Abstract: The invention relates to a application system for coating, in particular, for making up, keratin fibers, having a reservoir containing a composition for coating, in particular, for making up keratin fibers, in particular, the eyelashes, a removable closure means designed to close the reservoir and an applicator member for applying the composition to the fibers, wherein the coating composition has an aqueous medium and a film-forming polyurethane in the form of solid particles dispersed in the aqueous medium, the composition having a viscosity, measured at 25° C., at a shear rate of 200 s−1, ranging from 5 Pa·s to 18 Pa·s, and wherein the composition is free of wax.

Abstract: A mascara composition for curling and thickening eyelashes comprising:

Abstract: A mascara composition for curling and thickening eyelashes comprising: a waxes-in-water emulsion of at least one mixture of hard waxes (I), the mixture of waxes (I) containing at least three waxes having melting points ranging from 77° C. to 110° C., the mixture of waxes (I) is present in a content of at least 10% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, and the mixture of waxes (I) is in the form of particles of at least 1 &mgr;m in size, and at least 0.1% by weight of a polymer system containing at least one film-forming polymer, where the polymer system is capable of forming a film which produces, at a concentration of 7% in water, a greater than 1% retraction of isolated stratum corneum at 30° C. and under a relative humidity of 40%.

Abstract: Cosmetic composition or cosmetic composition carrier comprising an aqueous microdispersion of particles containing at least one wax, the said particles being solid up to a temperature equal to at least -30.degree. C., the said particles containing, in addition, a lipophilic hydrofluorocarbon organic compound such that the proportion of the number of fluorine atoms with respect to the total number of fluorine and hydrogen atoms linked to the carbon atoms in the molecule of the said compound is equal to at least 10% and is not greater than 90%.Application of the said composition, in particular, for making up eyelashes or hair care.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethanes and a process for preparing them. These polyester polyurethanes contain units corresponding to the following formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## The polyester urethanes according to the present invention form pseudolatices which may be utilized in cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: This composition, containing in the conventional manner at least one wax, at least one thickening agent and at least one volatile organic solvent and optionally other conventional ingredients (fillers, pigments, vitamins, amino acids, etc.) is characterized in that it contains an aqueous solution of at least one water-soluble film forming polymer (keratin, chitin, chitosan or cellulose derivatives, acrylic polymers, polyvinyl pyrrolidones and vinylic copolymers, natural polymers, ethylene polymers and oxy-ethylenated silicones, etc.). The originality of this mascara consists in obtaining an increase in the water resistance of the product by introducing an aqueous solution of water-soluble substances into an anhydrous formula. The system does not contain an emulsifying agent, but nevertheless allows for a stable composition containing approximately 10% of water in a completely hydrophobic medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for making up the eyelashes and the eyebrows, consisting of a fatty phase based on wax(es) of melting point between 50.degree. and 110.degree. C. and of an aqueous phase based on water-soluble film-forming polymer(s) in solution, containing as emulsifying agent and agent for inhibiting the growth of microorganisms, a mixture comprising at least one oxyethylenated glyceryl (C.sub.10 -C.sub.20) acylate and at least a second oxyethylenated glyceryl (C.sub.10 -C.sub.20) acylate or a non-oxyethylenated glyceryl acylate, which are chosen such that the final HLB, in the Griffin sense, of the said mixture is between 6 and 15, and containing from 0 to 14% by weight of wax(es) I having a needle penetration at 25%, according to the Reinhold standard, between 1 and 7.5 and from 2 to 40% by weight of wax(es) II having a needle penetration at 25%, according to the Reinhold standard, between 7.5 and 217; the wax(es) I/wax(es) II weight ratio being less than 2.

Abstract: An eye makeup composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of wax particles, at least one water-soluble film-forming polymer and pigments, the said dispersion being a microdispersion of colloidal wax particles. The composition can be used as viscous mascara compositions which provide a deposit which is smooth and regular and imparts a thickening effect to the eyelashes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which can be used in particular for eye makeup and which comprises deoxyribonucleic acid and at least one wax. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the cosmetic composition and to a method of using the latter.

Abstract: An eye makeup composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of wax particles, at least one water-soluble film-forming polymer and pigments, the said dispersion being a microdispersion of colloidal wax particles. The composition can be used as viscous mascara compositions which provide a deposit which is smooth and regular and imparts a thickening effect to the eyelashes.

Abstract: Cosmetic composition for topical or hair application.This composition contains, in a suitable cosmetic vehicle, a pseudo-latex consisting of particles of a film-forming radical polymer containing carboxylic acid functions, neutralized to a degree of neutralization between 10 and 80% using a polyfunctional neutralizing agent consisting either of a diamine or of the combination of a polyvalent metal salt and an inorganic or organic base, the average diameter of the said particles being between 10 and 450 nm.The composition preferably takes the form of a shampoo, a conditioner, a styling or treating lotion or gel or a hair shaping product, or the form of a make-up product such as a mascara or a nail varnish.

Abstract: A mascara composition which comprises a mixture of:(a) pseudo-latex particles, having an average diameter ranging from 10 to 300 nm, of a water-insoluble filmogen polymer derived form cellulose selected from the group consisting of cellulose ethers, non-ionic cellulose esters and anionic cellulose esters having carboxylic acid functions, the said carboxylic acid functions being neutralized to a neutralization amount between 10 and 80 percent by means of a nonvolatile basic agent, and(b) at least one wax having a melting point between 60.degree. C. and 110.degree. C.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising in admixture a pseudolatex containing particles of a film-forming polymer having carboxylic acid functional groups, the particles having a mean diameter of between 10 and 300 nm and at least one wax having a melting point of between 60.degree. C. and 110.degree. C. in a proportion of between 2 and 40% by weight with respect to the total weight of the composition. The carboxylic acid functional groups of the polymer are neutralized to a degree of neutralization of between 10 and 80% by a nonvolatile monobasic agent. The pseudolatex is present in a proportion of between 0.8 and 20% by way of solids with respect to the total weight of the composition. The cosmetic composition, used as a mascara, provides enhanced lengthening and beautiful curvature on eyelashes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dispersion of melanic pigments containing in a medium selected amongst: a) the straight or branched monoalcohols comprising at least 3 carbon atoms; the straight or branched polyols comprising at least 2 carbon atoms; the saturated or unsaturated cycloaliphatic alcohols comprising at least 6 carbon atoms; the aromatic alcohols comprising at least 6 carbon atoms; the C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 fatty acid esters and C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alcohol esters or the C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 polyol esters; the C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 aliphatic acid esters or the C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 aromatic acid and fatty alcohol esters; the C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 fatty acid esters and the C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 fatty alcohol esters, the C.sub.6 -C.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which can be used in particular for eye makeup and which comprises deoxyribonucleic acid and at least one wax. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the cosmetic composition and to a method of using the latter. Method for lengthening and curving the eyelashes comprising applying to the eyelashes a composition comprising deoxyribonucleic acid or an inorganic or organic salt thereof, and at least one wax.