Cosmetic composition for removing make-up from and/or for cleansing the skin, in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion

US6242396A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• L'Oreal · FR

Inventors

• Veronique Guillou · Antony, FR
• Isabelle Carton · Paris, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q1/14
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A cleansing and/or make-up-removing composition, comprising: PA1 in a physiologically acceptable medium, an aqueous phase dispersed in an oily phase with the aid of a silicone emulsifier, wherein the medium comprises (1) at least 78% of aqueous phase, (2) at least one make-up-removing oil selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters containing at least 12 carbon atoms, and (3), as an emulsifier, the dimethicone copolyol of formula ##STR1## In which R.sup.1 represent --(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O)--(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.18 --(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.18 H,p=394 and n=4, and wherein the medium is free of branched-chain hydrocarbon-based oil.