Solid cosmetics

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2002-03-15

2004-05-25

Spear, James M. (Department: 1615)

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Preparations characterized by special physical form

Cosmetic, antiperspirant, dentifrice

C424S064000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06740328

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a solid cosmetic composition. More particularly, the present invention relates to a solid cosmetic composition with superior shape-retaining ability, superior spreadability, and gloss.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the cosmetic field, lipstick, lip-balm, foundation, pencil shaped cosmetics, and hair stick are known as solid cosmetic compositions.
Among these, oil-based solid cosmetic compositions is (a) a liquid oil component such as caster oil, jojoba oil, squalene, lanolin, chemically synthesized ester oil, liquid paraffin, and (b) a wax component which is a solidifier such as carnauba wax, candelilla wax, ceresin wax, microcrystalline wax, hydrogenated animal oil, hydrogenated vegetable oil, beeswax, and (c) a powder component. The powder component is dispersed in the mixture of liquid oil component and wax component.
Generally, the product must satisfy the shape-retaining ability and usability. Usability requires especially good spreadability and gloss, which is controlled by the blending ratio of a wax component and a liquid oil component. But it is quite difficult to satisfy the demands for enough shape-retaining ability and good usability simultaneously. Because the wax component is an essential ingredient for solidifying the liquid oil component, it should be a large amount of the formula in order to retain the product shape while in use and in order to allow storing at various temperatures. When the amount of the wax component is high, spreadability of the product tends to be heavy, and the gloss that is provided by the liquid oil component tends to be decreased. Because of this contradiction, it is difficult to satisfy the demands for enough shape-retaining ability and good usability simultaneously. It is also demanded that a solid cosmetic composition have superior shape-retaining ability and usability for a long period of time.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a small amount of wax giving high hardness to the product may be selected Such a wax usually has a high melting point and there is a problem that it is not easy to produce. Such a wax requires additional heating process in order to melt the wax ingredient at a high temperature during production and the filling property tends to become undesirable due to the relatively high melting point. Further more, when the solid cosmetic composition contains water such as an emulsified type lipstick, extra heating at high temperature causes loss of the water ingredient.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a solid cosmetic composition, which dramatically improves the shape retaining ability and usability without an extra heating process, which avoids a problem of the high melting point of the wax ingredient.
The inventors conducted research to solve the aforementioned problem and discovered that when combining a) Fischer-Tropsch wax having average molecular weight of 300 to 1200 and b) Microcrystalline wax in a specific ratio, that the liquid oil component when solidified was unexpectedly high hardness. It was without loss of good spreadability and gloss and extra heating process during the production.
The present invention relates to a wax composition, which gives enough hardness to a product such as solid cosmetics, which contain a liquid oil component. The invention provides solid cosmetics having superior shape-retaining ability and spreadability and gloss. The aforementioned problem due to the high melting point of wax ingredient is eliminated.
The present invention relates to a solid cosmetic composition comprising:
(a) Fischer-Tropsch wax having an average molecular weight of 300 to 1200 and
(b) Microcrystalline wax and (a):(b)=60:40 to 99.9:0.1 by weight ratio.
The present invention relates to a solid cosmetic composition further comprising a liquid oil component.
The present invention relates to a solid cosmetic composition comprising a solidifier consisting of wax components (a) and (b).
The present invention relates to a solid cosmetic composition further comprising a colorant and/or pigment.
The present invention relates to a solid cosmetic composition such as lip stick.
The present invention relates to a wax composition comprising:
(a) Fischer-Tropsch wax having average molecular weight of 300 to 1200.
(b) Microcrystalline wax and (a):(b)=60:40 to 99.9:0.1 by weight ratio.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The present invention is described in detail below.
In the present invention, the ingredient (a) Fischer-Tropsch wax is a synthetic hydrocarbon wax, obtained by the “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis”, which has an average molecular weight of 300 to 1200, and preferably 400 to 1100, and more preferably 500 to 700.
When the average molecular weight of Fischer-Tropsch wax is less than 300, solidability tends to be decreased. When the average molecular weight of Fischer-Tropsch was is more than 1200, the melting point of the wax is too high to produce the produce the product and extra processes are required. The average molecular weight in this specification is calculated by a conventional method, and it is defined as “Mean average molecular weight,” which is the number-average molecular weight.
In the present invention, an average molecular weight in the above mentioned range is necessary. It is preferable to use a Fischer-Tropsch wax having a molecular distribution curve with a sharp peak, in order to close to single distribution of the molecular range.
Fischer-Tropsch wax in the present invention is available as commercial product. For example, commercial products having an average molecular weight of 300 to 1200 are as follows: “Paraflint C77”, “ParaflintC80”, “Paraflint H1” (Products of SCHUMANN SAZOL.LTD.) “FT100”, “MDP-7010” (Products of NIPPON SEIRO CO., LTD.)
The amount of the ingredient (a) is defined according to the aforementioned specific range of the ratio of ingredient (a) and (b), it is preferably 0.06 to 29.97 mass %, more preferably 0.6 to 19.98 mass %, and more preferably 3.0 to 14.98 mass % in the total solid cosmetic composition.
For Ingredient (b) of the present invention, microcrystalline wax is a hydrocarbon wax conventionally used in cosmetic compositions such as lipstick, creams and the like. It uses a commercially available material. It is preferable that the Microcrystalline wax have a melting point which is 70° C. or more, and less than 100° C. and more preferably more than 80 to 95° C. for best shape-retaining ability. The amount of the ingredient (b) Microcrystalline wax formulated in the present invention is 0.01 to 12 mass %, preferably 0.05 to 8 mass %, more preferably 0.25 to 6 mass % in the total solid cosmetic composition.
In the present invention, when the wax composition, the blended ingredients (a) and (b) are in the ratio of (a):(b)=60:40 to 99.0:0.1 (in mass ratio), the composition can be used as solidifier in a solid cosmetic composition.
The blend ratio of (a) and (b) is preferably (a):(b)=80:20 to 99.8:0.2 (in mass ratio), and more preferably (a):(b)=90:10 to 95:5 (in mass ratio).
When ingredients (a) and (b) are blended in aforementioned ratio, the hardness of the product has a critical point and the wax component has an excellent effect as solidifier.
In the present invention, the wax component is blended just by mixing ingredient (a) and (b), in the aforementioned ratios, and the pre-mixed wax component can be used for raw material for solid cosmetics. Furthermore, ingredients (a) and (b) can be separately mixed to a liquid oil component and blended into the solid cosmetic composition in the process of the production.
Since this wax composition gives only enough hardness to the solid cosmetic composition, spreadability and gloss are not deteriorated. The solid cosmetic composition containing this wax composition has an excellent shape-retaining ability without a problem of a high melting point in the production process.
The wax composition of the present invention has a good solid

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