Wax combination and cosmetic compositions containing same

US5885561A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Wella GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ernst Flemming · Heusenstamm, DE
• Ursula Hehner · Brensbach, DE
• Karl-Heinz Kischka · Darmstadt, DE
• Anke Jacobs · Neckargemünd, DE
• Rudolf Bimczok · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Bianka Schmich · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 1997
• Grant date: Mar 23, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q19/001
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The wax combination for the cosmetic compositions contains from 2 to 70 percent by weight of apple wax; from 5 to 70 percent by weight of orange wax and/or citric wax; and from 10 to 70 percent by weight of jojoba oil. The cosmetic compositions advantageously contain a portion of the wax combination in free form or an effective ingredient complex consisting of capsules, each containing some of the wax combination.