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US 6,444,212 B1Granted
Moisturizing and long-wearing make-up composition
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorsRoberto Cavazzuti, Brian K. Mattox, Michael Swanborough
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Abstract
A cosmetic composition which can be used for caring for and/or for making up the human face, in particular, the skin, eyelids, or lips, comprising at least one wax, at least one ester, and at least one long chain alcohol.
Claims42
A long-wearing cosmetic composition comprising:
- a) an evaporative solvent having a viscosity of 0.5 to 10 centipoise at 25° C., and a vapor pressure of at least 0.01 mm Hg at 20° C.,
- b) from about 5% to about 40% of an ester of an acid having at least 4 carbon atoms,
- c) from 1% to 40% of a long-chain alcohol containing from 12 to 48 carbon atoms,
- d) from about 1% to about 35% of a wax, and
- e) a particulate phase.
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A long-wearing cosmetic composition comprising:
- a) from about 5% to about 40% of an ester of an acid having at least 4 carbon atoms,
- b) from 1% to 40% of a long-chain alcohol containing from 12 to 48 carbon atoms,
- c) from about 1% to about 35% of a wax, and
- d) a particulate phase.
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The cosmetic composition of claim 16 wherein a volatile solvent is present.
A pigmented cosmetic stick composition comprising, by weight of the total composition:
- a) 1-40% of a volatile nonaqueous solvent having a viscosity of 0.5 to 5 centipoise at 25° C., and a vapor pressure of at least 2.0 mm Hg at 20° C.,
- b) 20-80% of a first nonvolatile oil which is a C12-22 fatty ester of citric acid,
- c) 1-35% of a second nonvolatile oil,
- d) 1-30% of a wax having a melting point of 30 to 135° C. which is an ethylene homopolymer or ethylene copolymer,
- e) 0.1-25% of particulate matter having a particle size of 0.5 to 200 microns;
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- wherein the total amount of nonvolatile oil present in the stick is greater than about 31% by weight of the total composition.
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A long-wearing cosmetic composition comprising:
- a) from about 5% to about 40% of an ester of an acid having at least 4 carbon atoms,
- b) from 1% to 40% of a long-chain alcohol containing from 12 to 48 carbon atoms,
- c) from about 1% to about 35% of a wax, and
- d) a particulate phase.
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A long-wearing cosmetic composition comprising:
- a) a near volatile solvent having a viscosity of from 4 to 10 centipoise at 25° C., and a vapor pressure of 0.01 to 0.14 mm Hg at 20° C.
- b) from about 5% to about 19% of an ester of an acid having at least 4 carbon atoms,
- c) from 1% to 40% of a long-chain alcohol containing from 12 to 48 carbon atoms,
- d) from about 1% to about 35% of a wax, and
- e) a particulate phase.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.