Composition for topical application comprising a sugar and its cosmetic uses

A method for preparing an emulsion composition, comprising:

• separately heating an oily phase and an aqueous phase, said aqueous phase comprising an aqueous suspension of particles of an at least partially crosslinked organopolysiloxane elastomer and at least one sugar or sugar derivative to obtain a heated oily phase and a heated aqueous phase, wherein said sugar or sugar derivative is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, glucose, galactose, ribose, fucose, trehalose, maltose, fructose, mannose, arabinose, xylose, lactose, alkylated sucrose, alkylated glucose, alkylated galactose, alkylated ribose, alkylated fucose, alkylated trehalose, alkylated maltose, alkylated fructose, alkylated mannose, alkylated arabinose, alkylated xylose, alkylated lactose, natural sugar-containing compounds, honey, polymeric sugars, polymers of fucose, polymers of galactose, polymers of galacturonic acid, and mixtures thereof, wherein the organopolysiloxane elastomer is present in an amount sufficient to reduce the sticky feel imparted to skin by the sugar or sugar derivative;
• admixing said heated oily phase and said heated aqueous phase and emulsifying, to obtain said emulsion composition.

A method for reducing or eliminating the sticky feel of a composition comprising at least one sugar or sugar derivative, which method comprises introducing into said composition an aqueous suspension of particles of an at least partially crosslinked organopolysiloxane elastomer, wherein said sugar or sugar derivative is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, glucose, galactose, ribose, fucose, trehalose, maltose, fructose, mannose, arabinose, xylose, lactose, alkylated sucrose, alkylated glucose, alkylated galactose, alkylated ribose, alkylated fucose, alkylated trehalose, alkylated maltose, alkylated fructose, alkylated mannose, alkylated arabinose, alkylated xylose, alkylated lactose, natural sugar-containing compounds, honey, polymeric sugars, polymers of fucose, polymers of galactose, polymers of galacturonic acid, and mixtures thereof.