Patent ID: 8703159

Claim:
A cosmetic composition containing a polyglycerol partial ester having the structure of Formula (I) wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 independent from each other, equal or different, are selected from the group consisting of: —OH, —OR 4 , wherein R 4 is a linear, unsubstituted acyl radical having a chain length of from 16 to 22 carbon atoms with the proviso that monocarboxylic acids obtained from the acyl radical by saponification have an iodine value of smaller than 50, and —OR 5 , wherein R 5 is a radical having the structure of Formula (I) wherein one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 has a direct bond to the oxygen of —OR 5 wherein each molecule of the polyglycerol partial ester comprises at least one of each —OR 4 and —OR 5 , with the provisos that the polyglycerol obtained by hydrolysis or alcoholysis of the polyglycerol partial ester comprises an HLB value from 2 to 10, an average degree of polymerization of from 2 to 8 and the polydispersity index of said polyglycerol is greater than 0.75.