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: 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: 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 wax-based mascaras containing keratin hydrolysates having a molecular weight greater than 50,000 have improved properties for coating eyelashes, of stability and eyelash lengthening.

Abstract: These wax-based mascara compositions have cosmetic properties which are improved by the presence, in combination with the waxes, of keratin sulphonic derivatives of formula ##STR1## in which formula K denotes the keratin residue, and M.sup.+ denotes H.sup.+, a cation derived from an alkali metal or magnesium, or N.sup.+ (R).sub.4, the radicals R being identical or different and each denoting H or an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical containing at most 4 carbon atoms, the unit A denoting from 3 to 15% by weight of the keratin derivative and being the only modified unit in the protein chain of the keratin. The derivatives of formula (I) act both as a cohesion agent and a thickener, enabling a sheathing to be produced on the eyelashes with immediate adhesion and with a flexible film-forming effect.

Abstract: The invention relates to cosmetic compositions comprising at least one wax having a melting point of 60.degree. to 110.degree. C., at least one cationic polymer having a molecular weight of between 1,000 and 3,000,000, at least one anionic polymer and ingredients normally used in cosmetics.

Abstract: A cosmetic make-up composition comprises, in combination, cosmetic make-up components and, as a binding agent therefor, an intimate mixture of from 5 to 95 percent by weight of said mixture of finely divided silica and about 95 to about 5 percent by weight of said mixture of finely divided polyethylene fibers having a fibrillar structure.

Abstract: A cosmetic make-up composition comprises, in combination, cosmetic make-up components and, as a binding agent therefor, an intimate mixture of from 5 to 95 percent by weight of said mixture of finely divided silica and about 95 to about 5 percent by weight of said mixture of finely divided polyethylene fibers having a fibrillar structure.

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.