Photoprotection compositions having improved substantivity

Claim 1

An oil-in-water sunscreen emulsion composition having improved substantivity and moisture resistance for topical use comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 40% of a sunscreen; (b) from about 0.01% to about 5% of an emulsifier selected from the group consisting of alkyl substituted acrylic acid copolymers, TEA stearate salts, alkali neutralized monoalkyl phosphates, alkali neutralized dialkyl phosphates, hydroxy cetyl phosphate, and mixtures thereof, wherein said alkyl substituted acrylic acid copolymers comprise from about 95.9 to 98.8 weight percent of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic, methacrylic and ethacrylic acids, about 1 to about 3.5 weight percent of an acrylate ester of the formula ##STR4## wherein R is an alkyl radical containing 10 to 30 carbon atoms and R 1 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and 0.1 to 0.6 weight percent of a polymerizable cross-linking polyalkenyl polyether of a polyhydric alcohol containing more than one alkenyl ether group per molecule wherein the parent polyhydric alcohol contains at least 3 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; (c) from about 1% to about 60% of a wax component having a required HLB of from about 1 to about 10 comprising: (i) an ester wax selected from the group consisting of C 10 - 40 alcohols esterified with C 10 - 40 fatty acids, diesters of C 10 -C 40 fatty acids where the alcohol is propylene glycol, ethylene glycol or glycerin, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyglycerin, triglycerides or diglycerides of C 10 - 40 fatty acids, pentaerythritol tri- or tetra- esters of C 10 - 40 fatty acids, C 10 - 40 fatty acids of sorbitan triesters, C 10 - 40 fatty acids of sucrose polyesters having 3-8 moles of substitution, myristyl myristate, paraffin, synthetic Fischer-Tropsche waxes, microcrystalline waxes, castor wax, partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, behenyl behenrate, myristyl propionate and mixtures thereof; and (ii) a wax selected from the group consisting of diester waxes and triglyceride waxes and mixtures thereof wherein said diester wax is selected from the group consisting of C18-36 acid glycol ester and propylene glycol diester waxes and mixtures thereof, and wherein said triglyceride wax is selected from the group consisting of shea butter, cocoa butter, C18-36 acid triglyceride, tribehenin, tribehenin (and) calcium behenate, tristearin, trimyristate, fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, and mixtures thereof; and (d) a safe and effective amount of a topical carrier.

Claim 10

A method for protecting the skin of humans or lower animals from the effects of ultraviolet radiation, said method comprising topically applying to the skin of the human or lower animal an effective coating of a sunscreen composition according to claim