05.01.19
US Patent No. 10,206,866 B2 (Aline Aude Guimont, Chunhua Li, Hy Si Bui, Christopher Michael MacNeill, Tsang-Min Huang, XianZhi Zhou, Chaitrali Makarand Gothe, Ronni Lynn Weinkauf); L’Oréal, Paris, has patented a method for improving gloss of a nail composition. It entails applying to the nails a composition comprising at least one volatile solvent and at least one silicone-organic polymer hybrid compound (wherein the silicone-organic polymer hybrid compound is a copolymer of a vinyl acetate, a vinyl silicone, a C3-7 carboxylic acid and a vinyl C7-45 alkyl ester); subjecting the applied composition to ultraviolet (UV) or visible light radiation to form a cured composition on the nails; and applying at least one a C3-C5 alcohol to the cured composition on the nails, resulting in a glossy cured composition.