Patent ID: 7785654

Claim:
A process for producing a cosmetic-impregnated sheet which comprises applying and infiltrating a cosmetic base to and into a base sheet having on the surface a retentive sheet capable of absorbing and retaining the cosmetic base at a shear rate of 10 2 to 10 6 s −1 , wherein said cosmetic base is applied to and infiltrated into said retentive sheet of said base sheet, and said cosmetic base, when subjected to a steady shear deformation at a shear rate of 2 s −1 for 100 seconds followed by a steady shear deformation at a stepwise increased shear rate of 20 s −1 , shows no shear stress growth or shows such a shear stress growth that a difference between the peak shear stress at a shear rate of 20 s −1 and the equilibrium shear stress at the same shear rate is 20% or smaller of said equilibrium shear stress, in the transition between the two shear deformations, wherein said retentive sheet comprises a fibrous structure having a basis weight of 10 to 200 g/m 2 and an interfiber distance of 10 to 500 μm.