Applied films for smoothing wrinkles and skin texture imperfections

A skin smoothing composition that comprises sodium silicate, polyvalent silicate which is a hydrated magnesium aluminum silicate, and water carrier, the skin smoothing composition forms a film having a thickness of from about 5 microns to about 50 microns, when applied to an area of skin having wrinkles the skin smoothing composition comprising:

• a) from about 0.5 to about 4% sodium silicate as measured by silica content (Si02);
• b) from about 0.1% to about 4.0% of a polyvalent silicate which is a hydrated magnesium aluminum silicate which is stable in compositions having a pH greater than 10;
• c) from about 10 to 98% water;
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• d) from about 1% to about 20% of a plasticizer;
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• wherein the ratio of the weight of the sodium silicate to the polyvalent silicate is from about 1.0 to about 3.0 and the ratio of total silicate to plasticizer is equal to or less than 1.8 and the composition is in the form of a gel or oil-in-water emulsion;
• and wherein the pH of the composition is greater than 10.