1. A stripping composition comprising at least one of alcohols having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof as component (a), an anticorrosive as component (b) and lactic acid as component (c).
2. The stripping composition according to claim 1, wherein said alcohol having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof is represented by the following chemical formula:
X\u2014(A\u2014OH)n
(where X is a cyclic ether structure, A is a hydrocarbon chain having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 or more and represents the number of substituents to the cyclic ether structure).
3. The stripping composition according to claim 1, wherein said alcohol having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof is furfuryl alcohol or tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol.
4. The stripping composition according to claim 1, wherein the component (a) is a mixture of alcohol having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof and alcohol having a glycol ether structure in the molecule thereof.
5. The stripping composition according to claim 1, comprising water as component (d).
6. The stripping composition according to claim 5, wherein the content of said water is less than 70% by weight.
7. The stripping composition according to claim 1, wherein said component (b) is an anticorrosive selected fromthe grop consisting of (1) purine derivatives; (2) compounds of dibasicity of higher, each having at least one carboxylic group, having an ability to form a chelate with a metal, and having a hydrophobic group; (3) the mixture of said purine derivatives and quinaldinic acid, or (4) the mixture of said compounds of (2) and quinaldinic acid; (5) the mixture of said purine derivatives of (1) and said compounds of (2); and (6) the mixture of said purine derivatives of (1), said compounds of (2), and quinaldinic acid.
8. The stripping composition according to claim 7, wherein said compound of (2) is o-phthalic acid.
9. A stripping composition comprising at least one of alcohols having an ether-bond in the molecule thereof as component (a), and an anticorrosive as component (b), wherein said component (b) is an anticorrosive selected from the group consisting of (1) adenine or the derivative thereof; (2) compounds of dibasicity of higher each having at least one carboxylic group, having an ability to form a chelate with a metal, and having a hydrophobic group; (3) the mixture of said purine derivatives and quinaldinic acid, or (4) the mixture of said compounds of (2) and quinaldinic acid; (5) the mixture of said purine derivatives of (1) and said compounds of (2); and (6) the mixture of said purine derivatives of (1), said compounds of (2), and quinaldinic acid.
10. The stripping composition according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of amines as component (e).
11. The stripping composition according to claim 10, wherein said amine is an alkanolamine.
12. The stripping composition according to claim 10, wherein the base equivalent value of said amines is larger than the equivalent value of the acid component in the system.
13. The stripping composition according to claim 9, further comprising at least one of amines as component (e).
14. The stnpping composition according to claim 13, wherein said amine is an alkanolamine.
15. The stripping composition according to claim 13, wherein the base equivalent value of said amines is larger than the equivalent value of the acid component in the system.
16. The stripping composition according to claim 5, further comprising at least one of amines as component (e).
17. The stripping composition according to claim 16, wherein said amine is an alkanolamine.
18. The stripping composition according to claim 16, wherein the base equivalent value of said amines is larger than the equivalent value of the acid component in the system.
19. The stripping composition according to claim 16, comprising 0.001 to 15% by weight of component (b), 1 to 13.5% by weight of component (c), 2 to 70% by weight of component (d), 1 to 40% by weight of component (e), and 30% by weight or more component (a) as the balance.
20. A stripping composition comprising at least one of alcohols having an ether bond in the molecule thereof as component (a), at least one of hydrofluoric acid and a salt thereof as component (c\u2032), and water as component (d).
21. The stripping composition according to claim 20, wherein said component (a) is an alcohol having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof.
22. The stripping composition according to claim 21, wherein said alcohol having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof is furfuryl alcohol or tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol.
23. The stripping composition according to claim 20, further comprising at least one of amines as component (e).
24. The stripping composition according to claim 23, wherein said amine is an alkanolamine.
25. The stripping composition according to claim 23, comprising 0.01 to 15% by weight of component (c\u2032), 5 to 30% by weight of component (d), 10 to 40% by weight of component (e), and 20% by weight or more component (a) as the balance.
26. The stripping composition according to claim 23, further comprising an anticorrosive as component (b).
27. The stripping composition according to claim 26, wherein said component (b) is an anticorrosive selected from the group consisting of (1) purine derivatives; (2) compounds of dibasicity of higher, each having at least one carboxylic group, having an ability to form a chelate with a metal, and having a hydrophobic group; (3) the mixture of said purine derivatives and quinaldinic acid, or (4) the mixture of said compounds of (2) and quinaldinic acid; (5) the mixture of said purine derivatives of (1) and said compounds of (2); and (6) the mixture of said purine derivatives of (1), said compounds of (2), and quinaldinic acid.
28. The stripping composition according to claim 27, wherein said compound of (2) is o-phthalic acid.
29. The stripping composition according to claim 27, wherein said purine derivative of (1) is adenine or a derivative thereof.
30. The stripping composition according to claim 26, comprising 0.001 to 15% by weight of component (b).
31. The stripping composition according to claim 9, wherein said component (a) is an alcohol having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof.
32. The stripping composition according to claim 31, wherein said alcohol having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof is represented by the following chemical formula:
X\u2014(A\u2014OH)n
(where X is a cyclic ether structure, A is a hydrocarbon chain having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 or more and represents the number of substituents to the cyclic ether structure).
33. The stripping composition according to claim 31, wherein said alcohol having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof is furfuryl alcohol or tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol.
34. The stripping composition according to claim 9, wherein the component (a) is a mixture of alcohol having a cyclic ether structure in the molecule thereof and alcohol having a glycol ether structure in the molecule thereof.
35. The stripping composition according to claim 9, comprising water as component (d).
36. The stripping composition according to claim 35, wherein the content of said water is less than 70% by weight.
37. The stripping composition according to claim 9, further comprising at least one of organic or inorganic weak acids as component (c).
38. The stripping composition according to claim 37, wherein said component (c) is lactic acid.
39. The stripping composition according to claim 37, comprising water as component (d).
40. The stripping composition according to claim 39, wherein the content of said water is less than 70% by weight.
41. The stripping composition according to claim 39, further comprising at least one of amines as component (e).
42. The stripping composition according to claim 41, wherein said amine is an alkanolamine.
43. The stripping composition according to claim 41, wherein the base equivalent value of said amines is larger than the equivalent value of the acid component in the system.
44. The stripping composition according to claim 41, comprising 0.001 to 15% by weight of component (b), 0 to 15% by weight of component (c), 2 to 70% by weight of component (d), 1 to 40% by weight of component (e), and 30% by weight or more of component (a) as the balance.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Cosmetic composition in stick form, which can be applied dry, for caring for andor making up keratin fibres, (i) which is in the form of an emulsion comprising a fatty phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, the said fatty phase comprising carnauba wax andor synthetic beeswax, in a content of at least 2% by weight relative to the total weight of the said composition, and (ii) which has a shear hardness of between 375 gm and 5000 gm, the said shear hardness being measured at 20\xb0 C. on a cylindrical stick, using a rigid tungsten wire 250 \u03bcm in diameter, by advancing the wire relative to the stick at a rate of 100 mmminute.
2. Composition according to the preceding claim 1, wherein it may be obtained, or is obtained, via a process comprising at least one step that involves a removal of heat, allowing a lowering of the temperature of the composition to less than 4\xb0 C. in less than 30 minutes.
3. Composition according to claim 2, wherein the carnauba wax andor the synthetic beeswax is included in a content of at least 3% by weight, relative to the total weight of the said composition.
4. Composition according to claim 1, wherein the shear hardness is between 500 gm and 2500 gm.
5. Composition according to claim 1, wherein it has a solids content of less than or equal to 45% by weight, relative to the total weight of the said composition.
6. Composition according to claim 1, wherein it also comprises at least one additional wax, other than synthetic beeswax and carnauba wax, chosen from waxes that are solid at room temperature, optionally in the form of an aqueous wax dispersion, of animal, plant, mineral or synthetic origin, and mixtures thereof, andor having a tack of greater than or equal to 0.7 N.s and a hardness of less than or equal to 3.5 MPa.
7. Composition according to claim 6, wherein the additional wax is chosen from (i) hydrocarbon-based waxes such as natural beeswax (or blanched beeswax), lanolin wax, Chinese insect waxes, rice wax, candelilla wax, ouricury wax, esparto grass wax, cork fibre wax, sugarcane wax, Japan wax, sumach wax, montan wax, microcrystalline waxes, paraffins, ozokerite, polyethylene waxes, the waxes obtained by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, waxy copolymers and esters thereof, (ii) the waxes obtained by catalytic hydrogenation of animal or plant oils containing linear or branched C8-C32 fatty chains, (iii) silicone waxes, (iv) fluoro waxes, (v) the wax obtained by hydrogenation of olive oil esterified with stearyl alcohol, and (vi) the waxes obtained by hydrogenation of castor oil esterified with cetyl alcohol.
8. Composition according to claim 1, wherein it also comprises ozokerite wax.
9. Composition according to claim 1, wherein it has a total content of wax(es) of between 2% and 35% by weight.
10. Composition according to claim 1, wherein it also comprises at least one emulsifier chosen from anionic, nonionic, cationic and amphoteric surfactants, and polymeric surfactants, and mixtures thereof
the nonionic surfactants being chosen from:
nonionic surfactants with an HLB of greater than or equal to 8 at 25\xb0 C., and
nonionic surfactants with an HLB of less than 8 at 25\xb0 C.;
the anionic surfactants being chosen from salts of C16-C30 fatty acids, salts of polyoxyethylenated fatty acids, phosphoric esters and salts thereof, sulfosuccinates, alkyl ether sulfates, isethionates, acylglutamates, soybean derivatives, citrates, praline derivatives, lactylates, sarcosinates, sulfonates and glycinates, and
the amphoteric surfactants being chosen from N-acylamino acids and amine oxides, and silicone surfactants such as dimethicone copolyol phosphates.
11. Composition according to claim 9, wherein it comprises at least one anionic surfactant chosen from salts of C16-C30 fatty acids, phosphoric esters and salts thereof, and optionally at least one nonionic surfactant chosen from oxyethylenated andor oxypropylenated ethers (which may comprise from 1 to 150 oxyethylene andor oxypropylene groups) of fatty alcohols esters of fatty acids (especially of C5-C24 and preferably C16-C22 acids) and of polyols, esters of fatty acids and of oxyethylenated andor oxypropylenated glycerol ethers (which may comprise from 1 to 150 oxyethylene andor oxypropylene groups), and mixtures thereof.
12. Composition according to claim 9, wherein it comprises from 0.01% to 30% by weight.
13. Process for coating keratin fibres, comprising at least the steps consisting in:
placing the said keratin fibres in contact with at least part of the surface of a stick comprising a cosmetic composition as defined according to claim 1; and then
effecting a relative movement between the surface of the said stick and the said keratin fibres, so as to bring about erosion of the said stick and the formation of a deposit of at least one coat of the said cosmetic composition on the said keratin fibres.
14. Device for conditioning and applying a cosmetic composition for caring for andor making up keratin fibres, wherein it comprises at least:
one stick comprising a cosmetic composition as defined according to claim 1;
one support for the said stick; and
optionally at least one application element, the said application element possibly being equipped with members for separating andor combing the said keratin fibres.
15. Stick, which can be applied dry, for making up andor caring for keratin materials, which may be obtained, or is obtained, via the process comprising at least one of the following steps consisting successively in:
heating a composition containing a fatty phase and an aqueous phase, the said fatty phase comprising carnauba wax andor synthetic beeswax, in a content of at least 2% by weight relative to the total weight of the said composition, to a temperature of between 80\xb0 C. and 100\xb0 C.,
emulsifying the said phases especially using a stirrer so as to obtain a composition of emulsion type with an aqueous continuous phase,
hot-casting the said composition in a conditioning device, and then
cooling the said composition to temperature of between \u221230\xb0 C. and 10\xb0 C., until the composition is in the form of a stick.
16. Stick, which can be applied dry, for making up andor caring for keratin fibres,
(i) which is in the form of an emulsion comprising a fatty phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, the said fatty phase comprising carnauba wax andor synthetic beeswax, in a content of at least 2% by weight, relative to the total weight of the said composition,
(ii) which has a shear hardness of between 375 gm and 5000 gm, the said shear hardness being measured at 20\xb0 C. on a stick using a rigid tungsten wire 250 \u03bcm in diameter, by advancing the wire relative to the stick at a rate of 100 mmminute,
(iii) the said stick being obtained via a process comprising at least the following steps consisting successively in:
heating the said emulsion to a temperature of between 80\xb0 C. and 100\xb0 C.,
emulsifying the said phases especially using a stirrer so as to obtain a composition of emulsion type with an aqueous continuous phase,
hot-casting the said composition in a conditioning device, and then
removing heat, to allow a lowering of the stick temperature to less than 4\xb0 C. in less than 30 minutes.