A base for a transparent soap composition comprises a solubilized composition consisting of a C1-C6 monohydric aliphatic alcohol and an animal or vegetable oil normally immiscible in said alcohol, the oil and alcohol being solubilized by one or more C1-C6 aliphatic alcohol esters of C10-C24 fatty acids.  Oils specified comprise sesame, cottonseed, corn, sweet almond, apricot, sunflower, peach kernel, olive, wheat germ, rice bran, peanut, neats foot, bone, sperm, cod liver and whale oils and lanolin. Solubilizers include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl and butyl esters of lauric, oleic, myristic, palmitic, stearic, linoleic, linolenic, ricinoleic, erucic, eleostearic, behenic, arachidic, arachidonic and clupadonic acids.  A C10-C24 fatty alcohol such as cetyl, palmityl, myristyl, lauryl, oleyl, linoleyl, linolenyl, stearyl, decyl, ricinoleyl, behenyl, arachidyl and erucyl alcohol may also be added as an additional solubilizer.  The soap composition described comprises sodium stearate, peanut oil, glycerol, butyl stearate, butyl laurate and ethyl alcohol.  Specification 790,075 is referred to.ALSO:A base for a hair waving preparation comprises a mineral, animal or vegetable oil solubilized in a C1-C6 monohydric aliphatic alcohol (with which it is normally immiscible), said oil being solubilized by one or more C1-C6 aliphatic alcohol esters of C10-C24\t fatty acids.  Oils specified comprise light and heavy liquid paraffins, sesame, cottonseed, corn, sweet almond, apricot, sunflower, peach kernel, olive, wheat germ, rice bran, peanut, neats foot, bone, sperm, cod liver and whale oils and lanolin. Solubilizers include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl and butyl esters of lauric, oleic, myristic, palmitic, stearic, linoleic, linolenic, ricinoleic, erucic, eleostearic, behenic, arachidic, arachidonic and elupadonic acids.  A C10-C24 fatty alcohol such as cetyl, palmityl, myristyl, lauryl, oleyl, linoleyl, linolenyl, stearyl, decyl, ricinoleyl, behenyl, archidyl and erucyl alcohol, may also be added to the composition as an additional stabilizer.  To the base may be added thioglycollic acid, ammonium thioglycollate, polyvinylpyrrolidone and casein and protein hydrolysates.  Specification 790,075 is referred to.ALSO:The invention comprises a base for cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations consisting of an animal, mineral or vegetable oil solubilized in a C1-C6 monohydric aliphatic alcohol by the addition of one or more C1-C6 aliphatic alcohol esters of C10-C24 fatty acids. Oils specified comprises light and heavy liquid paraffins, sesame, cottonseed, corn, sweet almond, apricot, sunflower, peach kernel, olive, wheat germ, rice bran, peanut, neatsfoot, bone, sperm, cod liver and whale oils and lanolin.  Solubilizers include the methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl and butyl esters of lauric, oleic, myristic, palmitic, stearic, linoleic, linolenic, ricinoleic, erucic, eleostearic, behenic, arachidic, arachidonic, and clupadonic acids. A C10-C24 fatty alcohol such as cetyl, palmityl, myristyl, lauryl, oleyl, linoleyl, linolenyl, stearyl, decyl, ricinoleyl, behenyl, arachidyl and erucyl alcohol may also be added as an additional stabilizer.  Several examples are given of the solubilized composition.  Hair lotion preparations.-To the base may be added lanolin derivatives, antiseptics, rubefacients, estrogenic hormones, methyl sulphoxide, dithiocarbamates, methoxychloracetic acid and solubilized amino acids.  Antiperspirant preparations.-To the base may be added aluminium, zinc or zirconium salts, deodorants such as hexachlorophene and silicones.  Silicone protective preparations.-To the base may be added alcohol, soluble silicones, lanolin derivatives and antiseptics.  After-shave lotions.-To the base may be added antiseptics, astringents such as aluminium, zinc and zirconium salts and antibiotics such as tyrothricin, neomycin and bacitracin.  Acne preparations.-To the base may be added sulphur, polysulphides, resorcin, Vitamins A and D, and antibiotics (tyrothricin, neomycin and bacitracin).  Fungicidal preparations.  To the base may be added salicylic and benzoic acids, and fatty acids such as propionic and thioglycollic acids, undecylenic acid and their salts.  Anti-dandruff lotions.-To the base may be added sulphur, resorcinol, salicylates, organic sulphides, dithiocarbamates, oxyacetamides and oxyacetic acids.  Hair lacquer preparations.-To the base may be added silicones, casein, protein hydrolysates and lanolin derivatives. Specific examples of the above and of sun screening lotions, insecticide preparations, anti-seborrheic preparations, solid cologne and a scalp stimultant are included in the Specification. Specification 790,075 is referred to.