Patent ID: 7078049

Claim:
A composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of gelling agents, thickening agents, hydrophilic or lipophilic active principles, fragrances, preservatives, sequestering agents, pigments, pearlescence agents, fillers, soluble dyes, sunscreen agents, basifying agents, acidifying agents, and mixtures thereof, an oily phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, in which the mean size of the oil globules ranges from 50 nm to 1000 nm, and a haloalkynyl compound present in an amount sufficient to stabilize the oil-in-water emulsion, wherein the composition has a viscosity of from 1 to 20 cP at 25° C. and is prepared through phase-inversion emulsification, wherein the haloalkynyl compound is selected from the group consisting of bromopropargyl alcohol derivatives, iodopropargyl alcohol derivatives, iodopropargyl derivatives of pyrimidines, iodopropargyl derivatives of triazolinones, iodopropargyl derivatives of tetrazoles, iodopropargyl derivatives of triazinones, iodopropargyl derivatives of sulphamides, iodopropargyl derivatives of benzothiazoles, iodopropargyl derivatives of ammonium salts, iodopropargyl derivatives of carboxamides, iodopropargyl derivatives of hydroxamates, iodopropargyl derivatives of ureas, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the oily phase comprises at least one oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, hydrocarbonaceous oils of animal origin, hydrocarbonaceous oils of vegetable origin, synthetic oils, ethers, benzoates of C 12 –C 15 fatty alcohols, fatty alcohols comprising from 8 to 26 carbon atoms, acetylglycerides, octanoates and decanoates of alcohols and of polyalcohols, ricinoleates of alcohols and of polyalcohols, fluorinated and perfluorinated oils, lanolin, hydrogenated lanolin, acetylated lanolin, silicone oils, and mixtures thereof.