Makeup Remover Patents (Class 510/136)
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Publication number: 20030211954Abstract: To provide an oil clearing sheet for makeup, which is superior in capacity to absorb oil and can confirm the wiping state of sebum easily and clearly, and which can afford sufficient wiping feeling and satisfactory feeling to users. An oil clearing sheet for makeup, comprising a porous stretched film of a plastic material, characterized in that the porous stretched film comprises at least two porous stretched films, which are the same or different, and adjacent films differ in brightness.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2002Publication date: November 13, 2003Inventors: Yasuhiro Kono, Kazunori Kondoh
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Patent number: 6642192Abstract: The present invention deals with novel amphoteric surfactants that contain a hydroxy containing poly carboxylic group. This class of compounds are hydroxy succinic derivatives made by the reaction of epoxy succinic acid and an amine. The products are high purity, environmentally acceptable surfactants that are simultaneously exceptionally mild to skin and provides good detergency and conditioning of textile fiber, fabric, hair and skin.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Applied Carbochemicals IncInventor: Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr.
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Patent number: 6620773Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which comprises at least a surfactant mixture and an oil component, the surfactant mixture comprising at least an anionic or zwitterionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant and an alkyl phosphate component. The composition according to the invention is extremely well tolerated by the skin, mucosa and eyes, and has excellent foam formation.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Johnson & Johnson GmbHInventors: Anja Stork, Otto von Stetten
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Publication number: 20030162676Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a surface-active agent and to the use of cleaning agents obtained by dilution of said surface-active agent for removing silicone-containing deposits from surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventors: Wilfried Serve, Siegried Bragulla
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Patent number: 6589922Abstract: A non-irritating skin cleanser that contains water, a non-ionic surfactant, and a glyceryl monoester of a fatty acid. The skin cleanser is especially useful for cleansing irritated, diseased, damaged, or sensitive skin. The cleanser is especially useful for cleansing hands.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Dow Pharmaceutical SciencesInventors: Gordon J. Dow, Kevin Bean
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Publication number: 20030083209Abstract: A method for the thickening of mineral oil products, wherein the thickened mineral oil product exhibits shear-thinning so as to be applicable to a surface by non-pressurized spray mechanisms. The thickening agent added to the petroleum distillate comprises a thixotropic thickener chosen from the group consisting of mixtures comprising a triblock copolymer and a hydrocarbon oil, and N-Lauroyl glutamic acid di-n-butylamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2001Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventor: Timothy I. Moodycliffe
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Publication number: 20030083208Abstract: A dispenser for petroleum distillate based household products, such as furniture oil, baby oil, or the like, comprises a non-pressurized spray bottle comprising a reduced volume spray apparatus which dispenses less than about 0.8 ml per actuation, and a removal resistant neck closure which does not permit closure removal or easy opening of the container. Lower risk is also obtained by addition of a thixotropic thickener to the petroleum distillate based product, to provide a product having a viscosity of greater than 100 SUS at rest at 100° F., but which exhibits shear-thinning, so as to be capable of being dispensed as a spray or fine mist by a non-pressurized spray dispenser or pump. Still further risk lowering may be attained by the addition of an effective amount of a bittering or aversion agent so as to substantially discourage voluntary ingestion of the petroleum distillate based product.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2001Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Judith E. Swanson, Timothy I. Moodycliffe, Benjamin T. White
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Patent number: 6548463Abstract: Cleansing agents are provided which are highly effective for removing makeup with excellent lathering, while at the same time providing a refreshing after-shampoo feeling. These cleansing agents comprise surfactants and polyoxyalkylene carboxylic acid esters represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are hydrogen or straight or branched chain alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; m, n, X and Y are integers of from 0 to 5 but are not all concurrently 0; and R3 is a straight or branched chain alkylene group having from 0 to 10 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.Inventors: Reiji Miyahara, Takashi Ohmori, Tomiyuki Namba, Hiroyuki Kakoki
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Patent number: 6541432Abstract: A cleansing material comprising a sheet material impregnated with an emulsion having a viscosity of 200 to 4000 mPa·s at 25° C. and a viscosity of 100 to 2000 mPa·s at 50° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kenji Kaneda, Keiko Matsuo
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Foaming anti-bacterial cleansing skin product with low water insoluble emollients and foam dispenser
Patent number: 6537952Abstract: A foaming cleansing product is provided as a cleansing composition packaged in a non-aerosol pump dispenser. The dispenser includes a container for holding a liquid composition, a dispensing head with a housing enclosing a pump mechanism and a screen material in the flow path to convert liquid composition into a foam. The cleansing composition comprises an anionic surfactant, and at least one surfactant selected from a nonionic and an amphoteric surfactant, a cationic polymer, and a hydrophobic antibacterial agent, and contains less than 0.05 wt. % of a water insoluble emollient; said composition being dispensed by the pump dispenser to provide a foam. The total amount of surfactants in the inventive composition does not exceed 12 wt. %, and preferably does not exceed 10.5 wt. %.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care, USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Christine Hayward, Rosa Paredes -
Patent number: 6500441Abstract: A single-phase transparent aqueous liquid cosmetic composition comprising at least 90% of water, at least one alkyl para-hydroxybenzoate (paraben), preferably methyl para-hydroxybenzoate (methylparaben), and at least one metabisulfite, preferably sodium metabisulfite. This composition is preferably devoid of primary alcohol. The inventive composition may be in the form of a stable transparent lotion and may be used, in particular, for gently cleaning and/or removing make-up from the skin and/or eyes. The present invention also relates to a process for dissolving an alkyl para-hydroxybenzoate in an aqueous cosmetic composition which by adding at least one metabisulfite thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2001Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Lien Bui-Bertrand, Marie-Laure Carrel
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Publication number: 20020183217Abstract: Novel detergent cosmetic compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, (a) at least one anionic surfactant chosen from the N-acylated compounds of mono- and polyamidated polycarboxylic amino acids and the salts of said acids and (b) at least one insoluble conditioning agent. This combination imparts at least one of the cosmetic properties of sleekness, lightness and softness while minimizing keratinous fiber regreasing phenomenon. These compositions are used, for example, for washing and/or conditioning a keratinous material such as the hair and the skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: L'OREALInventors: Beatrice Perron, Serge Restle
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Patent number: 6488780Abstract: Detergent and conditioning compositions having a washing base and a conditioning system with an oil nanoemulsion.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1999Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.Inventor: DaniƩle Cauwet-Martin
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Patent number: 6489283Abstract: A composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, an oily phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, characterized in that it contains fibers and a surfactant system comprising at least one glyceryl ester of a C8-C24 fatty acid and at least one polyethylene glycol ester of a C8-C24 fatty acid. The composition obtained has very good stability and can in particular constitute a cosmetic composition. The invention also relates to the use of the said composition, in particular for caring for, treating, making up or cleansing the skin, the lips, the eyelashes and/or the hair.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2000Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Isabelle Afriat
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Patent number: 6475965Abstract: A composition useful for moisturizing skin which comprises (a) a moisturizing effective amount of a compound of the structure: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of: CH2OH, CH OH CH2 CO2—, or mixtures thereof wherein when X does not bear a negative charge, the said compound is a salt; and (b) a skin compatible carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: LaTonya Kilpatrick-Liverman, Zeenat Nabi, Thomas G. Polefka, Elizabeth D. Volz, Melonie D. Brown
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Patent number: 6465402Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil-in-water emulsion composition, including: an oily phase dispersed in an aqueous phase; wherein the oily phase includes at least one crosslinked solid organopolysiloxane elastomer having at least one oxyalkylene group; and wherein the aqueous phase includes at least one polymer which is soluble or swellable in water. The present invention also relates to a cosmetic composition containing the above-noted composition, and methods of using. The present invention makes it possible to prepare oil-in-water emulsions which are stable even though they may not contain a conventionally used surfactant, this stability persisting even when the level of oily phase is high. Furthermore, the present invention provides compositions that are advantageously fresh and comfortable during application to the skin, which effects are otherwise not obtained with conventional compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Raluca Lorant
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Publication number: 20020137642Abstract: An anhydrous or aqueous composition containing at least one volatile fluoro compound in an amount of at least 0.5% by weight, and a process for make-up removal or for cleansing the skin, comprising (1) applying, preferably with the fingers, a pad of cotton wool, or a paper tissue, a sufficient amount of the composition to the parts of the skin to be cleansed or from which make-up is to be removed, (2) lightly massaging so as to detach the maximum amount of impurities and of the make-up product, and (3) removing the composition using a pad of cotton wool optionally soaked in water.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Applicant: L'Oreal, S.A.Inventor: Raluca Lorant
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Patent number: 6417146Abstract: An aqueous liquid detergent composition comprises: (A) 1 to 50 wt. % of a surfactant selected from an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant or an amphoteric surfactant; (B) 0.3 to 5 wt. % of a long-chain fatty acid glycol ester represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a linear or branched, C13-23 alkyl or alkenyl group, n stands for an integer of 1 to 3, and A represents H and (C) 0.1 to 10 wt.% of a glyceryl ether having one or more linear or branched, C4-12 alkyl or alkenyl groups.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2000Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Miyajima, Kennichi Kasuga
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Patent number: 6399045Abstract: The present invention teaches liquid sunscreen compositions in which level of surfactant is higher than level at which the sunscreen component(s) are still soluble in the surfactant in which they are used; and which comprise minimal levels of cationic polymer. Combination of cationic polymer (especially preferred surfactants and at minimum levels) and minimal levels of sunscreen lead to compositions with minimal levels of deposition and minimal SPF. Further, the compositions also maintain good lather.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2000Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Leslie Jo Morgan, Sudhakar Puvvada, Liang Sheng Tsaur, Michael Paul Aronson, Andrew Lam, Shiji Shen, Ernest Weatherley Macaulay
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Patent number: 6387857Abstract: A personal wash liquid composition which comprises 10 to 40% of one or more anionic surfactants, 30 to 50% of one or more humectants, and less than 55% water, characterized in that the water activity of the product is less than 0.9. Compositions according to the invention have been found to have self-preserving properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: John George Chambers, Phillip Moore
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Patent number: 6383998Abstract: An anhydrous or aqueous composition containing at least one volatile fluoro compound in an amount of at least 0.5% by weight, and a process for make-up removal or for cleansing the skin, comprising (1) applying, preferably with the fingers, a pad of cotton wool, or a paper tissue, a sufficient amount of the composition to the parts of the skin to be cleansed or from which make-up is to be removed, (2) lightly massaging so as to detach the maximum amount of impurities and of the make-up product, and (3) removing the composition using a pad of cotton wool optionally soaked in water.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: L'OrƩalInventor: Raluca Lorant
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Patent number: 6365559Abstract: An aqueous foam producing personal cleansing composition is disclosed. The composition, which is normally clear and is essentially free of any amides of diethanolamine, comprises a cloud point depressing agent comprising ammonium chloride. The composition of the present invention is characterized by a low cloud point temperature such that the risk of forming an undesirable precipitate in the composition is reduced. Also disclosed is a method of reducing the cloud point temperature in a normally clear aqueous personal cleansing composition which is essentially free of amides of diethanolamine. The method comprises adding ammonium chloride to the composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1999Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Alberto-Culver CompanyInventors: Usha V. Murthy, Dipak K. Ghosh, Randy Schueller
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Publication number: 20020032135Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an exothermic composition, which includes at least one zeolite; at least one surfactant; at least one magnesium or calcium halide; and a physiologically acceptable anhydrous medium. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a composition, which includes a means for making the composition exothermic; at least one surfactant; at least one magnesium or calcium halide; and a physiologically acceptable anhydrous medium. Other embodiments of the present invention provide processes for removing make-up from or cleansing the skin or mucous membrane, and articles which include the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Applicant: L'OREALInventors: Delphine Verdrel-Lahaxe, Lien Bui-Bertrand
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Publication number: 20020032134Abstract: The invention concerns novel detergent and conditioning compositions containing, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, (A) a washing base and (B) a conditioning system including an oil nanoemulsion. The invention is useful for hair and skin cleaning and care.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 1999Publication date: March 14, 2002Inventor: DANIELE CAUWET-MARTIN
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Patent number: 6353034Abstract: An alkyl polyglycoside and fatty alcohol composition useful as an emulsifier includes: a) 8 to 40% by weight of an alkyl polyglycoside component consisting essentially of: 0 to 20% by weight of at least one alkyl polyglycoside of formula (I): R1O(G1)x1 (I) in which R1 is a linear or branched alkyl radical having 16 or 18 carbon atoms, G1 is a saccharide residue and x1 is between 1 and 5; 0 to 100% by weight of an alkyl polyglycoside of formula (II): R2O(G2)2 (II) in which R2 is a linear or branched alkyl radical having 14 carbon atoms, G2 is a saccharide residue and x2 is between 1 and 5; and 0 to 100% by weight of at least one alkyl polyglycoside of formula (III): R3O(G3)x3 (III) in which R3 is a linear or branched alkyl radical having 20 or 22 carbon atoms, G3 is a saccharide residue and x3 is between 1 and 5; and b) 60 to 92% by weight of a linear or branched aliphatic alcohol having from 14 to 22 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1998Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: Societe d'Exploitation de Produits pour les Industries Chimiques S.E.P.P.I.C.Inventors: Chantal Amalric, Jean-Pierre Boiteux, Alain Milius, Nelly Michel
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Publication number: 20020012643Abstract: A composition for removing make-up from keratinous material comprised of a polysaccharide alkyl ether formed of units containing at least two different saccharide rings, each unit containing at least one hydroxyl group substituted with a saturated hydrocarbon-based alkyl chain combined with a make-up-removing system comprising at least one non-aqueous solvent and/or an oil and/or a surfactant. The polysaccharide alkyl ether preferably has a molecular weight of greater than 200,000 and is in particular a guar gum alkyl ether having a degree of substitution of about 2 to 3, in particular 2.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 1998Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: ROLAND RAMIN, PASCAL ARNAUD
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Patent number: 6342469Abstract: The invention relates to a make-up removing and/or cleansing cosmetic composition in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion and comprising (1) at least one silicone emulsifier, (2) at least one branched-chain hydrocarbonaceous oil and (3) at least one make-up removing oil chosen from esters of a fatty acid comprising at least 12 carbon atoms. The composition is fluid and may be used, for example, to remove make-up from the skin without any nuisance or irritation and with excellent effectiveness.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2000Date of Patent: January 29, 2002Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Raluca Lorant
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Publication number: 20020010114Abstract: An aqueous cleaning concentrate containing: (a) from about 20 to about 40% by weight of a fatty acid alkyl ester; and (b) from about 5 to about 20% by weight of an emulsifier, all weights being based on the total weight of the composition, and wherein the concentrate is in the form of a PIT emulsion having droplets with a mean diameter of below about 50 &mgr;m.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Daniel Dufay, Beatrice Mayoud
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Publication number: 20010046948Abstract: A cleansing material comprising a sheet material impregnated with an emulsion having a viscosity of 200 to 4000 mPa·s at 25° C. and a viscosity of 100 to 2000 mPa·s at 50° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2001Publication date: November 29, 2001Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Kenji Kaneda, Keiko Matsuo
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Patent number: 6297204Abstract: A cosmetic and/or dermatological composition containing an aqueous phase and a separate oily phase, containing, as preserving agent, poly(hexamethylene biguanide) hydrochloride. The composition is well tolerated by the eyes and stores entirely satisfactorily, while at the same time being in the form of two phases. The composition may be used for cleansing and/or removing make-up from the skin, mucous membranes and/or the eyes, and, most particularly, for removing make-up from sensitive eyes.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Elisabeth Picard, Catherine Marion
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Publication number: 20010021691Abstract: Cleansing agents are provided which are highly effective for removing makeup with excellent lathering, while at the same time providing a refreshing after-shampoo feeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2001Publication date: September 13, 2001Applicant: Shiseido Company, Ltd.Inventors: Reiji Miyahara, Takashi Ohmori, Tomiyuki Namba, Hiroyuki Kakoki
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Patent number: 6284718Abstract: Compositions suitable for cosmetic and/or dermatological use which contain a oxyethylenated acetylenic diol, and at least one amphiphillic compound having an HLB greater than or equal to 15, in a physiological acceptable medium.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Pascal Simon
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Patent number: 6265364Abstract: A composition useful for moisturizing skin which comprises (a) a moisturizing effective amount of a compound of the structure: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of: CH2OH, CH OH CH2CO2—, or mixtures thereof wherein when X does not bear a negative charge, the said compound is a salt; and (b) a skin compatible carrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: LaTonya Kilpatrick-Liverman, Zeenat Nabi, Thomas G. Polefka
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Patent number: 6242396Abstract: A cleansing and/or make-up-removing composition, comprising: in a physiologically acceptable medium, an aqueous phase dispersed in an oily phase with the aid of a silicone emulsifier, wherein the medium comprises (1) at least 78% of aqueous phase, (2) at least one make-up-removing oil selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters containing at least 12 carbon atoms, and (3), as an emulsifier, the dimethicone copolyol of formula In which R1 represent —(C3H6O)—(C2H4O)18—(C3H6O)18H,p=394 and n=4, and wherein the medium is free of branched-chain hydrocarbon-based oil.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2000Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Veronique Guillou, Isabelle Carton
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Patent number: 6238681Abstract: A single-phase transparent aqueous liquid cosmetic composition comprising at least 90% of water, at least one alkyl para-hydroxybenzoate (paraben), preferably methyl para-hydroxybenzoate (methylparaben), and at least one metabisulfite, preferably sodium metabisulfite. This composition is preferably devoid of primary alcohol. The inventive composition may be in the form of a stable transparent lotion and may be used, in particular, for gently cleaning and/or removing make-up from the skin and/or eyes. The present invention also relates to a process for dissolving an alkyl para-hydroxybenzoate in an aqueous cosmetic composition which by adding at least one metabisulfite thereto.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: L'OrealInventors: LiƩn Bui-Bertrand, Marie-Laure Carrel
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Patent number: 6239088Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleansing composition based on the composition of lachrymal fluid. The cleansing composition comprises an ionic aqueous base containing one or more electrolytes, a basic protein or amino acid, and optionally, a mucomimetic compound and a lysozyme. The cleansing composition is gentle to both skin and eyes, and is highly effective in removing even transfer-resistant makeup.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Color Access, Inc.Inventors: Liliana George, Andrew J. Bevacqua, Daniela Toma, Saul Miklean
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Patent number: 6224852Abstract: The present invention teaches liquid sunscreen compositions in which level of surfactant is higher than level at which the sunscreen component(s) are still soluble in the surfactant in which they are used; and which comprise minimal levels of cationic polymer. Combination of cationic polymer (especially preferred surfactants and at minimum levels) and minimal levels of sunscreen lead to compositions with minimal levels of deposition and minimal SPF. Further, the compositions also maintain good lather.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1999Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USAInventors: Leslie Jo Morgan, Sudhakar Puvvada, Liang Sheng Tsaur, Michael Paul Aronson, Andrew Lam, Shiji Shen, Ernest Weatherly Macauley
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Patent number: 6211125Abstract: This invention relates to a method for thermal conditioning of hair which comprises: (a) applying to hair a rinse-off composition comprising: (1) a nonvolatile silicone conditioning agent; and (2) a carrier; (b) rinsing the composition from the hair with water; (c) applying heat via a heating appliance to the composition treated hair to dry or style the hair and wherein a reduction in the bending modulus caused by the silicone conditioning agent is at least 1.00%, and wherein the method of the invention results in the deposition on the hair of at least 30 ug silicone/ 1 g of hair.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.Inventors: Joanne Crudele, Wolfgang Bergmann, Kimberly Kamis, Pawel Milczarek, Varsha Shah
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Patent number: 6153208Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially dry, disposable, personal cleansing article useful for both cleansing the skin or hair, and more particularly to a disposable, cleansing article having a substrate which preferably comprises of multiple layers. These articles are used by the consumer by wetting the dry article with water. The article comprises a water insoluble substrate having at least a first portion that is wet extensible and at least a second portion that is less wet extensible than said first portion and a lathering surfactant. Preferably, the articles of the present invention further comprise a conditioning component.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: David Michael McAtee, Nicholas James Nissing, Erik John Hasenoehrl, David William Cabell
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Patent number: 6136763Abstract: Sebum is selectively removed from facial skin without removing make-up by spraying a liquid composition on to the skin and holding a water absorptive or oil absorptive material against the skin to remove the sebum together with the liquid composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1999Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yasunobu Matsumoto, Tomoko Kondo
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Patent number: 6114290Abstract: An aqueous cleansing and oily soil removing composition comprising a surface active agent and an agent for removing oily soil from skin, in which the surface active agent and agent for removing oily soil are separate but combinedly dispensable from a single packaging means as discrete domains, preferably in a predetermined ratio. Separating the agent for removing oily soil from the surface active agent results in improved removal of oily soil from skin, and a clean, fresh feel which is appreciated by the consumer.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Ian Gardner Lyle, Mavis Claire Pereira, Jason Richard Williams
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Patent number: 6103687Abstract: Quaternary ammonium compositions are described which are made in diluents based on vegetable oil such as soya bean oil. Such diluents remain as diluents in the final product and generally have a vapor pressure of 1 mm of Hg or less at 25.degree. C., and are liquid at ambient temperature. The liquid quaternary ammonium compound/diluent compositions have low toxicity and low volatile organic compound emission rates and high flash points, and can be tailored to particular applications. Such applications include use in fabric softeners, as cosmetics ingredients, deinking additives, surfactants, and reaction materials in the manufacture of organoclays.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1998Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Elementis Specialties, Rheox Inc.Inventors: Charles Cody, Araxi Chiavoni, Barbara Campbell, Edward Magauran
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Patent number: 5985809Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a dispersed oil phase comprising at least one nonocclusive liquid polyol fatty acid polyester containing at least four fatty acid ester groups wherein the polyol moiety is selected from sugars and sugar alcohols containing from about 4 to about 8 hydroxyl groups, and wherein each carboxylic acid moiety has from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms and wherein the liquid polyol fatty acid polyester has a complete melting point of less than about 30.degree. C.; and (b) from about 5% to about 30% by weight of water-soluble surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof. The products provide excellent in-use and efficacy benefits including excellent skin feel during and after use, good lather volume and stability characteristics, skin conditioning, mildness, stability, cleansing, good water-feel and appearance.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps, Wendy Victoria J. Richardson
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Patent number: 5942479Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a dispersed oil phase comprising a first oil component having an oil/surfactant solution interfacial tension (IFT) of greater than about 1.0 dynes/cm and a second oil component having an oil/surfactant solution interfacial tension (IFT) in the range of from about 0.1 to about 1.0 dynes/cm; and (b) from about 5% to about 30% by weight of water-soluble surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof; and (c) water; and wherein the ratio of first to second dispersed oil component is in the range from about 20:1 to about 1:20. The cleansing products demonstrate excellent in-use efficacy benefits including excellent skin feel during and after use, good lather volume, stability and appearance characteristics, good skin conditioning, mildness, stability, cleansing, good water feel and appearance.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps, Wendy Victoria J. Richardson
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Patent number: 5895657Abstract: Liquid vanillin compositions, well suited as flavoring/perfuming agents for a wide variety of applications, for example in human and animal foodstuffs, cosmetics and perfumes, comprise (a) vanillin, (b) ethylvanillin and (c) an aqueous and/or organic solvent therefor.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1995Date of Patent: April 20, 1999Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc ChimieInventors: Frederic Fournet, Fran.cedilla.oise Truchet
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Patent number: 5880076Abstract: Novel personal product and detergent compositions comprising new and known glycacarbamate, glycaurea compounds or mixtures thereof are disclosed. The personal product compositions exhibit mild cleansing, opacifying/pearlescent and suspending action. The liquid detergent compositions exhibit enhanced viscosity and improved detergency. The powdered detergent compositions exhibit improved flow characteristics and improved detergency. Also, disclosed are novel glycacarbamate and glycaurea compounds which have enhanced water solubility and do not become turbid or produce sedimentation in aqueous compositions as well as an improved method of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1997Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Robert Vermeer
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Patent number: 5851978Abstract: An aqueous cleansing and moisturising composition comprising 5-35 wt. % C.sub.8 to C.sub.22 fatty acid; up to 10 wt. % of a surface active agent, a benefit agent having a weight average particle size in the range 15 to 500 microns and structurant. The structurant is a material which causes the composition to adopt the lamellar phase or a material which structures the continuous liquid phase or a mixture thereof. The composition is substantially free of insoluble solid fatty acid or fatty acid soap.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1996Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: May Shana'a
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Patent number: 5776872Abstract: A personal cleansing product comprising: (a) from about 5% to about 50% by weight of a mixed surfactant system which comprises: (i) from about 1% to about 20% by weight of composition of anionic surfactant, and (ii) from about 1% to about 20% by weight of composition of amphoteric surfacant, (b) from about 3% to about 40% by weight of an insoluble nonionic oil or wax, and (c) water, wherein the anionic surfactant and amphoteric surfactant together comprises from about 5% to about 30% by weight of the composition, the weight ratio of anionic surfactant:amphoteric surfactant is in the range from about 1:5 to about 20:1, the weight ratio of total surfactant:nonionic oil or wax is in the range from about 10:1 to about 1:3, and wherein the composition is in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion having a viscosity in the range from 10,000 to 40,000 cps and a yield point of at least 50 dyne/cm.sup.2. The cleaning products demonstrate excellent lathering, mildness, stability, rinsibility and conditioning benefits.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1994Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michel Joseph Giret, Anne Langlois, Roland Philip Duke
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Patent number: 5756437Abstract: An aqueous gel cleanser composition which contains:(A) from 1 to 50% by weight of a nonionic surfactant represented by the formula (1):RCOO--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --H (1)wherein RCO represents a saturated or unsaturated acyl group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms; and n represents a number of from 1 to 50 on the weight average;(B) from 20 to 70% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol or a glycol ether; and(C) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of a water soluble polymer.This aqueous gel cleanser composition has a high detergency on makeup stains and sebum stains, little irritates the skin, exhibits a good massaging effect and is usable even at high temperatures and humidity owing to its high stability.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1996Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Ritsuko Yamazaki, Reiko Fukuda, Yasushi Kajihara
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Patent number: 5741766Abstract: Oil-in-water (O/W) cleansing emulsions having the appearance of a milk, comprising a self-emulsifiable composition based on fatty alcohols as emulsifying agent and an acrylic copolymer as gelling agent, useful for cleansing the skin of the face and/or of the body. These emulsions may be used in particular as a make-up removing milk.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1995Date of Patent: April 21, 1998Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Catherine Marion, Nathalie Louvet-Plaisant, Liliane Lukassen