Patent ID: 6274131
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A mascara composition comprising:(i) waxes-in-water emulsion of a mixture of waxes having a needle penetration ranging from 1 to 7.5 and a melting point ranging from 70.degree. C. to 110.degree. C., wherein said mixture of waxes comprises at least one first wax having said needle penetration and a melting point of at least 77.degree. C. and less than 83.degree. C., at least one second wax having said needle penetration and a melting point ranging from 83.degree. C. to 110.degree. C., and at least one third wax having said needle penetration and a melting point of at least 70.degree. C. and less than 77.degree. C., wherein said mixture of waxes is present in an amount of at least 10% by weight relative to the total weight of said composition, and said mixture of waxes is in the form of particles of at least 1.0 .mu.m in size, and(ii) at least 0.1% by weight, relative to the total weight of said composition, of a polymer system containing at least one film-forming polymer, wherein said polymer system is capable of forming a film which produces, at a concentration of 7% in water, a greater than 1% retraction of isolated stratum corneum at 30.degree. C. and under a relative humidity of 40%.