Patent ID: 8252298

Claim:
A skin cosmetic method comprising: a) providing a facial skin cosmetic, which is adaptable to a range of different skin tones, said cosmetic comprising: i) colorants comprising: a) special effect pigments consisting essentially of: 1) gold/yellow special effect pigments, and 2) red special effect pigments, each of said special effect pigments being present at a concentration of approximately between 2 and 7% by weight of total composition, with a ratio of gold/yellow to red pigment of about between 1:2 and 2:1, said special effect pigments have a refractive index range from 2.4 to 2.8, and a d50 particle size of between approximately 6 μm to 300 nm, and b) non-special effect colorants comprising iron oxides; ii) unfermented green rooibos extract at a concentration of approximately 0.01% to 2% by weight of total composition, iii) boron nitride powder at a concentration of approximately 0.1-10% by weight of total composition, iv) zinc oxide at a concentration of approximately 9-15% by weight of total composition, v) bisabolol at a concentration of approximately at least 0.05% by weight of total composition, vi) lauroyl lysine coated mica at a concentration of approximately 15 to 30% by weight of total composition, and vii) bismuth oxychloride at a concentration of approximately 5 to 30% by weight of total composition, and said composition having an apparent mass tone, wherein said composition is adaptable to a range of at least 6 different skin tones including tones outside said apparent mass tone, b) applying said cosmetic to a user's skin, said user having a skin tone within said range of different skin tones.