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US 7,255,869 B2Granted
Anhydrous cosmetic compositions containing polyols
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMikio Uchida, Misa Azuma, Kumiko Nakajima
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Abstract
Disclosed is anhydrous cosmetic compositions comprising: (a) a hydrophobic polyol; and (b) a hydrophilic polyol; which can provide improved conditioning benefits such as moisturizing benefit, and also can provide improved deposition of oily conditioning agents when included in the compositions.
Claims11
A cosmetic composition which is anhydrous, and comprises:
- (a) from about 10% to about 40% of a hydrophobic polyol wherein the hydrophobic polyol is a polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 10,000;
- (b) from about 25% to about 75% of a hydrophilic polyol selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, glycerin, diglycerin, polyethylene glycol, and mixtures thereof;
- (c) from about 0.1% to about 20% of an oily conditioning agent wherein the oily conditioning agent is liquid at 25° C., and is a silicone oil;
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- wherein the weight ratio of the hydrophobic polyol to the hydrophilic polyol is in the range of from 1:2 to 1:10 and further wherein the cosmetic composition warms to a temperature of from about 25° C. to about 80° C. by mixing with water.
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