Patent ID: 6264963
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: A61K,A61Q,Y10S

Abstract:
An improved skin care composition having enhanced skin hydration, moisturizing, conditioning, and cosmetically acceptable tactile properties, said composition comprising:a skin hydration system, in an amount between about 16 and about 22 weight percent of the composition, comprising glycerin and plant-derived oil in amounts sufficient to maintain a weight ratio of said glycerin to said plant-derived oil in the range between about 13:1 and about 36:1;petrolatum or mineral oil, in an amount between about 1 and about 10 weight percent of the composition;a quaternary ammonium compound, in an amount between about 2 and about 12 weight percent of the composition, said quaternary ammonium compound having the formula ##STR5##wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each long chain, substantially linear alkyl groups having from about 16 to 22 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each lower alkyl groups having from about 1 to 3 carbon atoms and X is a salt-forming anion;a fatty alcohol, in an amount between about 1.5 and about 5 weight percent of the composition;a fatty ester emollient, in an amount between about 1 and about 8 weight percent of the composition; andwater, in an amount between about 25 and about 95 weight percent of the composition.