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LVMH Patents Makeup Prep Method

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By: TOM BRANNA

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US Patent No. 9,844,502 B2; LVMH Recherche, France, has patented a method for preparing a makeup composition that can be blusher, eyeshadow, foundation or a makeup base.
The method comprises preparing a mixture of powders comprising at least one dimethicone-treated filler and at least one pigment; mixing the mixture of powders with a lipophilic gel comprising a mixture of ethylene/propylene/styrene and butylene/ethylene/styrene copolymers dispersed in a fatty phase comprising a non-volatile oil selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated polyisobutene, isononyl isononanoate and jojoba seed oil into a homogenous pulverulent mass comprising 75-98% of the mixture of powders by weight of the composition, and compacting the homogenous pulverulent mass with a compacting force between 50 and 150 bar to prepare a compacted bonded powder. The makeup composition comprises 0.5-1.4% by weight of the mixture of ethylene/propylene/styrene and butylene/ethylene/styrene copolymers.

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