Patent ID: 8435546

Claim:
A cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical preparation, wherein the preparation comprises (a) from 10% to 99% by weight, based on a total weight of the preparation, of one or more lipids which comprise at least one lipid selected from mineral oils, cetearyl isononanoate, caprylic/capric triglycerides, ethylhexyl cocoate, octyldodecanol, cyclic silicone oils, and linear silicone oils; (b) from 1% to 90% by weight, based on a total weight of the preparation, of one or more waxes comprising at least on wax selected from beeswax and other insect waxes, paraffin waxes, synthetic waxes, chemically modified natural waxes, triglyceride waxes, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, candelilla waxes, carnauba waxes, Japan wax, esparto grass wax, cork wax, rice wax, sugar cane wax, flower waxes, leaf waxes from conifers, coffee wax, flax wax, and sesame wax; and (c) at least 20% by volume, based on a total volume of the preparation, of one or more gases; and wherein the preparation is obtained by a process which comprises (i) melting a mixture of (a) and (b); (ii) incorporating (c) into the melted mixture of (a) and (b) using a mixer; and (iii) cooling the mixture obtained in (ii) to thereby occlude (c) within the mixture of (a) and (b), gas bubbles in the preparation having a size of from 0.5 μm to 50 μm.