Patent ID: 7326406

Claim:
A cosmetic kit comprising at least two separated components (a) and (b) intended to be mixed at the time of use to generate a final composition or to be applied successively wherein component (a) comprises a self-tanning agent comprising an α-hydroxyaldehyde conforming to the formula; wherein R 1 is H, CH 2 OH, CHOHCH 2 OH, CH(OH)CH(═O), CH(OCH 3 )CH(═O), CH(NH 2 )CH(═O), or CH(NH-Phenyl)CH(═O); and R 2 is H or CH 2 OH; and component (b) comprises a reactive skin care active comprising vitamin B 3 compound or its derivatives, panthenol or its derivatives, dialkanol hydroxyproline compounds, hexamidine compounds, sugar amines or mixtures thereof.