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Section: Cosmetic Ingredients > Colorant

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Patent Pick: Lashing Out

For those of us who've ever peeled and picked off waterproof mascara, this gel-based invention from L'Oréal brings hope by "lashing out" against such waxy, shellacked residues.

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Patent Pick: True Colors, Revealed

AmorePacific inventors have nothing to hide with their latest patent application for encapsulated pigments, which become visible upon application.

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Patent Pick: Use the Force

Gravity is at the center of this patent application from Amorepacific Corp., which uses a specific oil and powder to create an eye makeup composition with excellent curling force and hold.

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Patent Pick: Caught Red-handed

There's no way these inventors will escape, they've been caught "red-handed"— with a new, high-coloring phosphor pigment.

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Patent Pick: Charging Lashes

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's highlight is a mascara from L'Oréal that gives a charging and curling effect to lashes and imparts an intense black.

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Patent Pick: Soft Brilliance in Layers

Hiding wrinkles is one thing; doing it so it appears natural is something entirely different. This patent application out of Korea, however, might strike the perfect balance.

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Patent Pick: What L'Oréal is Hiding

L'Oréal has a lot to hide—a lot of skin imperfections, that is. In a recent patent application, the company describes a cosmetic that camouflages wrinkles without compromising a natural look and feel.

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Patent Pick: Translucent Color Cosmetic

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's choice, from L'Oréal et al., describes a translucent, colored cosmetic to impart a warm tone on skin.

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Patent Pick: DIY Particle Dispersion

Are you "back at the grind," milling metal oxides for color cosmetics or sunscreens? These inventors are enabling the work do itself, with a self-dispersing particle coating.

Patent Pick: Makeup E-view

Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's patent describes a means for consumers to electronically preview (e-view) cosmetic looks.

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Patent Pick: Lip-smacking Matte Maneuver

A new patent from Avon smooths out the wrinkles of comfortable, reduced-gloss matte lipstick formulas.

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Patent Pick: Harvard Innovates with Films and Flakes

Structural coloration based on asymmetric absorption. Translation: surprising optical effects. Harvard inventors are sparkling with vivid excitement; dig deeper into the layers of this new patent application.

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Patent Pick: Compact Powders Ready for Impact

Cosmetic powders are pressing contradiction: one benefit can be optimized but at the expense of another. That's where LVMH inventors come in, with a new formula to survive its own impact on the marketplace.

Patent Picks—Hair and Eyelash Growth, Fixatives, Surfactants and More

Chosen biweekly by Rachel Grabenhofer, Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine editor, for their relevance to personal care, Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources. This edition features recently issued patents relevant to hair care, styling and growth.

Patent Picks—Radiation-Diffraction Colorants, Fluorescent Pigments and More

Chosen biweekly for their relevance to personal care, Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources. This edition features technologies related to color, such as pigments, films and colorants for skin and hair care.

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Patent Pick: Even, Intense Hair Color with Reduced Oxidative Precursor

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's invention from P&G utilizes oil in an oxidative hair dye precursor to reduce the amount of precursor necessary to impart intense, even hair color.

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Patent Pick: Matte Makeup and the Feel of Fillers

Matte makeup stands strong in its ability to even out skin tone and absorb excess moisture but wavers in one area: the feel of fillers. This was the focus of a new L'Oréal patent.

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Patent Pick: Vanishing Act to Heal Scars and Wrinkles

Has your teen ever tried to put concealer over his/her zit cream? Or a raw wound? This inventor, from Beauty Blend, has a new trick to make unsightly wrinkles and scars heal as they disappear.

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