Patent ID: 7700078

Claim:
A method for protecting body-care and household products wherein said body-care and household products are stored in a container, said container has a low absorption in the UV-A range and said body-care and household products are subject to photolytic degradation from UV light which comprises incorporating into said body care or household products from 50 to 1000 ppm of a benzotriazole of formula and optionally from 50 to 1000 ppm of a triazine compound of formula wherein L 1 is C 1 -C 22 alkyl, C 2 -C 22 alkenyl or C 5 -C 7 cycloalkyl; L 2 and L 6 are each independently of the other H, OH, halogen, C 1 -C 22 alkyl, halomethyl; L 3 , L 5 and L 7 are each independently of one another H, OH, OL 1 , halogen, C 1 -C 22 alkyl, halomethyl; L 4 is H, OH, OL 1 , halogen, C 1 -C 22 alkyl, phenyl, halomethyl; L 12 is C 1 -C 22 alkyl, phenyl C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 5 -C 7 cycloalkyl, OL 1 or a group of formula j is 0, 1, 2 or 3 wherein said benzotriazole of formula (3) is completely dissolved in said body-care and said household products; and wherein said body-care and said household products comprise a pH range from 5.6 to 5.75 or a pH range from 6.0 to 6.5.