L’Oréal Patents Formula with Long-Lasting Effects

This L'Oréal formula contains as much as 30% by weight of carbon black.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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US 12,296,039 B2. Akito Hoshino, Kanagawa, Japan. Assignee: L’Oréal, Paris.

A L’Oréal researcher patented a composition with long-lasting concealing effects. The composition includes:

(a) carbon black, in an amount of 1% to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition;

(b) at least one first copolymer selected from the group consisting of acrylates copolymer, ammonium acrylates copolymer, and a mixture thereof, in an amount of 0.001% to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition; and

(c) a second copolymer being styrene/acrylates/ammonium methacrylate copolymer, in an amount of 1% to 40% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition,

wherein

• the composition is in a form of a liquid,

• the weight ratio of the amount of the (c) second copolymer/the amount of the (a) carbon black is in a range of 2.0 to 3.0, and

• the composition comprises no nonionic surfactant.

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