Roche Vitamins Inc.

Gilbert Pittet

Hans Ulrich Gonzenbach

Dominique Sidrac

Guy Berset

Jo&euml;l Fran&ccedil;ois Richard

The present invention relates to a photostable cosmetic or pharmaceutical light screening composition containing a dibenzoylmethane UV-A screening agent and a p-methoxycinnamate UV-B screening agent, one of said agents being incorporated into a polymer latex; and, optionally, other conventional UV-A and UV-B screening agents. Additionally, the present invention relates to a method of photostabilizing dibenzoyl-methane UV-A screening agents and p-methoxycinnamate UV-B screening agents when used together, by incorporating one of these agents into a polymer latex.

Photostable cosmetic light screening compositions

Photostable, cosmetic light-screening composition, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle containing at least one fatty phase, about 0.1 to about 5%, in particular about 1 to about 3% by weight, of a dibenzoylmethane type UV-A screening agent and at least about 0.5%, in particular about 0.5 to about 4.5% by weight, of a .alpha.-cyano-.beta.,.beta.-diphenyl-acrylate stabilizer, the mole ratio of the acrylate to the dibenzoylmethane derivative being less than 0.8, if the amount of the dibenzoylmethane is 1% or more, and, optionally, at least one conventional UV-B filter.

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