Patent ID: 8206730

Claim:
A cosmetic composition comprising: (i) from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of composite particles formed of an organic sunscreen agent and a condensation polymerized polyamide which is a polyalkyleneoxypolyamide resin in a relative weight ratio of about 5:1 to about 1:10; (ii) from about 0.01 to about 10% by weight of water-insoluble powdered polymer formed as porous particles having an Oil Absorbance (castor oil) value ranging from about 90 to about 500 ml/100 gm; and (iii) a cosmetically acceptable carrier; wherein the composition has a Transmission Intensity Value as follows: at a Transmission Angle of 0° ranging from 4.0 to 7.0 million W-nm/cm 2 ; at a Transmission Angle of 10° ranging from 1.0 to 2.0 million W-nm/cm 2 ; at a Transmission Angle of 30° ranging from 120 to 140 thousand W-nm/cm 2 ; at a Transmission Angle of 40° ranging from 60 to 80 thousand W-nm/cm 2 ; and at a Transmission Angle of 50° ranging from 40 to 60 thousand W-nm/cm 2 .