acrylic acid or ethoxylated fatty alcohol, crosslinked polyacrylic acid, crosslinked copolymers from at least one first type of monomer, which is acrylic acid and methacrylic acid or at least one second type of monomer, which is esters of acrylic acid with 10-30C alcohols, copolymer from at least one first type of monomer, which is acrylic acid and methacrylic acid or at least one second type of monomer, which is esters of itaconic acid and ethoxylated fatty alcohol, copolymers from at least one first type of monomer, which is acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, at least one second type of monomer, which is esters of itaconic acid and ethoxylated 10-30C alcohol and a third type of monomer of 1-4C aminoalkyl acrylates, copolymers from two or more monomers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid esters, and methacrylic acid esters, copolymers from vinyl pyrrolidone and ammonium acryloyl dimethyltaurate, copolymers from ammonium acryloyl dimethyltaurate and monomers of esters of methacrylic acid and ethoxylated fatty alcohols, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl guar, glyceryl polyacrylate, glycerylpoly methacrylate or copolymers from at least one 2-4 alkylene and styrene, polyurethanes, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, polyacrylamide, copolymer crosslinked with decadiene from maleic acid anhydride and methyl vinyl ether, locust bean gum, guar gum, xanthan, dehydroxanthan, carrageenan, karaya gum, hydrolyzed corn starch, copolymers from polyethylene oxide, fatty alcohols or saturated methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. The silicone compound is cyclic dimethylsiloxanes, linear polydimethylsiloxanes, block polymers from polydimethylsiloxane, and polyethylene oxide and/or polypropylene oxide, polydimethylsiloxanes with terminal/lateral polyethylene oxide/polypropylene oxide radicals, polydimethylsiloxanes with terminal hydroxyl groups, phenyl-substituted polydimethylsiloxanes, silicone emulsions, silicone elastomers, silicone waxes, silicone gums, amino-substituted silicones or silicones substituted with one or more quaternary ammonium groups. The active ingredient and additive is betaine, panthenol, panthenyl ethyl ether, sorbitol, protein hydrolysates, plant extracts, A-B block copolymers from alkyl acrylates and alkyl methacrylates, A-B block copolymers from alkyl methacrylates and acrylonitrile, A-B-A block copolymers from lactide and ethylene oxide, A-B-A block copolymers from caprolactone and ethylene oxide, A-B-C block copolymers from alkylene or alkadiene compounds, styrene and alkyl methacrylates, A-B-C block copolymers from acrylic acid, styrene, and alkyl methacrylates, star-shaped block copolymers, hyper-branched polymers, dendrimers, intrinsically electrically conducting 3,4-polyethylene dioxythiophenes or intrinsically electrically conducting polyanilines. ACTIVITY - Dermatological.    MECHANISM OF ACTION - None given.