Color cosmetic compositions and methods
An anhydrous color cosmetic composition comprising a pigment component and a powder component, the improvement wherein the powder component includes microfine particle size powders in an amount sufficient to provide a composition that matches a plurality of skin shades in one, or more than one, skin tone category; and an anhydrous foundation, blush, concealer, mascara, or other cosmetic composition that has a first resting color and a second application color.
1 . An anhydrous color cosmetic composition comprising a pigment component and a powder component, the improvement wherein the powder component contains microfine particle size powders in an amount sufficient to provide a composition that will match more than one skin shade in one or more skin tone categories.
2 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the pigment component comprises organic pigments, inorganic pigments, or mixtures thereof.
3 . The composition of claim 2 wherein the pigment component comprises inorganic pigments.
4 . The composition of claim 3 wherein the inorganic pigments are iron oxides.
5 . The composition of claim 4 wherein the iron oxides have a particle size ranging from about 0.01-30 microns.
6 . The composition of claim 4 wherein the iron oxides are red, yellow, black, or mixtures thereof.
7 . The composition of claim 4 wherein the iron oxides are coated with an ingredient that makes the iron oxides hydrophilic.
8 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the pigment comprises iron oxides coated with a hydrophilic ingredient, and are suspended in the oil phase of the emulsion when the composition is in the resting state.
9 . The composition of claim 8 wherein the iron oxides are coated with one or more polysaccharides.
10 . The composition of claim 8 wherein the polysaccharide comprises galactoarabinan.
11 . The composition of claim 9 wherein the iron oxides are present ranging from about 0.01-75% by weight of the total composition.
12 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the powder component comprises titanium dioxide.
13 . The composition of claim 12 wherein a portion of the titanium dioxide has a particle size ranging from about 0.01-20 microns.
14 . The composition of claim 13 wherein the microfine titanium dioxide is present in the composition in an amount ranging from about 0.5-15% by weight of the total composition.
15 . The composition of claim 14 wherein the microfine titanium dioxide present in the composition comprises from about 50 to 95% of the total titanium dioxide content of the composition.
16 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the anhydrous composition comprises reactive hydrophilic iron oxide pigments suspended in the oil phase of the composition.
17 . The composition of claim 16 wherein the powder component comprises from about 0.01-70% by weight of the total composition, and wherein from about 50-95% of the total powder component comprises microfine powder particles having a particle size ranging from about 0.1-30 microns.
18 . The composition of claim 17 where the composition has a first resting color and a second application color.
19 . An anhydrous makeup composition having a first resting color and a second application color; comprising reactive pigments; wherein the reactive pigments suspended in the composition provide the first resting color, and upon application to skin provide the second application color.
20 . The composition of claim 19 wherein the first resting color is non-skin-matching.
21 . The composition of claim 20 wherein the non-skin-matching color is white, gray, or lightly tinted.
22 . The composition of claim 20 wherein the second application color is skin-matching.
23 . The composition of claim 22 which is a foundation makeup and wherein the skin matching color is a light, medium, or dark beige skin tone.
24 . The composition of claim 19 wherein the reactive pigments have a particle size ranging from about 0.001-20 microns.
25 . The composition of claim 24 wherein the reactive pigments are iron oxides.
26 . The composition of claim 25 wherein the reactive pigments are coated with a material that facilitates their dispersion in the anhydrous composition.
27 . The composition of claim 26 wherein the material is a polymer.
28 . The composition of claim 27 polymer is a polysaccharide or silicone polymer.
29 . An anhydrous color cosmetic composition comprising having reactive iron oxide pigments suspended therein.
30 . The composition of claim 29 , which is a foundation, blush, concealer, mascara, or lipcolor.