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US 5,858,340 AGranted
Cosmetic compositions
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGillian Scott Briggs, Robert Francis Date, Marie-Isabelle Moine
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Abstract
A skin or hair care composition in the form of an aqueous gel comprising a humectant, a water-soluble polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant, a hydrophilic gelling agent and a polyethyleneglycol glyceryl fatty ester surfactant. The compositions provide improved moisturization, skin feel and skin care benefits, reduced tack and residue characteristics together with excellent visual clarity, rub-in and absorption characteristics.
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A skin or hair care composition in the form of an aqueous gel or lotion comprising:
- (a) from about 0.5% to about 20% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol humectant;
- (b) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a water-soluble polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant;
- (c) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a hydrophilic gelling agent;
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- (d) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a surfactant component comprising at least two polyethyleneglycol glyceryl fatty ester surfactants having the formula:
- ##STR3## wherein n, the degree of ethoxylation, is from about 2 to about 200, wherein n in one of the two polyethyleneglycol glyceryl fatty esters is from about 30 to about 80, and wherein R comprises an aliphatic radical having from about 5 to about 25 carbon atoms.
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