Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Preparations characterized by special physical form – Cosmetic – antiperspirant – dentifrice
Reexamination Certificate
2001-07-19
2002-12-03
Page, Thurman K. (Department: 1615)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Preparations characterized by special physical form
Cosmetic, antiperspirant, dentifrice
C424S063000, C424S078030
Reexamination Certificate
active
06488945
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a liquid cosmetic, specifically to a water based liquid cosmetic. More specifically, the present invention relates to a liquid cosmetic which is suited to a liquid cosmetic applicator using a brush as an applying means and containing therein a water based liquid cosmetic, particularly to a liquid makeup cosmetic which is suited to eye makeup.
2. Description of the Related Art
Disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 2-12924 is a liquid eye makeup cosmetic which contains lecithin such as soybean phospholipid and egg yolk phospholipid and hydrogenation products thereof, a nonionic surfactant and an inorganic pigment and which has a viscosity of 3 to 300 cps at 25° C. A colorant is not specifically restricted.
Further, disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-231233 is an eye makeup cosmetic which uses as a colorant, titan black without using black iron oxide having a difficulty in dispersion due to a magnetism thereof and carbon black having an anxiety of carcinogenesis and which provides a sufficiently high density of the drawn lines and can be wiped off well. However, nothing is referred to as long as a pearl pigment is concerned, and an eye makeup cosmetic comprising lecithin or a hydrogenation product thereof and a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10 or more is disclosed.
Provided in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-57290 is a gelatinous cosmetic which is obtained from a composition comprising (A) an N-long-chain acyl acidic amino acid salt having an acyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and (B) water in a weight ratio (A)/(B) falling in a range of 5/95 to 30/70 and which has a thixotropy, and provided are cosmetics such as cleansing cream and the like which are easy to apply and have a good use feeling and which have a low stimulation to skins and can readily contain a lot of oil components.
In the case of a liquid cosmetic having a low viscosity, pulverization of inorganic pigments into fine powders makes it possible to inhibit them from settling down, but involved are the problems that the masking property is reduced and the good color tone is not obtained. Further, when a thickener is added in order to prevent settling of inorganic pigments, an expected thickening effect is not obtained due to electrolytes depending the kind of the thickener, and the fluidity is lost due to gelation or there has been a problem on the stability with the passage of time. However, provided in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-175924 is a liquid cosmetic in which the problems described above have been solved by compounding an inorganic pigment dispersed with polysaccharides, a clay mineral, a water-soluble organic solvent and water.
A pearl pigment is suitably compounded for obtaining clear and brilliant finishing with makeup cosmetics, particularly eye makeup cosmetics. In a water based dispersion, however, a pearl pigment settles down quickly because of the coarse particles thereof as compared with those of ordinary organic and inorganic pigments. Further, because of the oblate particle form thereof, the pigment once settled is liable to form a cake and can not be redispersed easily even by stirring in using.
Because of this reason, there has not so far been available, a liquid cosmetic applicator using a brush as an applying member and containing therein a water based liquid cosmetic, in which a pearl pigment is compounded and in which a brilliant developed color is obtained and an ordinarily satisfactory quality is maintained.
Further, in a liquid cosmetic applicator using a brush as an applying member, use of conventional liquid cosmetics increases the amount of the cosmetics contained in the applying member since the applying member is a brush, and there has been the inconvenience that impact and vibration exerted in carrying allows the body in the periphery of the applying member and the inside of the cap to be contaminated, which in turn contaminates environment such as hands and fingers when the user uses it.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a pearl pigment-blended liquid cosmetic which is excellent in a stability against settling with the passage of time and which can readily be redispersed by stirring even if the pigment settles down, for example, a pearl pigment-blended, water based liquid cosmetic which is suited for using with a liquid cosmetic applicator of a type using a brush as an applying member and containing therein a water based liquid cosmetic.
Intensive researches repeated by the present inventors in order to develop a liquid cosmetic which is suited to a liquid cosmetic applicator containing therein a water based liquid cosmetic and using a brush as an applying member have resulted in finding that the subjects described above can be achieved by blending a pearl pigment containing at least mica, mica titan or a surface-treated substance thereof and composed made substantially of an inorganic substance, and an anionic high molecular compound as a structural viscosity-providing agent and by allowing the specific non-Newtonian viscosity index (n) and the viscosity at a prescribed shear rate to be maintained in the specific ranges, and coming to complete the present invention based on the knowledge described above.
That is, the present invention relates to a liquid cosmetic characterized by comprising 5 to 25% by weight of a pearl pigment composed made substantially of an inorganic substance, said pearl pigment containing at least mica, mica titan or a surface-treated substance thereof, and 0.2 to 2.0% by weight of an anionic high molecular compound, wherein the specific non-Newtonian viscosity index (n) falls in a range of 0.16≦n≦0.28, and the viscosity satisfies the following condition (A):
(A) shear rate (S
−1
)
viscosity (mPa · s)
3.83
1500 to 2500
19.20
500 to 700
38.30
300 to 450
76.80
150 to 250
383.00
50 to 100
Preferably, the pearl pigment contained in the liquid cosmetic described above contains a surface-treated substance subjected to surface treatment with iron oxide.
More preferably, the anionic high molecular compound contained in the liquid cosmetic described above is xanthan gum.
Still more preferably, these liquid cosmetics display sufficiently the effects thereof when using a liquid cosmetic applicator using a brush as an applying member and containing therein a liquid cosmetic.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In the cosmetic of the present invention, at least mica, mica titan or a surface-treated substance thereof is contained in the pearl pigment used. Such pearl pigment comprises substantially an inorganic substance and has a high safety to a human body.
The surface-treated substance of mica or mica titan includes, for example, carmine-coated mica titan, carmine•Prussian blue-coated mica titan, black iron oxide-coated mica titan, black iron oxide•carmine-coated mica titan, black iron oxide•Prussian blue-coated mica titan, Prussian blue-coated mica, Prussian blue-coated mica titan, red iron oxide-coated mica, red iron oxide-coated mica titan, red iron oxide•carmine-coated mica titan, red iron oxide•black iron oxide-coated mica titan, red iron oxide•Prussian blue-coated mica titan, red iron oxide•black iron oxide•Prussian blue-coated mica titan and N
&egr;
-lauroyl-L-lysine-coated mica.
Further, bismuth oxychloride and the like can be compounded as a pearl pigment other than mica and mica titan.
The pearl pigments described above may be used alone or in combination of two or more kinds thereof.
The blending amount of the pearl pigment is preferably 5 to 25% by weight based on the whole amount of the cosmetic in order to obtain the good drawn lines, applying performance and use characteristics.
Further, the pearl pigments described above may be used in combination with inorganic pigments. The preferred inorganic pigments include, for example, black iron oxide, yellow iron oxide, chromium oxide, ultramarine,
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