US 7,563,452 B2
Cosmetic
Akihiro Kuroda, Kanagawa (Japan); Koji Sakuta, Gunma (Japan); and Hitoshi Usui, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., Tokyo (Japan); and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/506,170.
Application 11/506170 is a continuation of application No. 10/070601, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP00/05838, filed on Aug. 29, 2000.
Claims priority of application No. 11-242948 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 1999; application No. 11-242949 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 1999; and application No. 11-266824 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 1999.
Prior Publication US 2006/0280712 A1, Dec. 14, 2006
Int. Cl. A61K 8/02 (2006.01); B60C 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 424—401  [524/261] 20 Claims
 
1. A method of reducing dry feel associated with cyclic silicone in a cosmetic, comprising the step of applying to the skin a cosmetic comprising an organopolysiloxane expressed byte following general formula (1)
{(CH3)3SiO}3SiCH3  (1),
and at least one cyclic silicone selected from the group consisting of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane, decarnethylcyclopentasiloxane, and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane in a mass ratio of the organopolysiloxane to the cyclic silicone of from 99:1 to 1:99.