10.14.22
US Patent No. 11,458,082 B1 (Christi Martino Hortin, Tesla Ann Welch, Arthur C. W. Georgalas, Bruce W. Gesslein and Irwin Palefsky); Curb Appeal Beauty LLC, Lehi, UT, has patented a self-tanning composition in a solid stick form that includes a water-in-oil emulsion. The water in oil emulsion includes an external phase including waxes and one or more of gellants, emollients, emulsifiers, or skin penetration enhancers. The internal phase includes water and dihydroxyacetone in monomer form, wherein the water is 25-50 weight percent of the water in oil emulsion, dihydroxyacetone is 8 -15 weight percent of the water in oil emulsion, and the solid body is stable at ambient temperatures.