Use of an essential oil of origanum majorana, as an agent for treating and/or preventing greasy skin and/or the associated aesthetic skin defects
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorsGeraldine LEREBOUR, Pierre LARTAUD, Agnes PEGEON
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the cosmetic use, as an agent for treating greasy skin and/or preventing greasy or greasy-prone skin and/or the associated aesthetic skin defects, of an essential oil of Origanum majorana and/or of origanum hybrids. The invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising same, to a non-therapeutic cosmetic care and/or cleansing treatment process for greasy skin, and also to said essential oil as a dermatological agent.
Claims20
Cosmetic use of at least one essential oil of Origanum majorana and/or of origanum hybrids, comprising more than 18% by weight of cis-4-thujanol and more than 16% by weight of carvacrol relative to the total weight of the constituents of the essential oil, or of a cosmetic composition comprising same, as an agent for treating and/or preventing greasy or greasy-prone skin and/or the associated aesthetic skin defects.
Cosmetic treatment process for treating greasy or greasy-prone skin, it which comprises the topical application, to the skin, of at least one composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, an essential oil of Origanum majorana and/or origanum hybrids, comprising more than 18% by weight of cis-4-thujanol and more than 16% by weight of carvacrol relative to the total weight of the constituents of the essential oil.
Non-therapeutic cosmetic care and/or cleansing process for greasy or greasy-prone skin, which comprises the topical application, to the skin, of at least one composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, an essential oil of Origanum majorana and/or origanum hybrids, comprising more than 18% by weight of cis-4-thujanol and more than 16% by weight of carvacrol relative to the total weight of the constituents of the essential oil.
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