Patent ID: 7189388

Claim:
A composition for coating keratinous fibers, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium comprising at least one volatile solvent, a nonvolatile fraction comprising: a) at least one polymer capable of adhering to the keratinous fibers, b) main particles which are solid at 25° C. chosen from: i) first solid particles comprising at least one first material chosen from crystalline and semicrystalline materials which are solid at 25° C. and have at least one of a first order phase transition, a melting transition and a combustion transition, greater than 100° C., ii) second solid particles comprising a second material chosen from at least one amorphous material having a glass transition temperature of greater than or equal to 60° C., iii) third solid particles comprising a third material chosen from at least one wax having a hardness of greater than or equal to 6.5 MPa, and iv) mixtures thereof, c) and optionally additional solid particles different from said main solid particles, the additional solid particles not being capable of coalescing at a temperature of less than or equal to 40° C., wherein the main solid particles and, where appropriate, the additional solid particles are present in the composition in an amount such that the volume fraction of the main solid particles and, where appropriate, of the additional solid particles is greater than or equal to 1% and less than 50% of the total volume of said nonvolatile fraction, and, where appropriate, the volume fraction of the main solid particles is greater than or equal to 50% of the total volume of the main solid particles and of the additional solid particles.