Patent ID: 9655835
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61Q

Claim:
1. A cosmetic powder composition for application to skin, said composition comprising: (a) one or more cosmetically acceptable particulates, said cosmetically acceptable particulates being coated with a hydrophobic material, the hydrophobic material comprising at least one fatty acid, at least one acyl amino acid, and zinc chloride, and the particulates being present in an amount in the range of from about 65 to about 95 percent by weight of the total composition; (b) at least one binder for the particulates, the binder comprising at least one silicone resin selected from the group consisting of silanes, siloxanes, siloxysilicates and silsesquioxanes, and the binder being present in the range of from about 0.1 to about 20 percent by weight of the total composition; and (c) an oil-attracting heteropolymer having a protein backbone with lipophilic sidechains, said heteropolymer being present in a range of from about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight of the total composition, wherein said heteropolymer breaks up sebum on skin into individual droplets and entraps the individual droplets in a film; and wherein said powder composition is anhydrous or substantially free of water.