Patent ID: 8318678

Claim:
A method for enhancing the appearance of eyelashes and/or eyebrows, the method comprising: applying to a region of skin comprising hair follicles of the eyelashes and/or eyebrows a cosmetic formulation comprising: at least one of an acylated five amino acid peptide having the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:1 Ac-KLAKK and an acylated four amino acid peptide having the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2 Ac-KAKA at a concentration of from about 0.001 μg/ml to about 1 μg/ml; a skin penetration enhancing agent; herbal extracts of Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark extract, Aesculus hippocastanum seed extract, and Camellia sinensis leaf extract; and a cosmetically acceptable vehicle in the pH range of about pH 3 to about pH 8; wherein the appearance of said eyelashes and/or eyebrows is enhanced.