Gel composition for nail enamel
AssigneeShiseido Company, Ltd.
InventorsToshihide Ikeda, Motokiyo Nakano
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Abstract
Gel composition suitable for use in the preparation of nail enamel is provided. The gel composition contains a chip composition which is prepared by mixing, under heating and compression, organically modified montmorillonite clay, nitrocellulose, and a substance which is capable of swelling the montmorillonite clay and is capable of plasticizing the nitrocellulose. The thixotropic nail enamel prepared from this gel composition has the advantages that a pretty glossy film can be obtained and the gelling state thereof is stable.
Claims10
A gel composition for a nail enamel comprising (i) 10 through 30% by weight of a chip composition which is prepared by mixing, under heat and compression, a mixture of (A) 25 through 70% by weight of an organically modified montmorillonite clay, (B) 5 through 70% by weight of nitrocellulose and (C) 5 through 30% by weight of at least one substance selected from the group consisting of compounds having a general formula, HO(RO).sub.m H (wherein R is C.sub.2 H.sub.4 and C.sub.3 H.sub.6) and m is an integer of 3 through 90);
- compounds having a general formula R'O(RO).sub.n H (wherein R is C.sub.2 H.sub.4 and C.sub.3 H.sub.6' R' is an alkyl group having 4 through 20 carbon atoms and n is an integer of 1 through 50) and esters of dicarboxylic acids having 4 through 10 carbon atoms with aliphatic lower alcohols having 1 through 4 carbon atoms, and;
- (ii) 70 through 90% by weight of an organic mixed solvent.
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