Claims
- 1. An anhydrous retinol based cosmetic lotion consisting of a cosmetically or pharmaceutically effective amount of retinol solubilized in an organic solvent liquid at ambient temperature, said organic solvent being selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) a branched aliphatic alcohol having C.sub.16 -C.sub.20,
- (ii) a straight or branched saturated alkyoxylated fatty alcohol having C.sub.16 -C.sub.20, and
- a mixture thereof.
- 2. The anhydrous retinol based lotion of claim 1 wherein said retinol is present in a proportion of between 0.01 and 10 percent relative to the total weight of said composition.
- 3. The anhydrous retinol based lotion of claim 1 wherein said branched aliphatic fatty alcohol having C.sub.16 -C.sub.20 is selected from the group consisting of isostearyl alcohol, 2-hexyl decanol and octyl dodecanol.
- 4. The anhydrous retinol based lotion of claim 1 wherein said straight or branched saturated alkoxylated fatty alcohol is stearyl alcohol incorporating 15 moles of propylene oxide.
- 5. The anhydrous retinol based lotion of claim 1 wherein said composition contains no anti-oxidant.
- 6. A method of making a retinol based cosmetic or pharmaceutical lotion comprising at the time of use the step of mixing a first part packaging composed of a composition of claim 1 with a second part packaging composed of a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable medium selected from the group consisting of a gel, an emulsion and an ointment.
- 7. The anhydrous retinol based lotion of claim 1 wherein said organic solvent is a C.sub.16 branched aliphatic alcohol.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/317,879, filed Oct. 4, 1994, now abandoned.
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