Cosmetic Compositions
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsSourav DAS, Naohisa YOSHIMI, Shuhei TANAKA
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Abstract
A cosmetic composition comprising a safe and effective amount of a skin care active; a safe and effective amount of a skin lightening agent; a safe and effective amount of bisabolol; and a safe and effective amount of a glycerol ether of aliphatic alcohol, wherein the ratio of bisabolol to glycerol ether of aliphatic alcohol is from 2:1 to 1:15.
Claims13
A method of reducing the irritability of a cosmetic composition comprising a first skin care active and a skin lightening agent, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) identifying that said cosmetic composition causes irritation in at least one human subject when said cosmetic composition is applied to keratinous tissue;
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- b) adding to said cosmetic composition bisabolol and glycerol ethers of aliphatic alcohols at a ratio of between 2:1 and 1:15 of bisabolol to glycerol ether to mitigate said irritation.
A cosmetic composition for skin lightening with reduced irritability, comprising:
- a) a safe and effective amount of a skin care active;
- b) a safe and effective amount of a skin lightening agent;
- c) a safe and effective amount of bisabolol;
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- d) a safe and effective amount of batyl alcohol, chimyl alcohol or selachul alcohol, wherein the ratio of bisabolol to batyl alcohol, chimyl alcohol or selachul alcohol is from 2:1 to 1:15.
A cosmetic composition for skin lightening with reduced irritability, comprising:
- a) from about 0.0005% to about 11% by weight of the composition of a skin care active;
- b) from about 0.0001% to about 5% by weight of the composition of a skin lightening agent;
- c) from about 0.0001% to about 0.2% by weight of the composition of bisabolol;
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- d) from about 0.001% to of batyl alcohol, chimyl alcohol or selachul alcohol, wherein the ratio of bisabolol to batyl alcohol, chimyl alcohol or selachul alcohol is from 2:1 to 1:15.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.