PRODUCT FOR COSMETIC SKIN CARE

Abstract

A product for cosmetic skin care includes, comprising an applicator and an active-care cosmetic composition.

The applicator is constituted by an ergonomic metallic body adapted for skin contact, in which a permanent magnet with magnetic field strength substantially comprised of an amount between 0.1 mT and 10 mT is at least partially embedded.

Claims

1. A product for cosmetic skin care, comprising: an applicator, constituted by an ergonomic metallic body adapted for skin contact, in which a permanent magnet with magnetic field strength substantially comprised between 0.1 mT and 10 mT is at least partially embedded, and a cosmetic composition comprising a mesh of polymers which incorporates water.

2. The product according to claim 1, wherein said ergonomic metallic body is adapted to be handled.

3. The product according to claim 2, wherein said ergonomic metallic body is substantially teardrop-shaped and has a wide region with a broad curvature adapted for contact with face and neck and a thinner region for the outline of eyes, lips, and nose.

4. The product according to claim 1, wherein said ergonomic metallic body is made of corrosion-resistant steel and/or of other metals compatible with application on skin.

5. The product according to claim 3, wherein said permanent magnet is disc-shaped and is accommodated in a hollow, complementarily shaped seat of the ergonomic metallic body which is opposite to the wide region with broad curvature.

6. The product according to claim 1, wherein said permanent magnet is a neodymium magnet and/or is such as to maintain a magnetic charge over time.

7. The product according to claim 3, wherein said wide region with broad curvature of said ergonomic metallic body has a plurality of porosities.

8. The product according to claim 7, wherein said plurality of porosities have a diameter and depth of between 0.05 mm and 2 mm.

9. The product according to claim 1, wherein said cosmetic composition is a substance in gel form that comprises: between 0.1% and 5% by weight of sodium acrylate copolymer, and 50% to 95% by weight of water.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Further characteristics and advantages of the disclosure will become better apparent from the description of a preferred, but not exclusive, embodiment, which is illustrated by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawings wherein:

[0024] FIGS. 1-3 are different views of an applicator comprised in the product according to the disclosure; and

[0025] FIGS. 4 and 5 show the method of application of the product.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] With reference to the figures, a product for cosmetic skin care, according to the disclosure, comprises an applicator 10 which is constituted by a metallic body 11, which is ergonomic and adapted to be handled, as well as adapted for skin contact, for example substantially teardrop-shaped, like the one illustrated in the figures.

[0027] Because of this, the surface of the body 10 has a wide region 12 with a broad curvature adapted for contact with the face and neck and a thinner region 13 for the outline of the eyes, lips and nose.

[0028] The body 11 is conveniently made of AISI 316L steel, therefore with a low carbon content and, as a consequence, is adapted for contact with human skin because it is particularly resistant to corrosion.

[0029] Obviously, alternatively other metals compatible with application on the skin can be used.

[0030] A permanent magnet 14 with magnetic field strength substantially comprised between 0.1 mT and 10 mT is partially embedded in the body 11.

[0031] In the example in the figures, the permanent magnet 14 is disc-shaped and is accommodated in a hollow, complementarily shaped seat 15 of the body 11 which is opposite to the region 12 with broad curvature.

[0032] Advantageously, a neodymium permanent magnet is preferred, but other types of magnets can also be used which can maintain their magnetic charge over time.

[0033] In a variation of embodiment, not shown in the figures, the body 11 is hollow and the permanent magnet 14 is, at least partially, inserted inside it.

[0034] In this case, the product 10 is lighter.

[0035] Optionally, the zone 12 can have porosities, for example with diameter and depth between 0.05 mm and 2 mm.

[0036] The cosmetic composition 20 comprises a mesh of polymers which incorporates water.

[0037] Such cosmetic composition 20 is, for example, a substance in gel form that comprises:

[0038] between 0.1% and 5% by weight of sodium acrylate copolymer,

[0039] 50% to 95% by weight of water.

[0040] As mentioned previously, the composition 20 is based on a mesh of polymers that incorporates water. Once spread on the skin 21, the mesh breaks, the water evaporates and this lowers the temperature of the skin 21.

[0041] The subsequent massage with the steel applicator 10 absorbs further heat from the skin, and this action is combined with the physical effect of diamagnetism.

[0042] As is known, diamagnetic materials are repulsed by a magnetic field.

[0043] On the basis of this principle, the applicator 10 uses the diamagnetic action to bring active ingredients deep into the skin 21 (see the arrows in FIG. 5).

[0044] By combining a composition that is capable of physically cooling the skin 21 during its application with the coupled magnetic applicator/weakly diamagnetic active ingredients, fundamental improvements are obtained in the skin care action 21.

[0045] In fact, the cooling brings about an immediate vasoconstriction of the blood circulatory system, by virtue of the activation of the afferent sensory nerves, of the lymphatic system and a reduction of the diameter of the pores of the skin 21.

[0046] Immediately afterward, however, there is a measurable rebound effect which, by contrast, activates the zone and thus enables a deeper penetration.

[0047] The physical massage caused by the use of the applicator accelerates the rebound effect.

[0048] The cooling leads to an activation of the afferent nerve fibers by way of activation of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) ion and other non-mediated mechanisms.

[0049] The metallic component of the applicator 10 first contributes to absorb heat from the skin 21 by virtue of its thermal conductivity properties, and subsequently it heats up.

[0050] Overall weakly diamagnetic active ingredients can be conveyed without using excessively strong magnetic fields.

[0051] In practice it has been found that the disclosure fully achieves the intended aim and objects.

[0052] The disclosure thus conceived is susceptible of numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the appended claims. Moreover, all the details may be substituted by other, technically equivalent elements.

[0053] In practice the materials employed, provided they are compatible with the specific use, and the contingent dimensions and shapes, may be any according to requirements and to the state of the art.

[0054] The cosmetic composition comprises a mesh of polymers which incorporates water.