Patent ID: 8153142

Claim:
A cosmetic method for skin or hair, comprising: applying externally to said skin or hair a composition comprising an alkylene oxide derivative expressed by Formula (I): R 1 O-[(AO) m (EO) n ]—R 2 (I) wherein AO is an oxyalkylene group having a carbon number of 3 or 4; EO is an oxyethylene group; m and n are average addition numbers of said AO and EO, respectively, which are 1≦m≦70 and 1≦n≦70, wherein said EO is 20-80% by weight with respect to a total of said AO and EO; wherein said AO and EO are added to each other in block or random form; wherein R 1 and R 2 are either identical to or different from each other, and wherein said R 1 and said R 2 are alkyl groups having a carbon number of 1-4.