Patent ID: 6242396
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A cleansing and/or make-up removing water-in-oil emulsion composition, comprising:a physiologically acceptable medium which is an aqueous phase dispersed in an oily phase with the aid of a silicone emulsifier, wherein the medium comprises (1) at least 78% of aqueous phase, (2) at least one make-up-removing oil selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters containing at least 12 carbon atoms, and (3), an emulsifier comprising the dimethicone copolyol of formula ##STR3##in which R.sup.1 represents --(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O)--(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.18 --(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.18 H, p=394 and n=4, and wherein the medium is free of branched-chain hydrocarbon-based oil.