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US 7,452,547 B2Granted
Product for treating the skin comprising a polyamine microcapsule wall and a skin lightening agent
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
InventorsDanilo Lambino, Christine Loh, Roderico Estanislao, Alain Khaiat
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Abstract
The present invention features a product including a water-insoluble substrate and a plurality of microcapsules comprising a microcapsule wall surrounding a liquid core, and the use thereof.
Claims16
A product for application to the skin comprising:
- (i) a water-insoluble substrate;
- (i) a liquid impregnate having a viscosity of less than about 10,000 cps, wherein said liquid impregnate is present in a weight ratio to the water-insoluble substrate that is greater than about 5%;
- (iii) a plurality of microcapsules comprising a microcapsule wall surrounding a liquid core, wherein the microcapsule wall comprises a polyamine;
- and a skin lightening agent.
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A method of delivering a benefit agent to an expanse of skin, comprising:
- (a) contacting the skin with a product comprising a water-insoluble substrate, a liquid impregnate, a plurality of microcapsules comprising a microcapsule wall, the microcapsule wall comprising a polyamine, wherein the microcapsule wall surrounds a liquid core, and wherein the product further comprises a skin lightenting agent, wherein said contacting comprises laying said substrate in contact with said expanse of skin for a period of time, and wherein said contact ruptures the microcapsule wall of said microcapsules;
- and (b) transferring an amount of said benefit agent from the product to the skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.