Abstract: There are provided topical compositions and methods for cleaning oil from the skin, nail or hair. The compositions have a vehicle and an effective amount of an oil-absorbing ingredient having an ethylene mixed block copolymer. There is also provided compositions and methods for treating acne, acne-related conditions, acne-prone skin and blemishes.

Abstract: A continuous coating installation is disclosed. The installation includes a vacuum chamber having a supply opening for supplying a substrate to be coated and a discharge opening for discharging the coated substrate. The installation also includes a physical vapour deposition device for coating a surface of the substrate, and a laser crystallization system for simultaneously illuminating at least one sub-partial area of a currently coated partial area of the surface of the substrate with at least one laser beam. The installation further includes a transport device for transporting the substrate in a feedthrough direction from the supply opening to the discharge opening and for continuously or discontinuously moving the substrate during the coating thereof in the feedthrough direction.

Abstract: A cosmetic powder composition is provided for retarding moisture loss from skin to which the powder is applied. The cosmetic powder composition has a moisturizer coated filler powder and a time release moisturizing agent. The invention also provides a method for preparing such a cosmetic powder composition that retards moisture loss when applied to the skin and for the use of such cosmetic powder composition to inhibit moisture loss when applied to the skin.

Abstract: There is a pigmented cosmetic composition. The composition has a cosmetically acceptable vehicle, a cosmetic active, and a plurality of encapsulated pigment particles. The particles have an encapsulant and an entrapped pigment within the encapsulant. The encapsulant has silicon dioxide and exhibits a refractive index of about 1.4 to about 1.6.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cosmetic powder composition that has superior aesthetic properties over the prior art. The present invention is preferably a pressed powder cosmetic composition that includes silicone elastomer particles that have a JISA hardness index less than about 45. The cosmetic powder cosmetic compositions of the present invention have a hardness value less than about 1500 grams and/or a percent recovery value greater than about 25.

Abstract: A cosmetic powder composition is provided for retarding moisture loss from skin to which the powder is applied. The cosmetic powder composition has a moisturizer coated filler powder and a time release moisturizing agent. The invention also provides a method for preparing such a cosmetic powder composition that retards moisture loss when applied to the skin and for the use of such cosmetic powder composition to inhibit moisture loss when applied to the skin.

Abstract: There are provided topical compositions and methods for cleaning oil from the skin, nail or hair. The compositions have a vehicle and an effective amount of an oil-absorbing ingredient having an ethylene mixed block copolymer. There is also provided compositions and methods for treating acne, acne-related conditions, acne-prone skin and blemishes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cosmetic powder composition that has superior aesthetic properties over the prior art. The present invention is preferably a pressed powder cosmetic composition that includes silicone elastomer particles that have a JISA hardness index less than about 45. The cosmetic powder cosmetic compositions of the present invention have a hardness value less than about 1500 grams and/or a percent recovery value greater than about 25.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising 0.1-20% of an atactic polypropylene having 50-100% atactic content, 0.1-15% crystallinity, and a molecular weight of 1,000-10,000.

Abstract: For suppression of high-frequency spurious signals (noise) present on an electrical transmission line, the line incorporates at least one section comprising a distributed low-pass filter. This section is constructed so that its wave impedance (Z.sub.1) has a different value than the wave impedance (Z.sub.0) of the neighboring line sections. This filter line section additionally provides considerable dielectric losses and/or skin effect losses. At both ends of the filter line section, at which the wave impedance changes, multiple reflections arise that attenuate the high-frequency spurious signals (noise). The dielectric or skin effect losses produce strong attenuation of the undesired resonances that arise from the reflections, as well as further attenuation of spurious signals in the highest frequency region.