Make-up compositions

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2001-10-09

2002-12-24

Webman, Edward J. (Department: 1617)

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Preparations characterized by special physical form

Cosmetic, antiperspirant, dentifrice

C424S443000, C424S484000, C424S488000, C424S499000, C424S500000, C424S070140, C424S070160, C424S070110, C424S070120, C424S063000, C424S061000, C424S064000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06497891

ABSTRACT:

The present invention is generally directed to cosmetic compositions comprising at least one film-forming polymer and particles of at least one water-superabsorbent polymer. The present invention is also directed to procedures for making-up a keratinous material. The present compositions and making-up procedures may be used for making-up a keratinous material such as skin, including the lips and scalp, and integuments such as the nails, hair, eyelashes and eyebrows of human beings. The present compositions may take the form of make-up for the body, facial skin, ears, including the lobe, as well as the lips, eyelashes, nails, and hair.
Make-up products are generally used to impart color, to highlight certain parts of the skin or integuments, or to obtain a glossy, matte, or satin appearance on the skin or integuments. Such products are usually applied in the form of a thin, uniform layer.
The use of aqueous dispersions of film-forming polymers to impart to the make-up product good durability on the skin or integuments is known. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,639,572 describes a make-up composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of polymer such as polyacrylate esters. After drying, this composition is said to leave a film of good durability on the skin. As another example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,158,053 describes nail varnishes comprising an aqueous dispersion of acrylic polymer for forming a film to adhere to the nails.
With the progress of fashion, consumers have become more demanding, and today desire new make-up products to produce original or special results, such as visible transformations of the made-up face or body. However, the make-up compositions currently available on the market generally produce a uniform and smooth film, but not make-up in relief, or in three-dimensional form. A need therefore exists for a make-up product that on application to the skin or integuments results in a make-up effect different from the uniform and smooth films currently obtained with the products available on the market.
The present invention is directed to make-up compositions that can produce a three-dimensional, or relief, make-up on the skin and on the integuments. The inventors have surprisingly found that a new type of make-up for a keratinous material can be obtained by producing a composition comprising at least one film-forming polymer and particles of at least one water-superabsorbent polymer. The compositions according to the invention thus lead to the formation of a three-dimensional deposit on the keratinous materials. The three-dimensional deposit is obtained on application of the present compositions onto keratinous materials. This deposit contains individual particles of the at least one water-superabsorbent polymer, which can resemble crystals, and which can give the appearance of jewels. In this way, it is possible to create the appearance of jewels on the skin and the integuments without using expensive precious stones. And, the compositions of the present invention have the added benefit of thickening eyelashes upon application.
The present invention is directed to a cosmetic composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one film-forming polymer, in combination with at least one water-superabsorbent polymer in the form of water-swelled particles having a mean size of at least about 0.5 mm. The present invention is also directed to a cosmetic procedure for making-up a keratinous material comprising application of a composition, such as those described herein, onto the keratinous material. An embodiment of the present invention is further directed to the use of a composition, such as those described herein, to obtain a make-up for a keratinous material, which creates the appearance of crystals and/or jewels.
An embodiment of the present invention is also directed to the use, in a cosmetic composition, of at least one film-forming polymer and of particles of at least one water-superabsorbent polymer in the form of water-swelled particles having a mean size of at least about 0.5 mm, to obtain a make-up for keratinous materials that presents the appearance of crystals and/or jewels. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to the use of compositions, such as defined herein, to thicken the eyelashes. The present invention is further directed to the use, in a cosmetic composition, of at least one film-forming polymer and of particles of at least one water-superabsorbent polymer in the form of water-swelled particles having a mean size of at least about 0.5 mm, to thicken the eyelashes.
As used herein, “water-superabsorbent polymer” defines a polymer capable in its dry state of absorbing and retaining at least 20 times its weight in distilled water, and generally, in aqueous fluids. These polymers have a large capacity for absorption and retention of water, and of aqueous fluids generally. After absorption of the aqueous fluid, the particles of the polymer thus impregnated with aqueous fluid remain insoluble in the aqueous fluid and thus retain their individual particulate state. Water-superabsorbent polymers are generally described, for example, in
Absorbent Polymer technology, Studies in polymer science
8 (L. Brannon- Pappas and R. Harland, eds., Elsevier, 1990).
As used herein, spontaneous absorption is intended to mean an absorption time of up to about 30 minutes. The water-superabsorbent polymer may have a water-absorbing capacity of from 20 times to about 2000 times its own weight (i.e., 20 g to about 2000 g of water absorbed per gram of absorbent polymer). In certain embodiments, the water-absorbing capacity of the polymer may range from about 30 to about 1500 times its own weight, or from about 50 to about 1000 times its own weight. These water-absorbing properties are defined under normal conditions of temperature (25° C.) and pressure (760 mm Hg, i.e., 100,000 Pa) and for distilled water.
The size of the water-superabsorbent polymer particles mentioned is the size of these particles after swelling of the polymer in water. The water-superabsorbent polymer particles, swelled with water, have a mean size greater than about 0.5 mm, and their size generally ranges from about 0.5 mm to about 20 mm. In certain embodiments, the size may also range from about 1 mm to about 15 mm or from about 3 mm to about 10 mm.
Examples of water-superabsorbent polymers include, but are not limited to:
polymers resulting from polymerization with partial crosslinking of water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers, such as acrylic or vinylic polymers, and such polymers would include crosslinked and neutralized polyacrylates;
starch-grafted polyacrylates;
acrylamide/acrylic acid copolymers, including sodium salts of such polymers;
starch-grafted acrylamide/acrylic acid, including sodium and potassium salts of such polymers;
isobutylene/maleic anhydride copolymers;
sodium and potassium salts of carboxymethylcellulose;
crosslinked salts of polyaspartic acid; and
chitosan/polyvinylpyrrolidone and chitosan/polyethyleneimine combinations.
Commercially available water-superabsorbent polymers include, but are not limited to:
crosslinked sodium or potassium polyacrylates, sold under the names SALSORB CL10, SALSORB CL20, “FSA type 101,” and “FSA type 102,” by the company Allied Colloids, ARASORB S-310, from Arakawa Chemical, “ASAP 2000” and ARIDALL 1460, from Chemdal, “KI-gel 201K,” from Siber Hegner, AQUALIC CA W3, AQUALIC CA W7, and AQUALIC CA W10, from Nippon Shokubai, AQUA KEEP D 50, AQUA KEEP D 60, AQUA KEEP D 65, AQUA KEEP S 30, AQUA KEEP S 35, AQUA KEEP S 45, AQUA KEEP A1 M1, and AQUA KEEP A1 M3, from Atochem, and SANWET IM-5000D, from Hoechst Celanese;
starch-grafted polyacrylates, sold under the names SANWET IM-100, SANWET IM-3900, and SANWET IM-5000S, from Hoechst;
starch-grafted acrylamide/acrylic acid copolymers, in the form of the sodium or potassium salt, sold under the names WATERLOCK A-100, WATERLOCK A-200, WATERLOCK D-200, and WATERLOCK B-204, from Grain Processing Corporation;
acrylamide/acrylic acid copolymers, in the form of the sodium salt,

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