Use of transesterified olive oil in the cosmetic field
AssigneeHallstar Italia S.R.L.
InventorsSergio Amari, Alain Thibodeau
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Abstract
The use of transesterified olive oil for increasing the penetration rate of cosmetically-active and/or dermatologically-active ingredients or as cosmetic moisturizer is disclosed.
Claims6
A method of enhancing skin penetration of cosmetically-active or dermatologically-active ingredients in a cosmetic formulation comprising preparing a cosmetic formulation containing a transesterified olive oil and a cosmetically-active or dermatologically-active ingredient by:
- (a) emulsifying the transesterified olive oil to form a liquid crystal;
- and
- (b) embedding the cosmetically-active or dermatologically-active ingredient in the liquid crystal so that the cosmetically-active or dermatologically-active ingredient penetrates skin at a greater rate than its natural rate;
- where the transesterified olive oil has been transesterified with cetearyl alcohol and sorbitol.
A method of enhancing the skin penetration of a cosmetically-active or dermatologically-active ingredient comprising administering the cosmetically-active or dermatologically-active ingredient to a person in a cosmetic formulation containing a transesterified olive oil and the cosmetically-active or dermatologically-active ingredient where the cosmetic formulation is prepared by:
- (a) emulsifying the transesterified olive oil to form a liquid crystal;
- and
- (b) embedding the cosmetically-active or dermatologically-active ingredient in the liquid crystal so that the cosmetically-active or dermatologically-active ingredient penetrates skin at a greater rate than its natural rate;
- where the transesterified olive oil has been transesterified with cetearyl alcohol and sorbitol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.