The present invention relates to a composition comprising 1) at least one inorganic UV-screening agent chosen from titanium oxides; 2) at least one α-cyanodiphenylacrylate derivative of determined formula; and 3) at least one 4-hydroxybenzylidenemalonate or 4-hydroxycinnamate derivative of determined formula.

The present invention also relates to a cosmetic method for treating the skin against UV radiation using said composition.

Photochromic formulations including a core material and a photochromic layer overlying the core material and forming a particle are provided. The photochromic layer may include a plurality of photochromic materials, including a first photo-responsive pigment characterized by reversible diffuse reflectance at a first central wavelength from 490 nm to 520 nm in response to irradiation by photons of a first characteristic wavelength, a second photo-responsive pigment characterized by reversible diffuse reflectance at a second central wavelength from 570 nm to 590 nm in response to irradiation by photons of a second characteristic wavelength, and a third photo-responsive pigment characterized by reversible diffuse reflectance at a third central wavelength from 450 nm to 495 nm and a fourth central wavelength from 625 nm to 740 nm in response to irradiation by photons of a third characteristic wavelength. The first, second, and third characteristic wavelengths may be different.

The present invention relates to an elastic makeup powder derived from natural inorganic particulates, and a method of preparing same, and more specifically, to an elastic natural makeup powder and a method of preparing same, the elastic natural makeup powder being characterized by comprising: natural inorganic particulates therein; and an elastic coating layer, which is dry-coated on the surface of the inorganic particulates and comprises (a) a triester of hydroxy fatty acids with glycerin, which his solid at room temperature, and a derivative thereof, or (b) a glyceryl fatty acid ester, which is solid at room temperature, and a derivative thereof. The elastic natural makeup powder of the present invention utilizes natural ingredients and thus, when applied to a cosmetic material, exhibits skin stability, is safe to the human body, exhibits excellent dispersibility, and can significantly improve the texture of the cosmetic material.

The present invention relates to microcapsules comprising a capsule core and a capsule shell wherein the capsule shell comprises a core surrounding layer of a polyvinyl alcohol and an adjacent layer of a polyoxazoline, a process of their production and their use.

An effect pigment includes a substrate; an outer layer disposed above the substrate; and particles disposed above the substrate and at least partially entrapped by the outer layer, the particles comprising quantum dots.

Zinc oxide particles are prepared as a dry powder through a vapor phase formed by a plasma process, or by introducing defects into stoichiometric zinc oxide particles in a liquid carrier through mechanical stress. The zinc oxide has an O:Zn ratio of at least 0.99, an average particle size of 10 to 300 nm, and a sufficient concentration of oxygen vacancies and zinc vacancies to give a dispersion of the particles in C12-C15 alkyl benzoate an orange to tan color corresponding to a ΔE value of at least 15 in a Dispersion Color Test. The particles contain no aggregates and have no detectable particles 500 nm or larger, on a number-weighted basis.

Present disclosure provides a method of forming a liquid-encapsulated core material, encapsulated core material compositions, and uses thereof, where the encapsulated core material is formed by providing an interfacial fluid layered on a host fluid, and passing a core material through the interfacial fluid and into the host fluid such that the interfacial fluid forms a shell around the core material. By so encapsulating the core material, it is protected from the host fluid.

Provided are a multilayered cationic liposome for enhancing skin absorption, a cosmetic composition including the same, and a method of preparing the same.

A colored metallic pigment according to the present invention is a colored metallic pigment including at least a metallic pigment, an amorphous silicon oxide film layer formed on a surface of the metallic pigment, a metallic-particle-supporting layer formed on a surface of the amorphous silicon oxide film layer, and metallic particles formed on a surface of the metallic-particle-supporting layer, characterized in that the metallic-particle-supporting layer is formed of one or both of a metal layer and a metal oxide layer composed of a metal oxide other than silicon oxide, the metallic particles are formed to directly cover a part of the surface of the metallic-particle-supporting layer, and the amorphous silicon oxide film layer has a thickness of more than 500 nm.

The invention relates to copper-containing metal pigments, wherein the copper-containing metal pigments have an elemental copper content of at least 50 wt.-%, relative to the total weight of the uncoated copper-containing metal pigment, wherein the copper-containing metal pigments have at least one enveloping metal oxide layer and at least one enveloping chemically non-reactive plastic layer, wherein the sum of the amounts of the at least one chemically non-reactive plastic layer and of the at least one metal oxide layer lies in a range of from 10 to 50 wt.-%, relative to the weight of the uncoated metal pigment, and the weight ratio of the at least one metal oxide layer to the at least one chemically non-reactive plastic layer lies in a range of from 1:2 to 1:20. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing these pigments and the use thereof.