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Method for treating chapped lips

US6086859A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 28, 1997
Grant dateJul 11, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 28, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S424/05
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for preventing, retarding, arresting, or reversing the effects of chafed, chapped, cracked, or windburned lips comprising applying to the lips a pigmented lipstick composition comprising, by weight of the total composition: PA1 0.01-30% skin protectant selected from the group consisting of allantoin, cocoa butter, dimethicone, glycerin, petrolatum, shark liver oil, and mixtures thereof, PA1 1-25% pigment, PA1 5-80% of an oil selected from the group consisting of nonvolatile oil, volatile oil, and mixtures thereof, and PA1 3-40% of a wax having a melting point of 30 to 135.degree. C.

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