Abstract: A cosmetic composition containing a silicone resin polymer comprised of M units in combination with Q or T units or both, wherein the number of M units is greater than the number of Q units or T units or combination thereof, and a method for improving the finish of a cosmetic composition.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising at least one lipophilic liquid alkoxylated film forming polymer comprised of siloxane portions and urethane portions.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition containing a silicone resin polymer comprised of M units in combination with Q or T units or both, wherein the number of M units is greater than the number of Q units or T units or combination thereof, and a method for improving the finish of a cosmetic composition.

Abstract: A product for protecting a non-application keratinous surface from inadvertent application of cosmetic being applied to an application keratinous surface comprising a protective composition contained in a receptacle having an applicator for applying the protective composition to the area to be protected prior to application of the cosmetic and method for protecting a non-application keratinous surface from inadvertent application of cosmetic being applied to an application keratinous surface comprising applying a protective composition to the non-application keratinous surface prior to applying cosmetic to the application keratinous surface.

Abstract: Cosmetic compositions containing at least one organic compound having at least one short chain alkyl ether group bonded to at least one short chain alcohol; long wearing and/or transfer resistant cosmetic composition wherein at least a portion of the long wearing or transfer resistant property is provided by volatile silicones or volatile paraffinic hydrocarbons, the improvement wherein at least some of the volatile silicone or volatile paraffinic hydrocarbon is replaced with an organic solvent containing at least one short chain alkyl ether group bonded to at least one short chain alcohol or alcohol ester; and methods for improving the aesthetics of cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: Nail enamel compositions containing a monoester containing at least one alkyl ether group; or an ester of benzoic acid, or a diester formed by the reaction of a dicarboxylic acid where the two carboxylic acid groups are separated by a straight or branched chain alkyl group or an aryl group, and an aliphatic or aromatic alcohol and said diester further comprising at least one alkyl ether group; or a triester formed by the reaction of aromatic tricarboxylic acid and an aliphatic or aromatic alcohol, or by the reaction of a polyol having primary hydroxyl groups with an aliphatic carboxylic acid; and a method for reducing the hardness of one or more film forming polymers in a nail enamel composition, and/or improving nail enamel wear comprising adding such compounds to the nail enamel composition.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition for application to keratinous surfaces for the purpose of coloring, conditioning, or protecting such keratinous surface, comprising a silicone polymer which is the reaction product of a siloxane resin and an diorganosiloxane, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier and method for treating such the keratinous surface for improvement.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising a film forming siloxane polymeric resin comprised of trifunctional siloxy units either alone or in combination with monofunctional siloxy units or difunctional siloxy units in a cosmetically acceptable carrier and methods for improving the properties of cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: Cosmetic compositions containing certain phenyl silicones and the use of such silicones in improving the properties of cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: A packaged cosmetic composition comprised of a solvent-containing cosmetic composition in an optically clear, self-supporting container comprised of a polycycloolefin resin.

Abstract: A cosmetic stick compositions comprising 0.5-30% of a stick structuring agent which is a solid or semi-solid at room temperature and has a melting point somewhere in the range of about 34 to 38o C., 10-90% of a nonvolatile oil which is a guerbet ester, 1-30% of a wax comprising a fatty alcohol, and 0.1-25% of particulate matter having a particle size of 0.

Abstract: A method for improving the aesthetics of a pigmented, transfer resistant film on the lips, and a method for wetting said transfer resistant film, comprising coating said transfer resistant film with a non-reactive liquid wetting agent composition that serves to wet the transfer resistant film and improve the aesthetics; and a multipack cosmetic composition comprising at least two separate receptacles in a single stock keeping unit, the first receptacle containing a pigmented transfer resistant composition, and the second receptacle containing a non-reactive liquid wetting agent composition for said transfer resistant composition.

Abstract: A nail enamel composition comprising, by weight of the total composition, about 10-95% solvent, and 5-95% of a film forming polymer having a glass transition temperature in the range of 5 to 90° Centigrade, and containing about 2 to 29% by weight of the total polymer of at least one polar monomer; a two container kit for polishing the nails containing the nail enamel composition of the invention and a second composition comprising 1-99% solvent and 1-99% of an film forming polymer; and method for polishing nails using the composition and kit of the invention.

Abstract: A color cosmetic composition comprising an oil component and a particulate matter component, the improvement wherein the composition additionally contains an uncrosslinked synthetic polymer having a glass transition temperature of 76 to 120° C., comprising at least one methacrylate ester monomer repeat unit which, if polymerized, would yield a polymer having a glass transition temperature 76 to 120° C.

Abstract: A pigmented water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic stick composition comprising, by weight of the total composition, 0.5-50% water, 0.5-70% of a volatile solvent having a viscosity of 0.2 to 20 centipoise at 25.degree. C., 0.5-40% of a hydrocarbon wax, and 0.5-40% of a fluorinated oil.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising an oil component and a particulate matter component, the improvement wherein the composition additionally contains an uncrosslinked synthetic polymer comprising a first repeat unit selected from the group consisting of methacrylate ester monomers which, if polymerized, would yield a polymer having a glass transition temperature of -10 to 75.degree. C.; and a second repeat unit selected from the group consisting of methacrylate ester monomers which, if polymerized, would yield a polymer having a glass transition temperature in the range of about 76 to 120.degree. C., the synthetic polymer having a glass transition temperature ranging from about 20 to 105.degree. C.

Abstract: A method for preventing, retarding, arresting, or reversing the effects of chafed, chapped, cracked, or windburned lips comprising applying to the lips a pigmented lipstick composition comprising, by weight of the total composition:0.01-30% skin protectant selected from the group consisting of allantoin, cocoa butter, dimethicone, glycerin, petrolatum, shark liver oil, and mixtures thereof,1-25% pigment,5-80% of an oil selected from the group consisting of nonvolatile oil, volatile oil, and mixtures thereof, and3-40% of a wax having a melting point of 30 to 135.degree. C.

Abstract: A pigmented cosmetic stick composition comprising, by weight of the total composition:1-40% of a volatile nonaqueous solvent having a viscosity of 0.5 to 5 centipoise at 25.degree. C.,20-80% of a first nonvolatile oil which is a C.sub.12-22 fatty ester of citric acid,1-35% of a second nonvolatile oil,1-30% of a wax having a melting point of 30 to 135.degree. C. which is an ethylene homopolymer or ethylene copolymer,0.1-25% of particulate matter having a particle size of 0.5 to 200 microns; andwherein the total amount of nonvolatile oil present in the stick is greater than about 31% by weight of the total composition.

Abstract: A color cosmetic composition comprising an oil component and a particulate matter component, the improvement wherein the composition additionally contains an uncrosslinked synthetic polymer having a glass transition temperature of -10 to 75.degree. C., comprising at least one methacrylate ester monomer repeat unit which, if polymerized, would yield a polymer having a glass transition temperature of -10 to 75.degree. C.

Abstract: A composition for application to solid, keratinous surfaces comprising 0.01-80% of a thio-free keratinous protein cross-linking agent, 1-75% of a solvent, and 0.01-35% of a film former, and a method for strenghthening keratinous surfaces by applying the composition of the invention.