Patent ID: 7820150

Claim:
A cosmetic or dermatological composition, wherein the composition is pearlescent, is substantially free of mono- and di-fatty acid esters of glycerol and glycol, and comprises: (I) up to 10% by weight of at least one of stearic acid, isostearic acid, myrisitic acid, and palmitic acid, (II) from 0.1% to 10% by weight of at least one of myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, and cetearyl alcohol, (III) from 0.01% to 10% by weight of at least one of dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, polysilicone-11, acrylate/alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, acrylate/vinyl isodecanoate crosspolymer, acrylate/steareth-20 methacrylate copolymer, acrylate/steareth-20 itaconate copolymer, acrylate/steareth-50 acrylate copolymer, acrylate/palmeth-25 acrylate copolymer, steareth-10 alkyl ether/acrylate copolymer, PEG-120 methylglucose dioleate, PEG-60 sorbitan tetraoleate, PEG-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, PEG-55 propylene glycol oleate, PEG-150 distearate and PEG-180/laureth-50/TMMG copolymer, PEG-180/octoxynol-40/tetramethoxymethylglycoluril copolymer, PEG-180/laureth-50/tetramethoxymethylglycoluril copolymer, PEG-150 dioleate, PEG-300 pentaerythrityl tetraisostearate, PEG-160 sorbitan triisostearate, PEG-450 sorbitol hexaisostearate, PEG-230 glyceryl triisostearate, cetylhydroxyethylcellulose, polyquaternium-24, lauryl dimethicone/vinyldimethicone crosspolymer, and cyclomethicone vinyldimethicone/methicone crosspolymer, (IV) sodium hydroxide as neutralizing agent, (V) up to 10% by weight of at least one of PEG-20 stearate, PEG-40 stearate, PEG-100 stearate, PEG-9 stearate, PEG-8 distearate, PEG-8 stearate, PEG-8 oleate, PEG-25 glyceryl trioleate, PEG-40 sorbitan lanolate, PEG-15 glyceryl ricinoleate, PEG-20 glyceryl stearate, PEG-20 glyceryl isostearate, PEG-20 glyceryl oleate, PEG-20 methylglucose sesquistearate, PEG-30 glyceryl isostearate, PEG-20 glyceryl laurate, PEG-30 stearate, PEG-30 glyceryl stearate, PEG-30 glyceryl laurate, PEG-50 stearate, and PEG-150 laurate, (VI) from 0% to 10% by weight of at least one of steareth-2, laureth-4, ceteth-3, ceteareth-3, ceteareth-6, steareth-2, steareth-10, ceteth-10, isosteareth-10, laureth-2, laureth-3, laureth-4, myreth-4, laneth-5, ceteth-2, oleth-2, oleth-3, and oleth-5, and (VII) from 0.1% to 30% by weight of at least one of a pigment and a dye comprising at least one of coated mica particles, TiO 2 particles, Fe 2 O 3 particles, zinc oxide-coated SiO 2 particles, iron pearlescent pigments prepared without the use of mica, and aluminum pearlescent pigments.