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Amorepacific Patents Additive for Improved Skin Feel

Addresses stickiness and irritating feel of vitamin C in a formulation.

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By: Christine Esposito

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US Patent No. 11,633,342 B2 (Yoonkyun Hwang, Jihye An, Youngsuk Cho, Seunghan Park, Byungfhy Suh, Byungguen Chae, Dongwon Choi, Sanghoon Han);  Amorepacific Corp. has patented a method for improving feel of a cosmetic composition. It is comprised of adding an additive composition comprising methyl trimethicone or a combination of dimethicone and methyl trimethicone, to the cosmetic composition in an effective amount, wherein the cosmetic composition comprises vitamin C . The improvement in feel of use comprises one or more of a decrease in stickiness of the cosmetic composition or a decrease in irritating feel of the cosmetic composition. The stickiness and irritating feel of the composition are caused by vitamin C (of an amount of 15% by weight or more based on total weight of the cosmetic composition).

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