The present invention relates to formulations comprising agglomerates of effect pigments and to their use in cosmetic products.

Effect pigments, including pearlescent pigments, e.g. bismuth oxychloride platelets, mica (all types) flakes, glass flakes (such as calcium aluminum borosilicate) or silica flakes and other flakes deposited with uncolored or colored metal oxides, natural fish scales and other pearlescent pigments, mostly have the shapes of extremely thin platelets or flakes, which can be produced in different sizes and colors.

Based on the principles of optical physics, the incident light shining on flakes is generally reflected, refracted, scattered, and transmitted depending on the nature of the flakes (e.g. the refractive indices and thickness of the layers), the sizes of the flakes and their aspect ratios.

For the same material, flakes with smaller particle sizes tend to scatter more light due to their higher number of the edges, while the larger flakes with large particle sizes render higher brilliance of shine or more intense sparkle.

Right now, there is a clear trade-off between the shine/sparkle of a pigment and its skin feel. Pigments with large particle sizes, on the one hand, offer high shine/sparkle, but, on the other hand, lead to an unfavorable skin feel. Thus, if highly sparkling effects are desired, pigments of large particles have to be chosen which offer poor skin feel.

Vice versa, if a good skin feel is necessary, pigments of small particle sizes have to be chosen but they exhibit weaker shine or less sparkle.

Furthermore, there may be restrictions on particle size either due to local regulations (such as limited particle size of mica by FDA for cosmetic applications) or cosmetic companies' internal requirements. The restriction on particle sizes limits the visual effects achievable for cosmetic products. There is still an unmet need for new cosmetic products. The present invention provides cosmetic pigments with improved properties and overcomes the limitations of the state of the art technologies. The invention relates to formulations comprising agglomerates of effect pigments and cosmetic products comprising the formulations.

The formulations comprise agglomerates having a size of 5-600 μιτι, preferably of 50-300 μιτι. The particle size distributions of the

agglomerates are preferably narrow (D50 in the range of 50-150 μιτι, preferably 65-1 10 μιτι).

Preferably, the agglomerates have a thickness of 0.1 -20 μιτι, especially of 0.1 - 5 μιτι μιτι. in general, the agglomerates have different specific surface areas than those of the effect pigments. Specifically, the agglomerates have a lower specific surface area than the effect pigments.

Preferably, the agglomerates have a specific surface area of

approximately 0.4 m ² /g. Preferably, the effect pigments have a specific surface area of approximately 4.2 m ² /g.

The surface areas are measured by the BET method (DIN ISO 9277:

2003-05). Preferably, the new formulations comprise agglomerates with 0.1 -50% by weight of an organic polymer or oligomer coating based on the total weight of the agglomerates, preferably with 1 -20% % by weight.

The agglomerates (or aggregates) of the invention are assemblies of the effect pigments particles that are aligned face on face and/or at edges. The organic polymer layer coats the effect pigments as well as the agglomerates. Additionally, thin layers of the polymer coating may be present between pigment flakes. Especially preferred variants of the invention comprise all characteristic features in their preferred embodiments. Effect pigments according to the invention are preferably selected from pearlescent pigments, interference pigments, metal-effect pigments, multilayer pigments with transparent, semi-transparent and/or opaque layers, goniochromatic pigments, holographic pigments, coated or uncoated

BiOCI-flakes and/or LCP (liquid crystal pigments). Preferred pigments are pearlescent pigments, interference pigments, multi-layer pigments with transparent, semi-transparent and/or opaque layers, and goniochromatic pigments, especially pearlescent pigments and interference pigments. Such pigments usually have a multi-layered structure and are based on substrates, preferably in flake form.

The effect pigments of the agglomerates are based on flake-form

substrates. Suitable substrates for the effect pigments are, for example, all known coated or uncoated, flake-form substrates, preferably transparent or semi-transparent flakes. Suitable are, for example, phyllosilicates, in particular synthetic or natural mica, glass flakes, metal flakes, SiO _x flakes (x =≤ 2.0, preferably x = 2), AI2O3 flakes, T1O2 flakes, synthetic or natural iron oxide flakes, graphite flakes, liquid crystal polymers (LCPs), holographic pigments, BiOCI flakes or mixtures of the said flakes. The metal flakes can consist, inter alia, of aluminium, titanium, bronze, steel or silver, preferably of aluminium and/or titanium. The metal flakes here may have been passivated by corresponding treatment. Preference is given to coated or uncoated flakes of synthetic or natural mica, glass flakes, S1O2 flakes and AI2O3 flakes, in particular synthetic or natural mica flakes, glass flakes and S1O2 flakes. The glass flakes can consist of all glass types known to the person skilled in the art, for example of A glass, E glass, C glass, ECR glass, recycled glass, window glass, borosilicate glass, Duran ^® glass, labware glass or optical glass. The refractive index of the glass flakes is preferably 1 .45-1 .80, in particular 1 .50-1 .70. The glass substrates particularly preferably consist of C glass, ECR glass or borosilicate glass.

Especially preferred are glass flakes such as A glass, C glass, E glass, ECR glass, quartz glass and borosilicate glass. Effect pigments based on calcium aluminum borosilicate glass are preferably used. Commercially available effect pigments are known for example under the trade names Iriodin ^® , Pyrisma ^® , Xirallic ^® , Miraval ^® , Colorstream ^® ,

RonaStar ^® , Biflair ^® , Meoxal ^® , Lumina Royal ^® , Paliocrom ^® , Reflecks ^® , Flamenco ^® , Visionaire ^® , Mirage ^® , and Phoenix ^® .

The particle size of the substrate of the effect pigments and consequently the particle size of the effect pigments is preferably in the range of 1 -400 μιτι, more preferably 2- 250 μιτι. Flake-form substrates and/or flake-form substrates coated with one or more transparent, semi-transparent and/or opaque layers generally have a thickness of between 0.05 and 20 μιτι, in particular between 0.1 and 5 μιτι, preferably <2 μιτι.

The particle size distribution of the effect pigments and their substrates and the size of the agglomerates can be determined by various methods which are usual in the art. However, use is preferably made in accordance with the invention of the laser diffraction method in a standard process by means of a Malvern Mastersizer 2000,Beckman Coulter, Microtrac, etc.

The particle size and the thickness of individual particles can in addition be determined with the aid of technologies such as SEM (scanning electron microscope) images. In these, particle size and geometrical particle thickness can be determined by direct measurement. In order to determine average values, at least 1000 particles are evaluated

individually and the results are averaged.

The effect pigments preferably have a form factor (aspect ratio: diameter / thickness ratio) of 5 - 750, in particular of 10 - 400 and very particularly preferably of 20 - 250. In a preferred embodiment, the substrate is coated with one or more transparent, semitransparent and/or opaque layers comprising metal oxides, metal oxide hydrates, metal suboxides, metals, metal fluorides, metal nitrides, metal oxynitrides or mixtures of these materials. Preferably, the substrate is partially or totally encased with these layers. The metal oxide, metal oxide hydrate, metal suboxide, metal, metal fluoride, metal nitride or metal oxynitride layers or the mixtures thereof can have low refractive indexes (refractive index < 1 .8) or high refractive indexes (refractive index > 1 .8, preferably > 2.0). Suitable metal oxides and metal oxide hydrates are all metal oxides and metal oxide hydrates known to the person skilled in the art, such as, for example, aluminium oxide, aluminium oxide hydrate, silicon oxide, silicon oxide hydrate, iron oxide, tin oxide, cerium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconium oxide, chromium oxide, titanium oxide, in particular titanium dioxide, titanium oxide hydrate and mixtures thereof, such as, for example, ilmenite or pseudobrookite. Metal suboxides which can be employed are, for example, titanium suboxides. Suitable metals are, for example, chromium, aluminium, nickel, silver, gold, titanium, copper or alloys, and a suitable metal fluoride is, for example, magnesium fluoride. Metal nitrides or metal oxynitrides which can be employed are, for example, the nitrides or oxynitrides of the metals titanium, zirconium and/or tantalum. Preference is given to the application of metal oxide, metal, metal fluoride and/or metal oxide hydrate layers and very particularly preferably metal oxide and/or metal oxide hydrate layers to the support. Furthermore, multilayered structures comprising high- and low-refractive-index metal oxide, metal oxide hydrate, metal or metal fluoride layers may also be present, preferably with high- and low- refractive-index layers alternating. Particular preference is given to layering patterns comprising a high-refractive-index layer and a low- refractive-index layer, it being possible for one or more of these layer patterns to be applied to the substrate. The sequence of the high- and low- refractive-index layers can be matched to the substrate here in order to include the substrate in the multilayered structure. In a further

embodiment, the metal oxide, metal oxide hydrate, metal suboxide, metal, metal fluoride, metal nitride or metal oxynitride layers can be mixed or doped with colorants or other elements. Suitable colorants or other elements are, for example, organic or inorganic coloured pigments, such as coloured metal oxides, for example magnetite or chromium oxide, or coloured pigments, such as, for example, Berlin Blue, ultramarine, bismuth vanadate, Thenard's Blue, or alternatively organic coloured pigments, such as, for example, indigo, azo pigments, phthalocyanines or

alternatively Carmine Red, or elements, such as, for example, yttrium or antimony. Effect pigments comprising these layers exhibit a wide variety of colours with respect to their mass tone and can in many cases exhibit an angle-dependent change in the colour (colour flop) due to interference. Examples and embodiments of the above-mentioned materials and pigment structures are also given, for example, in Research Disclosures RD 471001 and RD 472005, the disclosure content of which is

incorporated herein by way of reference. Pigments of this kind are for example commercially available under the names Iriodin ^® , Miraval ^® , Colorstream ^® , RonaStar ^® , Biflair ^® , and Pyrisma ^® (manufacturer: Merck KGaA Darmstadt).

Preferably, the final layer of a layer pattern comprising high- and low- refractive-index layers is a high-refractive-index layer, e.g. ΤΊΟ2, titanium suboxides, iron oxides, and/or mixtures of these oxides such as ilmenite or pseudobrookite. Especially preferred are iron oxides and/or ΤΊΟ2. T1O2 is preferably in rutile modification, but may also be in anatase modification.

Particularly preferred effect pigments have the following structure: substrate flake + (SiO ₂ ) + TiO ₂ (rutile)

substrate flake + (SiO ₂ ) + Fe ₂ O ₃

substrate flake + (SiO ₂ ) + Fe ₃ O ₄

substrate flake + (SiO ₂ ) + TiO ₂ (rutile) + SiO ₂ + TiO ₂ (rutile)

substrate flake + (SiO ₂ ) + TiO ₂ (anatase) + SiO ₂ + TiO ₂ (anatase) substrate flake + (SiO ₂ ) + TiO ₂ /Fe ₂ O ₃ + SiO ₂ + TiO ₂ + TiO ₂ /Fe ₂ O ₃ substrate flake + (SiO ₂ ) + TiO ₂ /Fe ₂ O ₃ + SiO ₂ + TiO ₂ /Fe ₂ O ₃ .

The thickness (geometrical layer thickness) of the metal oxide, metal oxide hydrate, metal suboxide, metal, metal fluoride, metal nitride or metal oxynitride layers or a mixture thereof is usually from 3 to 300 nm and in the case of the metal oxide, metal oxide hydrate, metal suboxide, metal fluoride, metal nitride or metal oxynitride layers or a mixture thereof is preferably from 20 to 200 nm. The thickness of the metal layers is preferably from 4 to 140 nm.

The effect pigments of the invention can be prepared by known wet- chemical preparation methods. The pigment powders are subsequently spray-dried or oven-dried (temperatures 1 10 °C) and optionally baked at temperatures (150-1000 °C). These methods are familiar to the person skilled in the art. In the case of wet-chemical application, the

corresponding oxides, hydroxides and/or oxide hydrates and optionally colorants and/or adjuvants are deposited on the substrate.

An essential feature of the invention is an organic coating, preferably a transparent coating. The organic coating may be an organic oligomer or polymer coating.

This coating is preferably on top of, around and/or between the above- mentioned effect pigments and/or around the agglomerates.

The organic polymer coating comprises polymers with a refractive index < 1 .8, preferably <1 .6.

In some preferred embodiments, polymers with a molecular weight > 100,000 can be used. Preferably, silicone polymers may be used, especially silicone polymers with 3D crosslinking structures.

In some preferred embodiments, the polymers are selected from crosspolymers of dimethicone, methicone, amodimethicone, fluorinated silicones; crosspolymer of silicone with other components that form crosslinked polymeric systems.

Preferred polymers are hydrophobic, lipophobic, and/or lipophilic.

Preferably, the polymers are insoluble in most solvents,

Preferred polymers may be compatible with many non- polar solvents. The polymers can be relatively flexible, meaning they have some elasticity. Preferably, the polymers do not comprise any halogen atoms, especially no fluorine atoms. Non-limiting examples of silicone elastomers include crosslinked

organopolysiloxanes such as, for example, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymers, dimethicone/phenyl vinyl dimethicone crosspolymers, vinyl dimethicone/lauryl dimethicone crosspolymers, alkyl ceteayl

dimethicone/polycyclohexane oxide crosspolymers,

Dimethicone/Divinyldimethicone/Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, or mixtures thereof.

The organic coating which is essential to the invention is preferably applied to metal-oxide-containing, preferably calcined effect pigment flakes. The organic surface coating can be applied by common methods known to the skilled artisan. Processes of this type for the preparation of effect pigments are familiar to the person skilled in the art.

The polymers, oligomers and/or monomeric compounds for their

preparation are commercially available, for example. If desired, further adaptation of the pigment properties to specific applications can be promoted by addition of silanes, such as, for example, long-chain alkylsilanes or functionalised silanes. The polymers, oligomers and/or monomeric compounds for their

preparation may be applied in solution at temperatures above 60°C, preferably above 70°C. Suitable solvents are organic solvents, water or mixtures thereof, water is preferably used. The reaction time necessary for the application of the organic coating is at least 5 minutes, it preferably takes place over a period of 10 to 90 minutes, but can also be extended as desired. The pigment obtained is worked up and isolated by methods customary to the person skilled in the art, for example by filtration, drying and/or sieving. The organic polymer/oligomer coated effect pigments are obtained mostly as agglomerates, wherein not only single effect pigment particles may be coated with the organic polymer coating but the organic polymer coating may also sheathes the agglomerates.

The coated effect pigments and/or the agglomerates can be incorporated into the application system by simple stirring-in under low shear force.

Surprisingly, with the present formulations it is possible to achieve a much brilliant shine/higher sparkle. Advantageously, this magnified reflectance is observed even though the individual particle size of the pigments is not enlarged. The agglomerates may provide an "effective" higher aspect ratios than the uncoated and not agglomerated pigment particles have, hence higher reflection and less scattering. The present formulations can provide high transparency as well as high sparkle effect. By applying an organic coating to the surface of an effect pigment, it is now possible to form agglomerates that are maintained in formulations, which result in a much higher shine/sparkle in comparison to the untreated ones. This magnified reflectance is observed even though the actual individual flake particle size is not enlarged by the surface treatment but the agglomerates possess multiple additional interfaces, hence exhibit stronger reflectance and less scattering.

Thus, very advanced effects can be achieved, which cannot be achieved with formulations comprising only effect pigment particles. Furthermore, it is possible to fulfil the particle size requirements without being bound to the creation of new effect pigments of much larger particle size.

In addition to the improved visual effect, the skin feel achievable with the new formulations is, at least in most cases, significantly improved. The agglomerates in the new formulations enable a very smooth and cushion/bouncing feel. The skin feel of the pigment is of high importance for cosmetic products, especially in applications like face powders, eye shadows, lip products, etc. Advantageously and unexpectedly, the color of a red masstone effect pigment is shifted slightly from yellowish red to a slightly blueish red upon the coating of the organic polymer layer. The color shift of a gold/copper masstone pigment to a more reddish copper is observed as well.

Those slight but readily visible color shade shifts might result from the shifting of interference color of the pigment. It is our hypothesis that the transparent surface coating (with low refractive index) may provide additional thin layers between flakes so more interfaces of layers may form, which in turn increases the chances for multiple light reflection that could intensify the interference colors and/or possibly shift the interference color.

The formulations according to the invention are advantageously cosmetic products, preferably in personal care and decorative cosmetics, such as surfactant-containing cleansing products, soaps, lip products such as lipsticks, lip gloss, lip oils powders of all types, make-up, eye make-up such as eye shadows, mascara, eye brow, cosmetic sticks, pencils, skin care creams/lotions, sunscreen compositions, hair treatment products, hair care and hair colors such as temporary hair color products, nail care, nail lacquers/polish.

The cosmetic formulations can furthermore be mixed with commercially available state-of-the-art fillers. Fillers which may be mentioned are, for example, uncoated natural and synthetic mica, glass beads or glass powder, nylon powder, polymethylmethacrylate powders, pure or filled melamine resins, talc, glasses, kaolin, oxides or hydroxides of aluminium, magnesium, calcium or zinc, BiOCI, barium sulfate, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, carbon, boron nitride and physical or chemical combinations of these substances. There are no restrictions regarding the particle shape of the filler. In accordance with requirements, it can be, for example, flake-form, spherical, needle-shaped, crystalline or amorphous.

The cosmetic formulations according to the invention can of course also be combined with cosmetic raw materials and auxiliaries of any type.

These include, inter alia, oils, fats, waxes, film formers, surfactants, antioxidants, such as, for example, vitamin C or vitamin E, stabilisers, odour intensifiers, silicone oils, emulsifiers, solvents, such as, for example, ethanol, or ethyl acetate or butyl acetate, preservatives and auxiliaries which generally determine applicational properties, such as, for example, thickeners and rheological additives, such as, for example, bentonites, hectorites, silicon dioxides, Ca silicates, gelatines, high-molecular-weight carbohydrates and/or surface-active auxiliaries, etc.

The pH of the cosmetic formulations can be between 1 and 14, preferably between 2 and 1 1 and particularly preferably between 5 and 8.

The cosmetic formulations according to the invention may furthermore also be combined with cosmetic active ingredients. Suitable active ingredients are, for example, insect repellents, inorganic UV filters, such as, for example, T1O2, UV A BC protective filters (for example OMC, B3 and MBC), also in encapsulated form, anti-ageing active ingredients, vitamins and derivatives thereof (for example vitamin A, C, E, etc.), self-tanning agents (for example DHA, erythrulose, inter alia), and further cosmetic active ingredients, such as, for example, bisabolol, LPO, VTA, ectoine, emblica, allantoin, bioflavonoids and derivatives thereof.

Organic UV filters are generally incorporated into cosmetic formulations in an amount of 0.5 to 10 % by weight, preferably 1 to 8 %, and inorganic filters in an amount of 0.1 to 30 %. The cosmetic formulations according to the invention may in addition comprise further conventional skin-protecting or skin-care active

ingredients. These may in principle be any active ingredients known to the person skilled in the art. Particularly preferred active ingredients are pyrimidine carboxylic acids and/or aryl oximes.

Application forms of the cosmetic formulations which may be mentioned are, for example: solutions, suspensions, emulsions, PIT emulsions, pastes, ointments, gels, creams, lotions, powders, soaps, surfactant- containing cleansing compositions, oils, aerosols and sprays. Examples of other application forms are sticks, shampoos and shower preparations. Any desired customary excipients, auxiliaries and, if desired, further active ingredients may be added to the preparation.

Ointments, pastes, creams and gels may comprise the customary excipients, for example animal and vegetable fats, waxes, paraffins, starch, tragacanth, cellulose derivatives, polyethylene glycols, silicones, bentonites, silica, talc and zinc oxide, or mixtures of these substances.

Powders and sprays may comprise the customary excipients, for example lactose, talc, silica, aluminium hydroxide, calcium silicate and polyamide powder, or mixtures of these substances. Sprays may additionally comprise the customary propellants, for example chlorofluorocarbons, propane/butane or dimethyl ether. Solutions and emulsions may comprise the customary excipients, such as solvents, solubilisers and emulsifiers, for example water, ethanol, isopropanol, ethyl carbonate, ethyl acetate, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, propylene glycol, 1 ,3-butyl glycol, oils, in particular cottonseed oil, peanut oil, wheatgerm oil, olive oil, castor oil and sesame oil, glycerol fatty acid esters, polyethylene glycols and fatty acid esters of sorbitan, or mixtures of these substances.

Suspensions may comprise the customary excipients, such as liquid diluents, for example water, ethanol or propylene glycol, suspending agents, for example ethoxylated isostearyl alcohols, polyoxyethylene sorbitol esters and polyoxyethylene sorbitan esters, microcrystalline cellulose, polysaccharide (xanthan gum), aluminium metahydroxide, bentonite, agar-agar and tragacanth, or mixtures of these substances. Soaps may comprise the customary excipients, such as alkali metal salts of fatty acids, salts of fatty acid monoesters, fatty acid protein

hydrolysates, isothionates, lanolin, fatty alcohol, vegetable oils, plant extracts, glycerol, sugars, or mixtures of these substances. Surfactant-containing cleansing products may comprise the customary excipients, such as salts of fatty alcohol sulfates, fatty alcohol ether sulfates, sulfosuccinic acid monoesters, fatty acid protein hydrolysates, isothionates, imidazolinium derivatives, methyl taurates, sarcosinates, fatty acid amide ether sulfates, alkylamidobetaines, fatty alcohols, fatty acid glycerides, fatty acid diethanolamides, vegetable and synthetic oils, lanolin derivatives, ethoxylated glycerol fatty acid esters, or mixtures of these substances.

Face and body oils may comprise the customary excipients, such as synthetic oils, such as, for example, fatty acid esters, fatty alcohols, silicone oils, natural oils, such as vegetable oils and oily plant extracts, paraffin oils, lanolin oils, or mixtures of these substances.

The cosmetic products may exist in various forms. Thus, they can be, for example, a solution, a water-free preparation, an emulsion or

microemulsion of the water-in-oil (W/O) or oil-in-water (O/W) type, a multiple emulsion, for example of the water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) type, a gel, a solid stick, an ointment or an aerosol. It is also advantageous to administer ectoines in encapsulated form, for example in collagen matrices and other conventional encapsulation materials, for example as cellulose encapsulations, in gelatine, wax matrices or liposomally encapsulated. In particular, wax matrices, as described in DE-A 43 08 282, have proven favourable. Preference is given to emulsions. O/W emulsions are particularly preferred. Emulsions, W/O emulsions and O/W emulsions are obtainable in a conventional manner.

Further embodiments are oily lotions based on natural or synthetic oils and waxes, lanolin, fatty acid esters, in particular triglycerides of fatty acids, or oily-alcoholic lotions based on a lower alcohol, such as ethanol, or a glycerol, such as propylene glycol, and/or a polyol, such as glycerol, and oils, waxes and fatty acid esters, such as triglycerides of fatty acids.

Solid sticks consist of natural or synthetic waxes and oils, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, fatty acid esters, lanolin and other fatty substances. If a preparation is formulated as an aerosol, the customary propellants, such as alkanes, fluoroalkanes and chlorofluoroalkanes, are generally used. Cosmetic products having light-protection properties may comprise adjuvants, such as surfactants, thickeners, polymers, softeners, preservatives, foam stabilisers, electrolytes, organic solvents, silicone derivatives, oils, waxes, antigrease agents, dyes and/or pigments which colour the composition itself or the hair, or other ingredients usually used in the cosmetic field.

The invention furthermore also relates to products comprising the formulations according to the invention in combination with at least one constituent selected from the group of absorbents, astringents,

antimicrobial substances, antioxidants, antiperspirants, antifoaming agents, antidandruff active ingredients, antistatics, binders, biological additives, bleaching agents, chelating agents, deodorants, emollients, emulsifiers, emulsion stabilisers, dyes, humectants, film formers, fillers, odour substances, flavour substances, insect repellents, preservatives, anticorrosion agents, cosmetic oils, solvents, oxidants, vegetable constituents, buffer substances, reducing agents, surfactants, propellant gases, opacifiers, UV filters and UV absorbers, denaturing agents, viscosity regulators, perfume and vitamins. The formulations according to the invention are likewise suitable in the above-mentioned areas of application for use in blends with organic dyes and/or pigments, such as, for example, transparent and opaque white, coloured and black pigments, and with flake-form iron oxides, BiOCI, organic pigments, holographic pigments, LCPs (liquid crystal polymers) and conventional transparent, coloured and black lustre pigments based on metal oxide-coated flakes based on mica, glass, AI2O3, Fe ₂ O3, SiO ₂ , metal flakes, etc.

Preferred variants of cosmetic formulations are transparent formulations, such as lip gloss, lip oils, lipsticks, eye shadow gel, transparent/clear face masks nail polish, shower gel, body freshner, shampoo, fragrances, and other personal care products.

The present invention can provide cosmetic formulations showing several advantages over state of the art products such as:

very good sensory impact - good skin feel, smooth, soft cushion feel; highly transparent - less impact on formulation base colors;

high sparkle if low level is used, brilliant metallic appearance if high level is used;

facilitate production process.

The following examples below are intended to illustrate the invention, but without restricting it. Percentages are by weight and all temperatures are set forth in degrees Celsius; unless otherwise indicated.

Examples

Lip Gloss

Procedure: Heat Phase A with stirring to 90-95°C until a uniform clear gel is formed. Cool the temperature to 55-60°C and then add Phase B one at a time while mixing. Cool down to 45-50°C and pour into prepare containers.

The lip gloss exhibits a very strong sparkle and a good skin feel. Loose Powder Eye Shadow

Procedure: Connbine Phase A with gentle agitation. Spray Phase B onto batch while agitating bulk. Pass entire batch through a jump gap.

The product displays a high shine, a soft skin feel and easy to apply to skin.

Eye Shadow Gel

Procedure: Disperse the pearl pigments in the water of Phase A. Add Carbomer with stirring. Mix with high agitation until thoroughly dispersed. Dissolve the ingredients of Phase B until a homogeneous solution is obtained. Add Phase B slowly to Phase A while stirring and adjust pH to 7.0 - 7.5, if necessary.

This eye shadow gel formulation provides brilliant gold shine and a smooth application.

Eye Shadow Gel

Procedure: Disperse the cosmetic pigment in the water of Phase A. Add Carbomer with stirring. Mix with high agitation until thoroughly dispersed. Dissolve the ingredients of Phase B until a homogeneous solution is obtained. Add Phase B slowly to Phase A while stirring and adjust pH to 7.0 - 7.5, if necessary.

The gel exhibits a rich metallic copper shine & sparkle and a very good skin feel.

Body Wash

Procedure: Disperse the pigment in the water of Phase A. Add the remaining ingredients of Phase A in order with mixing. Add Phase B slowly with mixing. Add Phase C, mixing to uniformity.

Note: 6.0 - 7.0

The body wash has an amazing goldsparkle