Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic skin care method, in particular for wrinkled skin, comprising the topical application to the skin of a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least: one synthetic polymer tightening agent, and fibers. This method is more particularly advantageous for smoothing human skin on the face and/or body and/or to diminish or remove the signs of skin aging, in particular to reduce or remove wrinkles and/or fine lines from the skin.
Abstract: Cosmetic composition containing, in an anhydrous medium, at least one exothermic metal salt, at least one carboxylic acid and at least one salicylic acid compound, chosen from salicylic acid and salicylic acid derivatives. The composition may be used in particular for cleansing and/or removing makeup from and/or scrubbing the skin.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to oxidation dye compositions comprising, in an aqueous medium suitable for dyeing, at least one oxidation dye, ammonia, and at least one mesomorphic phase present in an amount greater than or equal to 10% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition. The present disclosure also relates to the process for preparing the compositions, as well as ready-to-use compositions for oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, and multi-compartment kits for oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, wherein at least one compartment contains the dye composition. Another aspect of the present disclosure is an oxidizing composition comprising a mesomorphic phase.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 23, 2003
Date of Patent:
October 27, 2009
Assignee:
L'Oreal S.A.
Inventors:
Luc Nicolas-Morgantini, Jean-Marc Petit
Abstract: A process for inhibiting hair fibers from becoming frizzy, involving contacting the hair fibers with a composition containing: (a) at least one polyamine compound having at least two amino groups; (b) at least one anionic silicone; (c) optionally, at least one surfactant; and (d) optionally, at least one film-forming polymer, and wherein (a) is present in the composition in an amount sufficient to inhibit dyed hair fibers from losing their color, as well as inhibit hair fibers, in general, from appearing frizzy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 2005
Date of Patent:
October 27, 2009
Assignee:
L'Oréal
Inventors:
Nghi Van Nguyen, David W. Cannell, Cynthia Chong Espino, Sawa Hashimoto, Katherine Natalie Barger
Abstract: A device for packaging and applying a cosmetic product includes a container for holding the product. The container can have an opening; an applicator including: a rod; an applicator element at a first end of the rod, a grasping portion connected to a second end of the rod. The applicator can be configured to be attached by snapping onto the container so as to accommodate the applicator element in the container. A wiper element can be fixed in the container in proximity to the opening. The wiper element can be open at its lower end to allow the applicator element to pass through at least partially when the applicator is mounted on the container. The rod can be in leaktight bearing contact substantially perpendicular to the lengthwise axis of the rod on an inner surface of the wiper element thereby closing the container in a leaktight manner when the applicator is mounted on the container.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating keratin fibers, which comprises the application to the keratin fibers of a hair composition comprising at least one active agent chosen from hair dyes, oxidizing agents and cationic conditioners, followed by the application to the fibers of a heating iron whose temperature is greater than or equal to 60° C. The invention also relates to a composition comprising at least one superabsorbent polymer and at least-one active agent chosen from hair dyes, oxidizing agents and cationic conditioners.
Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising at least one xanthine compound, preferably further comprising at least one agent which acts on capillary circulation and/or at least one natural moisturizing agent, which can be used to treat, or to reduce and/or minimize the appearance of, defects such as dark circles, bags and/or puffiness around eyes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 7, 2009
Publication date:
October 22, 2009
Applicant:
L'Oreal S.A.
Inventors:
Anthony Potin, Isabelle Bossant, Camille Amar
Abstract: Nail varnish composition in the form of an emulsion containing one or more water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers obtained from acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulphonic acid (or AMPS) or from one of its salts and from water-soluble monomers having ethylenic unsaturation(s) as gelling agent. Makeup method employing the composition. Dried films of the nail varnish.
Abstract: The assembly includes a system for holding a product and a protection device for protecting the system. The protection device comprises a cap mounted on the system so as to at least partly cover it and at least one releasing means for releasing the system. The releasing means includes a retaining means for retaining the system relative to the cap and an actuating means for actuating the retaining means in order to disconnect the system and the protection device. The retaining means is provided on an inner face of the releasing means, the actuating means being provided on an outer face of the releasing means, on the opposite side from the inner face. The releasing means may be a rocker system and the protection device may cover at least 90% of the packaging system.
Abstract: Sensitive human skin/scalp/mucous membrane conditions, for example skin irritation and/or dry patches and/or erythemas and/or dysaesthesic sensations and/or sensations of heating and/or pruritus, are therapeutically treated by topically applying thereto an effective condition-alleviating amount of at least one inhibitor of at least one excitatory amino acid.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use, for the dyeing with lightening effect of human keratin substances, and in particular of human keratin fibres such as the hair, of a composition comprising at least one fluorescent cyanine dye. The present invention allows human keratin substances to be both dyed and at the same time lightened without detriment to said substances. The fluorescent dyes employed in the context of the invention also have high tinctorial affinity for keratin substances and good properties of resistance towards external agents, and especially towards shampoos.
Abstract: The invention relates to methods of preserving artificial color on keratin materials including applying to artificially colored keratin materials a composition containing at least one silicone film forming resin and at least one polysilicone polymer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2007
Date of Patent:
October 13, 2009
Assignee:
L'Oreal S.A.
Inventors:
Delphine Allard, David W. Cannell, Michael S. DeGeorge, Jeremy Puco, Jonathan Wright
Abstract: The invention relates to emulsion compositions for application to eyelashes containing at least one surfactant comprising silicone, hydrocarbon and glycerol group(s), as well as to methods of applying such compositions to eyelashes and kits containing such compositions.
Abstract: A device for applying a substance, in some examples, may include an applicator element including a surface and being configured to be loaded with a substance, and an electrical exciter including at least two electrodes permanently in contact with the applicator element and enabling electric current to flow to the applicator element via the electrodes.
Abstract: The invention relates to the use in a composition for caring for human hair or eyelashes of an effective amount of a pyridinedicarboxylic acid derivative of general formula (I) or of one of its salts, in which R1 and R2 represent, independently of one another, OH, OR?, —NH2, —NHR? or —NR?R?, and R? and R? represent, independently of one another, a saturated or unsaturated and linear or branched C1-C18 alkyl radical or an aryl radical, this alkyl or aryl radical optionally being substituted by at least one OH, alkoxy, acyloxy, amino or alkylamino group, or R? and R? together represent a heterocycle, the composition being intended to induce and/or stimulate the growth of human keratinous fibers, such as the hair and eyelashes, and/or slow down their loss; the invention also relates to a cosmetic treatment intended to stimulate the growth of human keratinous fibers, such as the hair and eyelashes, and/or slow down their loss.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 10, 2003
Date of Patent:
October 6, 2009
Assignee:
L'Oreal
Inventors:
Mario Dalko, Geneviéve Loussouarn, Charles El Rawadi, Christophe Boulle, Bruno Bernard
Abstract: The present invention relates to a no-mix hair relaxer formulation and methods of its use. The relaxer includes a synergistic combination of sodium hydroxide and lithium hydroxide and has a pH of between about 12.7 and about 13.2. These no-mix hair relaxers provide excellent hair straightening performance, in 30 minutes or less, with reduced irritation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 24, 2003
Date of Patent:
October 6, 2009
Assignee:
L'Oreal
Inventors:
Adu Gyamfi Darkwa, Eric Osei-Acquah, Angela D. Ellington
Abstract: A process for treating a keratinous substrate involving: (a) providing at least a first composition having a continuous phase whose major ingredient has a solubility parameter corresponding to ?; (b) providing at least a second composition having a continuous phase whose major ingredient has a solubility parameter corresponding to ??; and (c) combining (a) and (b) prior to, or during, their application onto the keratinous substrate, and wherein the difference between ? and ?? is greater than 12, and wherein the major ingredient is chosen from a hydrophilic polar material, an organic non-polar material and an inorganic non-polar material.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 22, 2006
Publication date:
October 1, 2009
Applicant:
L 'OREAL
Inventors:
Hy Si Bui, Michell Chen, Padraig McDermott, Shao Xiang Lu, Ashini Amin, Mohamed Kanji, Dhaval Patel
Abstract: The invention relates to novel amphiphilic cationic associative polyurethanes of formula (I): R-X-(P)n-[L-(Y)m]r-L?-(P?)p-X?-R???(I) in which: R and R?, which are identical or different, represent a hydrophobic group or a hydrogen atom; X and X?, which are identical or different, represent a group comprising an amine functional group which may or may not carry a hydrophobic group or the L group; L, L? and L, which are identical or different, represent a group derived from a diisocyanate; P and P?, which are identical or different, represent a group comprising an amine functional group which may or may not carry a hydrophobic group; Y represents a hydrophilic group; r is an integer between 1 and 100, preferably between 1 and 50 and in particular between 1 and 25, n, m and p have values, each independently of the others, between 0 and 1000; the molecule comprising at least one protonated or quaternized amine functional group and at least one hydrophobic group.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 11, 2009
Publication date:
October 1, 2009
Applicant:
L'Oreal
Inventors:
Nathalie Mougin, Francois Cottard, Roland DE LA Mettrie, Bertrand Lion, Elise Maury
Abstract: A device for packaging a product, particularly a make-up product. The device can be particularly advantageous for make-up samples, and includes a support preferably having a flat overall shape and two faces. The support has at least one cavity which opens onto at least one face through a first opening passing through the support, with the cavity containing the product. A lid is also provided, preferably also having a flat overall shape. The support and the lid are articulated by an articulation arrangement formed by: i) a sticker forming a mirror adhesively bonded onto one of the faces of the lid and onto one of the faces of the support; and/or ii) an adhesive sheet fixed onto one face of the lid and onto one of the faces of the support with the adhesive sheet closing off a second opening of the cavity, which is formed on the face of the support opposite from the face containing the first opening.
Abstract: This application relates to a dye composition for dyeing keratin fibers, for example human keratin fibers, such as hair, comprising, in an appropriate dyeing medium, at least one aldehyde precursor, at least one enzyme able to generate an aldehyde from the at least one aldehyde precursor and at least one heteroaromatic hydrazone. This application also concerns a method for dyeing keratin fibers using the dye composition, and a dye “kit” containing the dye composition.