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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A51K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424401 ; 424 59 ; 424450 ; 514844 ; 514845 ; 514846 ; 514938 ; 514939 ; 514940 ; 514941 ; 514942 ; 514943 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a cosmetic or dermatological composition comprising an emulsion of oil-in-water type formed of oily globules which are each provided with a lamellar liquid crystal coating and are dispersed in an aqueous phase. Each oily globule containing at least one lipophilic compound which is cosmetically or dermatologically active is individually coated with a monolamellar or oligolamellar layer obtained from at least one lipophilic surface-active agent, from at least one hydrophilic surface-active agent and from at least one ionic amphiphilic lipid imparting to the emulsion a pH ranging from 5.5 to 7.5, the coated oily globules having a mean diameter of less than 500 nanometers.