Shiseido Company, Limited

Yukie Yoda

Kazuyuki Miyazawa

Asa Kimura

Hiroyuki Kakoki

Masayoshi Wada

Kenichi Sakuma

Nozomi Oguchi

Nozomi Fujiyama

Nobuyuki Ide

The present invention provides an oil-based cosmetic that can easily be washed out with warm water and is excellent in water resistance. The oil-based cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising (a) to (c): (In the above formula, EO is an oxyethylene group and PO is an oxypropylene group. The symbols p, q, and r are the average addition mole numbers, and they are p&#x2265;1, r&#x2265;1, 10&#x2264;p+r&#x2264;70, and 10&#x2264;q&#x2264;60. Rand Rare either identical or different and they are either a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.)

Oily cosmetic

The present invention provides a composition for skin or hair which achieves an excellent UV absorption in a wide range of UV wavelength from the UV-A to the UV-B without inhibiting the effect of the alkyl &#x3b2;,&#x3b2;-diphenylacrylate and the &#x3b1;-cyano-&#x3b2;,&#x3b2;-diphenylacrylate (e.g. octocrylene) which serve to improve the photostability of dibenzoylmethane derivative. The composition for skin or hair comprises: (a) a dibenzoylmethane derivative, (b) an alkyl &#x3b2;,&#x3b2;-diphenylacrylate and/or an &#x3b1;-cyano-&#x3b2;,&#x3b2;-diphenylacrylate (e.g. octocrylene), and (c) a specific benzalmalonate derivative (e.g. di(2-ethylhexyl)-4-methoxybenzalmalonate).

Composition for skin or hair

A multi color changing powder with a bluish base appearance color of which color tone varies according to the observation direction is provided. A pleochroism powder of the present invention comprises a flaky mica having a coating which consists of two layers wherein one of said two layers is a first layer comprising a metal oxide of titanium coated on said flaky mica and the other is a second layer comprising metal oxides of cobalt and aluminum coated on said first layer.

Pleochroism powder and pleochroism printed article

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