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US 5,162,378 AGranted
Silicone containing water-in-oil microemulsions having increased salt content
AssigneeRevlon Consumer Products Corporation
InventorBernadette Guthauser
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Abstract
A water in oil microemulsion comprising the following essential constituents: a) cetyl dimethicone copolyol, b) water, c) silicone, d) alcohol, and e) about 5-40% by weight of one or more salts. The inventive compositions are useful in personal care products including moisturizing and antiperspirant compositions.
Claims4
A clear water in oil microemulsion moisturizing cream composition comprising the following essential constituents:
- (a) 8-20% of an ingredient selected from the group consisting of a mixture having an HLB 4-6 of cetyl dimethicone copolyol, polyglyceryl-3 oleate, and hexyl laurate;
- a mixture having an HLB 4-6 of cetyl dimethicone copolyol, polyglyceryl-4-isostearate, and hexyl laurate;
- cetyl dimethicone copolyol of HLB 4-6;
- and a mixture having an HLB 4-6 of cetyl dimethicone copolyol and hexyl laurate
- (b) 20-40% water,
- (c) 10-35% of a silicone selected from the group consisting of a polydimethylsiloxane having molecular weight of about 500-26,000, a polymethyl hydrogen siloxane of molecular weight about 500-23,000, cyclomethicone, phenyl dimethicone, hexamethyldisiloxane, trimethylsiloxysilicate, and stearoxy trimethylsilane,
- (d) 5-15% of a C.sub.1-6 organic alcohol selected from the group consisting of SD-40 alcohol and isopropyl alcohol,
- (e) 8-20% by weight of a salt selected from the group consisting of an organic salt and inorganic salt wherein the inorganic salt is sodium chloride, magnesium sulfate, aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrex gly, magnesium chloride, sodium thiosulfate, aluminum chloride, aluminum chlorohydrate, sodium acetate, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, or calcium chloride or mixtures thereof, and the organic salt is sodium aluminum lactate, sodium butoxyethyoxy acetate, sodium caprylate, sodium citrate, sodium lactate, sodium dihydroxyglycinate, sodium gluconate, sodium glutamate, sodium hydroxymethane sulfonate, sodium oxalate, sodium phenate, sodium propionate, sodium sacchardine, sodium salicylate, sodium sarcosinate, sodium tolene sulfonate, magnesium aspartate, calcium propionate, calcium saccharine, calcium-D-saccharate, calcium thioglycolate, aluminum caprylate, aluminum citrate, aluminum diacetate, aluminum glycinate, aluminum lactate, aluminum methionate, aluminum phenosulfonate, potassium aspartate, potassium biphthalate, potassium bitartrate, potassium glycosulfate, potassium sorbate, potassium thioglycolate, potassium toluenesulfonate, potassium troclosene, magnesium lactate, or mixtures thereof,
- (f) 1-20% of a humectant selected from the group consisting of urea and propylene glycol.
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