Patent ID: 7351405

Claim:
A wax-free mascara composition comprising solid particles of a film-forming acrylic polymer dispersed in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium, said film-forming acrylic polymer being capable of forming a film having a water-uptake, after immersion for 10 minutes in water at 25° C., of less than 25 wt. %, and said composition having a viscosity, measured at 25° C., at a shear rate of 200 s −1 , ranging from 4 Pa.s to 18 Pa.s, wherein said acrylic polymer is obtained by the polymerization of at least one monomer containing ethylenic unsaturation selected from the group consisting of α,β-ethylenic carboxylic acids, α,β-ethylenic carboxylic acid esters, α,β-ethylenic carboxylic acid amides, and mixtures thereof; and wherein said α,β-ethylenic unsaturated carboxylic acid amide is one member selected from the group consisting of N-ethylacrylamide, N-t-butylacrylamide, N-t-octylacrylamide, and N-undecylacrylamide.