Patent ID: 7875653

Claim:
An emulsion for making a cosmetic preparation, wherein the emulsion comprises (a) more than about 40% by weight, based on a total weight of a lipid phase of the emulsion, of at least one polar lipid and at least one moderately polar lipid which exhibit an interfacial tension towards water of less than about 30 mN/m, (b) one or more 1,2-alkanediols having from about 4 to about 8 carbon atoms and exhibiting an Ig p ow of from about −1 to about +3, and (c) from 0.5% to about 30% by weight of one or more polyols, the emulsion being different from a microemulsion and being an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion, a water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion or a water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) emulsion.