Cosmetic composition for the make-up of the skin, containing at least one silicone wax and process for its preparation

A cosmetic make-up composition for the skin consisting essentially of a stable dispersion of

• (a) a silicone wax in an aqueous phase in the absence of a surface-active agent, said silicone wax being present in an amount ranging from 10 to 60 percent by weight based on the total weight of said composition,
• (b) said aqueous phase also containing a first water-soluble acrylic polymer, present in an amount ranging from 0.001 to 1 percent by weight based on the total weight of said composition, said first water-soluble acrylic polymer consisting of a copolymer of (i) a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 monoethylenic acid or anhydride present in an amount ranging from 90 to 98 weight percent with (ii) a long chain acrylic ester present in an amount ranging from 10 to 2 weight percent, and
• (c) said aqueous phase also containing a second water-soluble acrylic polymer consisting of a homo- or copolymer of acrylic acid or a salt thereof, said second water-soluble acrylic polymer being present in an amount ranging from 0.2 to 2.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of said composition, said second water-soluble acrylic polymer excluding a copolymer of acrylic acid with a long chain acrylic ester or a salt thereof,
• said first water-soluble acrylic polymer having the formula ##STR4## wherein R represents H, halogen, OH, a lactone radical, a lactam radical, --C.ident.N, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylaryl or cycloaliphatic and
• said first water-soluble long chain acrylic ester having the formula ##STR5## wherein R.sub.1 represents H, methyl or ethyl and R.sub.2 represents C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 oxyalkylene or C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 carbonyloxyalkylene.