EP0132631A1
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High pearlescent pressed powder eye shadow composition
Assignee: Chesebrough Ponds Inc
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Filing: 1984-07-02
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-07-02
Abstract
Abstract A pressed powder cosmetic eye shadow composition containing from about 40-80% by weight of nacreous material and a binder comprising a dry binder ingredient selected from the group consisting of cosmetically suitable micronized polyethylene wax and a mixture of liquid/solid binder ingredients comprising petrolatum; a cosmetically suitable tetraester havina the formula wherein R may be a straight, branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl having from 5 to 21 carbon atoms; and a cosmetically suitable polyolefin (synthetic wax) formed by polymerizing an alpha olefin having the formula RCH = CH 2 , wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
Inventors
- 👤 Philip J. Gordon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 23:17
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/0005; C11D3/0089; A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/33; A61K8/37; A61Q; A61Q1/00; A61Q1/02; A61Q1/10; A61Q1/12; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/42; A61K2800/43; A61K2800/436
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A pressed powder cosmetic composition containing from about 40 - 80% by weight of nacreous material and a binder comprising a dry binder ingredient selected from the group consisting of cosmetically suitable micronized polyethylene wax and a mixture of liquid/solid binder ingredients comprising petrolatum; a cosmetically suitable tetraester having the formula wherein R may be a straight, branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl having from 5 to 21 carbon atoms; and a cosmetically suitable polyolefin (synthetic wax) formed by pclymerizing an alpha olefin having the formula RCH - CH 2 , wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
A pressed powder cosmetic composition containing from about 40 - 80% by weight of nacreous material and a binder comprising a dry binder ingredient selected from the group consisting of cosmetically suitable micronized polyethylene wax and a mixture of liquid/solid binder ingredients comprising petrolatum; a cosmetically suitable tetraester having the formula wherein R may be a straight, branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl having from 5 to 21 carbon atoms; and a cosmetically suitable polyolefin (synthetic wax) formed by pclymerizing an alpha olefin having the formula RCH - CH 2 , wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the nacreous material is selected from the group consisting of natural pearl, mica, bismuth oxychloride, bismuth oxychloride on mica, titanated mica, and titanated mica and iron oxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composition according to claim 2 wherein the amount of nacreous material is present in an amount ranging from about 45% by weight to 70% by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the dry binder ingredient is a micronized polyethylene wax having a molecular weight range from about 600 to about 4000 and having a particle size from about 2 microns to 35 microns, said ingredient being present in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to 15% by weight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A composition according to claim 4 wherein the molecular weight of the micronized polyethylene wax ranges from about 700 to about 800.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A composition according to claim 4 wherein the micronized polyethylene wax is present in an amount ranging from about .5% to 9% by weight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the petrolatum ingredient in the binder mixture is present in an amount ranging from about .25 to 5.5% by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A composition according to claim 7 wherein the petrolatum is present in an amount ranging from 0.75% to 3.5% by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the tetraester ingredient binder mixture is a tetraester of pentaerythritol and a cosmetically suitable acid selected from the group consisting of lauric, oleic, stearic, palmitic, linoleic, isostearic, hydroxystearic, acetic and branched chain nonanoic acid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
A composition according to claim 9 wherein the tetraester is present in an amount ranging from about 1.0% to 15.0% by weight and wherein the preferred amount of said tetraester is about 2.0% to about 4.5% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition according to claim 9 wherein the tetraester is a tetraester of pentaerythritol and oleic acid.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the polyolefin ingredient in the binder mixture wax is selected from the group consisting of hexene-1, heptene-1, octene-1, decene-1, undecene-1, dodecene-1 and tetradecene-1.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
39 words
A composition according to claim 12 wherein the polyolefin ingredient is present in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to 3% by weight and wherein the preferred amount of said polyolefin ingredient is about 0.5% to 2% by weight.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition according to claim 12 wherein the polyolefin is dodecene-1 and specifically the compound VYBAR0 825.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
110 words
A composition according to claim 1 containing talc, metal soap, colorant, fragrance and preservative and wherein the talc is a filler selected from the group consisting of transparent talca and is present in amounts up to about 40% by weight; the metal soap is selected from the group consisting of zinc, lithium, magnesium and calcium stearates and is present in amounts up to about 6% by weight: the colorant is selected from inorganic and natural pigments and is present in amounts up to about 30.0% by weight; the fragrance is a cosmetically acceptable fragrance and is present in a fragrance-effective amount; and the preservatives are selected from cosmetically acceptable preservatives.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
114 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the binder mixture contains a fatty ester having the formula , wherein R 1 is a group containing from 1 to 21 carbon atoms which may be straight or branched, saturated or unsaturated and which may contain hydroxyl groups; R 2 is a group containing from 1 to 22 carbon atoms which may be straight, branched, saturated or unsaturated and which may contain hydroxyl groups; and wherein R 1 and R 2 may be the same or different; or the formula R wherein n is an interger from 2 to 6 and R 2 has the same meaning as above and may be the same or different.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
34 words
A composition according to claim 16 wherein the fatty ester is present in amounts up to about 15.0% by weight and preferrably present in an amount ranging from about 1.5% to 5.5% by weight.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
A composition according to claim 16 wherein the fatty ester is selected from the group consisting of octyl palmitate, isopropyl palmitate, isostearyl neopentano- ate, isopropyl lanolate and isopropyl myristate.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
38 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the binder mixture contains a triester of glycerine and a cosmetically suitable acid selected from the group consisting of lauric, stearic, oleic, palmitic, linoleic, isostearic, hydroxystearic, acetic branched chain nonanioc acid.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
12 words
A composition according to claim 19 wherein the triester ingredient is trilaurin.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
34 words
A composition according to claim 19 wherein the triester is present in an amount up to about 7.0% by weight and preferrable in an amount ranging from about 0.4% to about 5.5% by weight.
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