Cosmetic composition for removing make-up
AssigneeChesebrough-Pond's USA Co.
InventorsIan G. Lyle, Masaaki Nagase
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Abstract
A cleansing composition suitable for topical application to human skin to remove make-up, the composition comprising: A. a surfactant system comprising: i) a water-dispersible anionic alkali metal C.sub.10 -C.sub.18 alkylether carboxylate; and ii) a water-dispersible nonionic partially esterified polyol; and B. an oil substance chosen from hydrocarbons, esters of a higher alcohol and a higher fatty acid, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, triglycerides, oils or fats of animal and vegetable origin, cholesterol fatty acid esters, perfume oils and mixtures thereof.
Claims12
A cleansing composition for topical application to human skin to remove make-up, the composition comprising:
- A.
- i) from 1% to 25% of a water-dispersible anionic alkali metal C.sub.10 -C.sub.18 alkyl ether carboxylate;
- and
- ii) from 0.5% to 20% of a water-dispersible nonionic partially esterified polyol;
- and
- b. from 10% to 90% of an oil substance selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, esters of a higher alcohol and a higher fatty acid, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, triglycerides, animal oils, vegetable oils, animal fats, vegetable fats, cholesterol fatty acid esters, perfume oils and mixtures thereof.
A composition according to claim I, in which the anionic surfactant is sodium polyoxyethylene tridecylether carboxylate [6 EO].
Method of treatment of the human skin to remove make-up using a composition comprising:
- a.
- i) from 1% to 25% of a water-dispersible anionic alkali metal C.sub.10 -C.sub.18 alkyl ether carobxylate;
- and
- ii) from 0.5% to 20% of a water-dispersible nonionic partially esterified polyol;
- and
- B. from 10% to 90% of an oil substance selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, esters of a higher alcohol and a higher fatty acid, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, triglycerides, animal oils, vegetable oils, animal fats, vegetable fats, cholesterol fatty acid esters, perfume oils and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.