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US 2026/0207452 A1Published application
Oil-continuous cosmetic composition
AssigneeConopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
InventorsHasiba BEKTO, Lei HUANG
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are personal care compositions. More particularly, disclosed herein is a cosmetic composition containing resorcinol, a functionalized heteroaromatic compound, and retinoic acid precursor in combination with antioxidant, compatible oil, and low HLB, high molecular weight emulsifier to provide for improved stability of the oil-continuous composition.
Claims21
A cosmetic composition comprising:
- (a) 0.001 to 10% by weight of a resorcinol comprising 4-ethylresorcinol, 4-hexylresorcinol, 4-phenylethylresorcinol, 4-cyclopentyl resorcinol, 4-cyclohexylresorcinol, 4-octylresorcinol, isobutylamido thiazolyl resorcinol (thiamidol), or mixtures thereof;
- (b) a retinoic acid precursor comprising, retinol, retinal ester, retinyl ester, or mixtures thereof;
- (c) a functionalized heteroaromatic compound comprising nicotinic acid, picolinic acid, nicotinate, niacinamide, picolinamide, or a mixture thereof;
- (d) 10 to 40% by weight of an oil where the oil has a Hansen total solubility parameter from 15 to 23;
- (e) an antioxidant;
- (f) a nonionic emulsifier having an HLB value less than or equal to 8 and having a number average molecular weight greater than 500 Da.
- wherein the composition is oil continuous.
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