Magnetic Mascara

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a novel magnetic mascara which includes a mascara brush stick having a magnet therein, is suitable for the short Asian eyelashes and has excellent curling, long lash and volume effects, and a method for producing the same.

Claims

1. A mascara comprising: a lid used as a knob; a brush stick extended from the inner central portion of the lid; and a container having an inner space for receiving a mascara solution, wherein the free end of the brush stick comprises a mascara application head having no brush hair and the inner space of the application head includes a magnet.

2. The mascara according to claim 1, wherein the application head comprises a head body portion and a head terminal portion having a smaller diameter as compared to the head body portion, and the inner space of the head body portion comprises a magnet but the head terminal portion comprises no magnet.

3. The mascara according to claim 2, wherein the head body portion has a cylindrical shape and the head terminal portion is a tapered cone-shaped tip.

4. The mascara according to claim 2, wherein the head body portion has a cylindrical shape and the head terminal portion is a cylindrical tip having a smaller diameter as compared to the head body portion.

5. The mascara according to claim 1, wherein the inner space for receiving the mascara solution comprises a packing at the upper end entrance thereof, wherein the packing has an aperture-like shape.

6. The mascara according to claim 5, wherein the packing is a silicone packing.

7. The mascara according to claim 1, wherein both poles of the magnet are formed in the transverse direction of the brush stick.

8. The mascara according to claim 1, wherein the magnet is selected from the group consisting of an AlNiCo magnet, a ferrite magnet, a rare earth metal magnet, a resin magnet, a rubber magnet and a plastic magnet.

9. The mascara according to claim 1, wherein the application head is made of a metallic material.

10. The mascara according to claim 1, wherein the application head has grooves formed therein, and the grooves has a quadrangular or triangular shape.

11. The mascara according to claim 10, wherein the grooves have a depth of 0.2 to 0.5 mm and an interval of 0.5 to 0.75 mm.

12. The mascara according to claim 1, wherein the mascara solution comprises iron oxide.

13. The mascara according to claim 1, wherein the mascara solution comprises iron oxide in combination with a vegetable wax drawing the eyelash.

14. The mascara according to claim 13, wherein the vegetable wax drawing the eyelash comprises carnauba wax.

15. A mascara set comprising: (i) one mascara brush stick; and (ii) at least two containers including an inner space opened/closed with a lid, wherein the free end of the brush stick comprises a mascara application head having no brush hair, the inner space of the application head comprises a magnet, the containers individually comprise at least two mascara solutions having different colors, and the brush can be washed and used.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0049] FIG. 1 illustrates the mascara according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0050] FIG. 2 illustrates the appearance of the mascara container 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0051] FIG. 3 illustrates the mascara brush stick 10 and the magnet 12 provided therein according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the head terminal portion has a shape of tapered cone-like tip.

[0052] FIG. 4 illustrates the aperture shape which may be taken by the packing of the mascara according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0053] FIG. 5 illustrates the principle of the effect of the mascara solution including iron oxide in combination with a vegetable wax drawing the eyelash under the magnetic force according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0054] Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to examples. However, it should be understood that the following examples are for illustrative purposes only and it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the following examples.

Examples

Preparation Example

[0055] A mascara solution was prepared according to the ingredients and contents (v/v %) as shown in the following Table 1. Herein, carnauba wax, rice bran wax and Rhus Succedanea fruit wax were used as vegetable wax ingredients.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Ingredients %(v/v) Function Water 51.6800 Solvent Acrylates Copolymer 10.0000 Binder Iron Oxides (CI 77499) 10.0000 Colorant Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides 5.0000 Skin Conditioning Agent Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax 4.0000 Skin Conditioning Agent Cetearyl Alcohol 3.0000 Emulsifier Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Wax 2.0000 Skin-Conditioning Agent - Occlusive Rhus Succedanea Fruit Wax 2.0000 Binder Polyisobutylene 2.0000 Binder Glyceryl Stearate 2.0000 Emulsifier Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil 2.0000 Skin Conditioning Agent Beeswax 1.5000 Binder Tromethamine 1.0000 pH Adjuster Ethanol 1.0000 Antifoaming Agent Phenoxyethanol 0.5000 Preservative Polysorbate 60 0.5000 Surfactant Sorbitan Stearate 0.5000 Surfactant Sorbitan Sesquioleate 0.5000 Surfactant Ethylhexylglycerin 0.4000 Skin Conditioning Agent Polyvinyl Alcohol 0.2500 Binder Dimethicone 0.1000 Skin Conditioning Agent Hydroxyethylcellulose 0.0500 Binder Disodium EDTA 0.0200 Sequestrant

Test Example

[0056] The magnetic mascara tool including a mascara application head having no brush hair and provided with a magnet in the inner space of the application head was manufactured according to the present disclosure. Twenty females in their 20-40 ages were allowed to carry out eyelash makeup and the extension of eyelash and the curvature of curls were evaluated.

[0057] The curvature of curls was evaluated according to the following criteria. [0058] J curl: gentle curling similar to the human eyelash [0059] JC curl: a type of curling having a curvature between that of J curl and that of C curl to provide a natural curling effect and showing strong curling from the tail portion [0060] C curl: curling like those picked up by an eyelash curler [0061] CC curl: curling stronger than C curl

[0062] In the following Table 2, Example shows the test results of the mascara solution including iron oxide in combination with carnauba wax according to the above Preparation Example. Comparative Examples 1 to 3 show the test results of the mascara solutions obtained in the same manner as Preparation Example, except that candelilla wax (Comparative Example 1), a mixture containing carnauba wax with sunflower seed wax in the same amount (Comparative Example 2) or sugar wax (Comparative Example 3) were used instead of carnauba wax, rice bran wax and Rhus Succedanea fruit wax as vegetable wax ingredients.

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Example Comp. Ex. 1 Comp. Ex. 2 Comp. Ex. 3 Extension 3.2 1.2 2.1 1.3 (average, mm) Curvature of curls JC to J curl JC curl JC curl C curl

[0063] It can be seen from the above test results that when a magnet is applied to the mascara solution according to Example provides the most significant long lash effect and forms JC curls having strong curling from the tail portion to C curls like those picked up by an eyelash curler. On the other hand, Comparative Examples 1-3 using the other vegetable wax ingredients shows lower curling and long lash effects. This is because magnetic power is applied, while carnauba wax having a depilation function draws the eyelash, and thus iron oxide attached to the end of the eyelash is linked continuously.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING NUMERALS

[0064] 10: Brush stick [0065] 11: Application head [0066] 11a: Application head body portion [0067] 11b: Application head terminal portion [0068] 12: Magnet [0069] 20: Container [0070] 30: Lid