Patent ID: 6086859
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A61K,A61Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for treating the effects of chafed, chapped, cracked, or windburned lips comprising applying to the lips a pigmented lipstick composition comprising, by weight of the total composition:0.5-20% of a skin protectant selected from the group consisting of allantoin, cocoa butter dimethicone, glycerin petrolatum shark liver oil, and mixtures thereof,2-15% pigment5-30% of a volatile oil having a viscosity of 0.5 to 5 centipoise at 25.degree. C., selected from the group consisting of cyclomethicone, straight or branched chain paraffinic hydrocarbons having 5 to 20 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof,5-80% of a nonvolatile oil having the formula ##STR5## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently a C.sub.12-22 alkyl, and3-40% of a wax having a melting point of 30 to 135.degree. C.