Patent ID: 8449870

Claim:
A lipstick or mascara composition comprising an emulsion of an aqueous phase and a non-aqueous phase, at least one inorganic pigment present in an amount greater than 2 percent by weight of the composition, and a gelling system of from about 0.01 to about 10 percent of at least one alkylene oxide-containing emulsion stabilizer having an HLB greater than 8, the alkylene oxide-containing emulsion stabilizer being selected from the group consisting of cetyl dimethicone copolyol/polyglycetyl-4 isostearate/hexyl laurate, PEG-30 dipolyhydroxystearate, sorbitan tristearate, glyceryl stearate/PEG-100 stearate, glyceryl olivate, polysorbate 20, stearic acid and laureth-7, and from about 1 to about 90 percent of at least one non-siloxane based polyamide resin, wherein the composition is wax-free and the non-siloxane based polyamide resin an ester-terminated polyamide of the following formula wherein: each R 1 is independently alkyl or alkenyl; each R 2 is independently a C 4-42 hydrocarbon, with the proviso that at least 50% of the R2 groups have 30-42 carbon atoms; each R 3 is independently an organic group having at least two carbon atoms, optionally containing one or more oxygen or nitrogen atoms; each R 3a is independently hydrogen, C 1-10 alkyl, or a direct bond to R 3 or another R 3a such that the N atom to which R 3 and R 3a are both bonded is part of a heterocyclic structure defined in part by R 3a —N—R 3 ; and n is the number of repeating units, such that ester groups constitute from 10% to 50% of the total of the ester and amide groups in the polyamide.