CA1335178C - Non-aqueous cosmetic compositions with high colorant content - Google Patents

Abstract

A non-aqueous cosmetic composition suitable as mascara, eyeliner, or lipstick comprising a dispersing agent in an amount sifficient to permit a high content of cosmetically acceptable colorants.

Description

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NON-AQUEOUS COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS WITH
HIGH COLORANT CONTENT

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to non-aqueous cosmetic compositions such as mascara, eyeliner, and lipstick.
This invention allows use of a higher concentration of colorant in the composition than would be possible in conventional compositions. Conventional non-aqueous cosmetic products such as mascara, eyeliner, and lipstick contain colorants i.e., organic and inorganic pigments in a non-aqueous cosmetic carrier containing cosmetically acceptable solvents.
Solsperse~ hyperdispersants are a group of dispersing aids available from ICI Americas Inc. for use with non-aqueous solvents in air-drying paint systems, such as air-drying alkyd paints, chlorinated rubber paints and solvent-based vinyl paints. There is no prior disclosure of the use of Solsperse~ hyperdispersants in cosmetics.
The present invention may be summarized as a non-aqueous cosmetic composition comprising cosmetically acceptable solvent, colorant, wax, and a dispersing agent. A high concentration of colorant is highly desirable in cosmetics such as mascaras, lipsticks, and eyeliners. Higher concentrations of colorant provide ~r -cosmetics that have more hiding power, look better after application, and achieve the desired effect in less amounts. However merely, increasing the concentration of colorant in conventional anhydrous cosmetic formulations produces unacceptable results. That is, such cosmetics are difficult to apply and do not adhere well to the brush or other applicator. We have discovered that use of dispersing agents, previously used in paints systems, allows use of higher concentrations of colorant in cosmetics, without interfering with the cosmetics acceptability. That is, the cosmetic compositions of the present invention are easy to apply and adhere well to their applicators despite their higher concentration of colorant. By formulating compositions in accordance with this invention it is possible for the concentration`of colorant to be 10 to 55 percent by weight higher than the concentration that would be acceptable in the same composition without the dispersing agent. For example, if the concentration of colorant practical in a conventional formulation were 10 weight percent, this invention would allow that concentration to be increased to from 11 percent (10 percent more than 10 percent) to 15.5 percent (55 percent more than 10 percent). Use of dispersing agents may also allow the concentrations of waxes, dry powders, and solids to be increased over that possible without the dispersing agent.
The term "non-aqueous" as used herein in reference to the cosmetic compositions of this invention means a substantially water-free composition, i.e. less than about 1% by weight of water. While no water is intentionally added to the cosmetic compositions or carrier, no attempt is made to rigorously exclude small amounts of water which may be associated with the ingredlents used in the compositions of the present inventlon .

~ 335I78 The cosmetic compositions of this invention may contain cosmetically acceptable solvents, liquids or oils, waxes, dry powders and solids. The dry powders and solids may be suspended in lipophilic emulsions or dispersions formed from mixtures of oils and waxes. See for example the four volume set entitled "Cosmetics, Science and Technology", Volumes I and II, M.S. Batsam and E. Sagarin, eds., Wiley-Interscience, 1972, and THE
CHEMISTRY AND MANUFACTURE OF COSMETICS, Volumes III and IV, 2nd Ed., M. deNavarre, ed., Continental Press, 1975 for disclosures of conventional non-aqueous cosmetic compositions.
The non-aqueous cosmetic compositions of the present invention incorporate amounts of a dispersing agent sufficient to enable an increase in the amounts of colorants and possibly other dry ingredients from the amounts originally present in a non-aqueous cosmetic composition by from about 10 percent by weight to about 55 percent by weight, while maintaining acceptable cosmetic characteristics. In the preferred eyeliner and mascara cosmetic compositions of the present invention, the increase in cosmetically acceptable colorants over the amounts originally present in a conventional cosmetic composition is in the range of about 10 percent by weight to about 25 percent by weight. In the preferred lipstick cosmetic compositions of the present invention, the increase in the cosmetically acceptable colorants over the amounts originally present in the conventional cosmetic compositions is in the range of about 10 percent by weight to about 55 weight percent.
The non-aqueous cosmetic compositions of the present invention provide water-proof products which may be applied to the lips, skin, or eyelashes more easily.
In addition, the non-aqueous cosmetic compositions of the present invention dry better to provide wetter looking products than prior art non-aqueous cosmetics.

The amount of dispersing agent found sufficient to enable the increase in solids content in the non-aqueous cosmetic composition of the present invention is in the range of about 0.05 weight percent to about 3.5 weight percent, preferably about 0.1 weight percent to about 0.5 weight percent of the total cosmetic compostion.
The dispersing agents found useful in the cosmetic compositions of the present invention are polymeric acid amines formed by condensing a polymeric acid with an amine and removing the so-formed water.
See, for example, USP 4,349,389 at Col. 5, lines 5-35.
The polymeric acid is a polyester derived from a hydrocarbon acid of the formula:

wherein X is a divalent saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carbon chain which may be interupted by O, N or S and preferably contains from 8 to 250 carbon atoms, more preferably 12 to 50 carbons and in which there are at least 4 atoms, preferably 4 carbon atoms between the hydroxy and the carboxylic groups or from a mixture of such a hydroxy carboxylic acid and a carboxylic acid which is free from hydroxy groups.
Preferred hydroxy acids of the formula HO-X-CO2H are hydroxy substituted (C2-C20) alkanoic acid. Hydroxy fatty acids such hydroxystearic acid disclosed in USP
4,349,389 are preferred.
The amines used to form the polymeric acid amine are lower alkylamine, di- or tri-lower alkylamines and di- and polyamines such as diloweralkylaminolower-alkylamine. The term "loweralkyl" means straight or branched chain alkyl groups of one to six carbons such as methyl, ethyl, n, and iso propyl, n, sec, iso and ter-butyl and the like. Typically suitable amines include methylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, dimethylamino-propylamine, ethylenediame, triethylene-tetramine, quanidine and derivatives thereof. The preferred dispersing agents described above include Solsperse~, especially Solsperse 9000~ but also Solsperse 3000~
available from ICI Americas Inc., Wilmington, Delaware 19897 and those disclosed in USP 4,349,389, 3,778,287 and 4,157,266 especially in the examples of each patent.
Definitions and suppliers of the ingredients listed in the following description and in the examples can be found in the CTFA Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary, Third Edition, published by the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association, Inc., 1110 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
Typical dry powders that may be used in the inventive compositions include talc, fillers (e.g. nylon and silica) as well as nacreous or pearlescent materials such as natural pearl, titanium dioxide, bismuth oxychloride, bismuth oxychloride on mica, titanium dioxide coated mica (titanated mica) and crystals of quanine.
Typical suitable cosmetic waxes include ozokerite, lanolin alcohol, paraffin wax, bayberry wax, Polawax (a reaction product of higher fatty alcohols and ethylene oxide available from Croda, Inc., New York, NY
10016), trihydroxystearin, lanolin wax, beeswax, candelilla wax, microcrystalline wax, carnauba wax, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, synthetic spermaceti, cocoa butter, fatty acids of lanolin, mono-, di- and triglycerides which are solid at 25C, e.g., glyceryl tribehenate, a triester of behenic acid and glycerine and C18-C36 acid triglyceride, a mixture of triesters of C18-C36 carboxylic acids and glycerine available from Croda, Inc., New York, NY under the tradenames Syncrowax HRC~
and Syncrowax HGL-C~, respectively, fatty esters which are solid at 25C, silicone waxes such as methyl-17~

octadecane-oxypolysiloxane and poly (dimethylsiloxy) stearoxysiloxane, stearyl mono- and diethanolamide, rosin and its derivatives such as the abietates of glycol and glycerol, hydrogenated oils solid at 25C, and sucroglycerides.
Typical suitable cosmetic oils include mineral oil, Purcellin oil, perhydrosqualene, castor oil, polybutene, odorless mineral spirits, sweet almond oil, avocado oil, calophyllum oil, ricin oil, vitamin E
acetate, olive oil, silicone oils such as dimethicone, dimethylpolysiloxane and cyclomethicone, linolenic alcohol, oleyl alcohol, the oil of cereal germs such as the oil of wheat germ, isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl myristate, butyl myristate, hexadecyl stearate, butyl stearate, decyl oleate, acetyl glycerides, the octanoates and benzoates of tC12-C15) alcohols, the octanoates and decanoates of alcohols and polyalcohols such as those of glycol and glycerol, ricin oleates of alcohols and poly alcohols such as those of isopropyl adipate, hexyl laurate and octyl dodecanoate.
Typical suitable cosmetic solids or semi-solids include lanolin, hydrogenated lanolin, hydroxylated lanolin, acetylated lanolin, petrolatum, isopropyl lanolate, cetyl myristate, myristyl myristate, myristyl lactate, cetyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol and isocetyl lanolate.
It is preferred to employ a mixture of these cosmetic ingredients for their different functions, for example oleyl alcohol is a penetrant and color vehicle, castor oil is an oil in for example lipstick and eyeliners; mineral oil and cyclomethicone are emollients and moisturizers.
The cosmetic compositions of the present invention may also include other ingredients, for example, sunscreens, antioxidants, preservatives, moisturizers, surfactants, bodying agents and suspending agents.
Typical suitable sunscreens include titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, certain esters of salicylic acid, e.g. homomenthyl salicylate, alkyl esters of para-methoxycinnamate, e.g. octyl methoxycinnamate and certain benzophenone derivatives, e.g. benzophenone-3 and substituted para-aminobenzoates e.g. octyl dimethyl PABA.
Typical suitable antioxidants include propyl, octyl and dodecyl esters of gallic acid, butylated hydroxyanisole, i.e., BHA which is a mixture of 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (major) and 2-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole, butylated hydroxytoluene and nordihydroguaiaretic acid.
Typical suitable preservatives include the lower alkyl esters of para-hydroxybenzoates (paraben) especially, methyl paraben, ethyl paraben, n-propyl paraben, n-butyl paraben, isobutyl paraben and mixtures thereof, imidazolidinyl urea, or diazolidinyl urea.
Typical suitable moisturizers include butylene glycol, propylene glycol, reticulin (the protein) available from Croda, Inc., New York, NY 10016, saccharide isomerate available from Centerchem, Inc. New York, NY, and vitamin E acetate.
Typical suitable surfactants include nonionic, anionic and cationic surfactants such as sorbitan stearate, and oleth-3 phosphate respectively.
Polymers may be used to achieve either one or a combination of effects. Polymers may, for example, serve as suspending aids, emulsion stabilizers, emulsification aids, binders, thickeners or film formers, or may provide water resistancy, water proofing or gloss-. Typical suitable polymers include polyethylene, methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose; vinyl polymers and copolymers, e.g., polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) homopolymers and PVP

copolymers such as PVP/eicosene copolymer, PVP/hexadecene copolymer; polyvinylacetate (PVA) homopolymers and PVA
copolymers; ethylene oxide homopolymers/copolymers and derivatives; and acrylic polymers, e.g., acrylic/acrylate copolymers.
Typical suitable bodying agents include Carbomers, especially Carbomer 934P~, which are polymers of acrylic acid cross-linked with a polyfunctional agent and available from B.F. Goodrich Chemical Co. under the Carbopol~ tradename; methylcellulose, hydroxyethyl-cellulose and polyacrylates.
Typical suitable suspending agents, useful for suspending pigments, include magnesium aluminum silicate, polybutene and Bentone Gels~,the tradename of N.L.
Chemicals, Div. of NL Industries for a series of modified hectorites (one of montmorillonite minerals that are the principal constituents of bentonite clay).
The compositions of the present invention used in the form of lipstick are formulated from cosmetically acceptable liquids, and colorants and stiffened to the desired consistency with cosmetically acceptable waxes which also raise the melting point and improve the physical stability.
The compositions of the present invention include colorants which may be one or more organic pigments and inorganic pigments, which are usually dispersed in an oily vehicle.
Typical suitable organic pigments employed in the cosmetic compositions of the present invention are the Food, Drug and Cosmetic grade, e.g., D & C reds, oranges, yellows and blues. Typical suitable inorganic pigments include iron oxides, titanium dioxides, ultramarines, iron sulfides, or other conventional inorganic pigments approved for cosmetic use.

-- 1 3:~S1 78 g The amount of colorants employed in the lipstick cosmetic compositions of the present invention may be from about 1% to about 10% by weight of the formulation with about 2% to about 4% being more preferred. The amount of colorants employed in the mascara and eyeliner cosmetic compositions of the present invention may be from about 5% to about 30% by weight, preferably from about 7% to about 15% by weight of the composition.
Typically suitable solvents include odorless petroleum distillates, e.g., Shell Sol 71~ available from Shell Chemical Co., odorless oil of turpentine, white spirits, volatile silicon oils, e.g., cyclomethicone ~cyclic dimethyl polysiloxane), deca- or octamethyl-cyclopentasiloxane, ethanol and/or isopropyl alcohol (which also functions as a viscosity control agent) and the like.
A typical eyeliner or mascara may contain one or more volatile components, e.g.isopropyl alcohol one or more inorganic polymers for thickness, e.g., montmorillonite clay, one or more waxes as viscosity aids, as well as antioxidants, preservatives and processing aids, e.g., dimethicone which is a mixture of fully methylated siloxane polymers end-blocked with trimethylsiloxy units.
The lipstick compositions of the present invention may also include thickening and suspending agents for the organic and inorganic pigments. Typical suitable thickening and suspending agents include stearalkonium Hectorite~, a reaction product of Hectorite~ (one of the montmorillonite minerals that are the principal constituents of bentonite clay) and stearalkonium chloride [a quarternary ammonium salt of the formula, [CH3(CH2)16CH2-N-(CH3)2 C 2 6 5 1 o--Example 1 Mascara Ingredients weight Part A %
Isopar El~ 15.00 Pentaerythritol 7.00 Tetraabietate Part B
Isopar E~ 37.32 Aluminum Stearate 2.00 Polybutene 1.00 r1agnesium Aluminum1.00 Silicate Part C
Bayberry Wax 2.50 Polyethylene 15.00 Beeswax 4.00 Lanolin, Anhydrous1.50 Candelilla Wax 3.00 Methylparaben 0.20 Propylparaben 0.10 Butylparaben 0.10 Part D
Black 3190 10.00 Part E
Solsperse 90002~ 0.25 1 C8-Cg isoparaffin available from EXXON Co., U.S.A., Houston, Texas.

2 Also known as Hypermer LP4~

In a steam jacketed mixing kettle equipped with a stirrer, heat a mixture of the ingredients in Part A to 70-85C with mixing until a homogenous solution is formed. To a separate container, add with mixing the ingredients in Part B and heat the mixture so formed to 50-65C. Add Part B to Part A and heat with mixing to 70-75C. In a separate container, add the ingredients in Part C and heat to 95-100C until the waxes are melted. Add the melted waxes of Part C to the mixture of A & B. To the so formed mixture, add the Solsperse of Part E. To the so formed mixture, add the pigment of Part D. Cool the so formed to 70-75C and pass the so formed mixture through a colloid mill until the pigment is dispersed. Force cool to 40 to 45 and fill into containers.

Examples 2-4 Eyeliner Ingredient Example No.

Part A weight % weight % weight %

Beeswax 7.00 7.0 7.0 Ganex V-2161~ 7.5 7.5 7.5 BHA 0.03 0.030.03 Butylparaben 0.30 0.300.30 Propylparaben0.15 0.150.15 Simethicone 0.10 0.100.10 Part B
Shell-Sol 712~3.92 -- 4.67 Bentone Gel SS71~ 60.0056.92 60.00 Part C
Solsperse 9000~1.00 3.000.25 Part D
Black Oxide 20.00 25.0020.00 1 Copolymer of hexadecene and vinyl pyrrolidone available from GAF Corp., Wayne, NJ.
2 A complex mixture of predominably branched chain saturated Cg-Cl2 hydrocarbons available from Shell Chemical Co., Houston, Texas.

In a steam jacketed mixing kettle equipped with a stirrer, mix the ingredients in Part B and heat the mixture to 75C. In a separate kettle heat the ingredients in Part A to 70-75C and add to Part B. Add Solsperse of Part C to the mixture of Parts A & B and mix until a homogenous mixture is formed. To the so formed mixture add the pigment of Part D and pass the so formed mixture through a colloid mill until the pigment is dispersed. Force cool the so formed dispersion to 40-45C and fill into containers.

Examples 5-7 Pen Eyeliner Ingredients Example No.

weight % weight % weight %
Part A
Shel Sol 71~ 17.57 17.57 21.57 Bentone Gel SS-71~ 20.00 20.00 20.00 Glyceryl Hydro-genated Rosinate5.00 5.00 7.00 Isopar E~ 25.00 25.00 25.00 Part B
Solsperse 9000~2.00 2.00 1.00 Part C
Mango Violet 30.00 -- 20.00 Brown Color Mix -- 30.00 --Ti2 ~~ -- 5.00 Part D
Methylparaben 0.10 0.10 0.10 Propylparaben 0.10 0.10 0.10 Butylparaben 0.10 0.10 0.10 BHA 0.03 0 03 - Part E
Phenoxyethanol 0.10 0.10 0.10 In a steam jacketed mixing kettle equipped with a stirrer, add the Shell Sol and Isopar of Part A to the Bentone Gel and mix until a homogeneous mixture is formed. Heat the mixture to 80-85C and add the glyceryl hydrogenated rosinate with mixing until a homogeneous mixture is formed. Add thereto the Solsperse of Part B with mixing. Add the pigments of Part C with continued mixing. Add the ingredients of Part D. Pass the so formed mixture through a colloid mix at 70-75C
until the pigments are dispersed. Force cool the dispenser to 35C; add the phenoxyethanol and force cool to room temperature.

Example 8 Mascara Inredient weight %

Part A
Pentaerythritol 8.00 Tetraabietate Shell Sol 71~ 15.00 Part B
Shell Sol 71 19.00 Aluminum Stearate 2.25 Bentone Gel SS71 5.00 Part C
Shell Sol 71~ 7.97 13~5178 Part D
Carnauba Wax 1.00 Polyethylene 17.00 Lanolin, Anhydrous 1.25 USP
Butylparaben 0.10 Propylparaben 0.10 Methylparaben 0.20 BHA 0.03 Part E
Solsperse 9000~ ~0.1000 Blue, Ultramarine 8.00 Part F
Shell Sol 71~ 11.00 Part G
Shell Sol 71~ 4.00 Into a steam jacketed kettle equipped with a stirrer, add the Shell Sol of Part A. With slow mixing, raise the temperature to 105-110C and add the pentaerylthritol tetraabietate. Continue stirring until a translucent solution results. Turn off the steam.
Into a second steam jacketed tank equipped with double stirrers, add the Shell Sol of Part B and gradually add the aluminum stearate. Stir and continue stirring until a homogeneuos dispersion is formed. Raise the temperature of Part B to 50-55C and add the Bentone Gel of Part B. The so formed mixture is stirred until a homogeneous dispersion is formed. Add thereto the solution of Part A. Rinse kettle used to prepare solution of Part A with the Shell Sol of Part C and add the rinse to kettle containing Parts A ~ B. Raise 1~35178 temperature of the mixture of Parts A ~ B to 88-92C and increase the stirring speed. Slowly add the polyethylene of Part D in portions and thereafter the other ingredients in Part D while maintaining the temperature at 88-92C. Stir until a translucent solution results.
Add the Solsperse of Part E and stir. Add the Blue pigment of Part E and continue mixing. Add the Shell Sol of Part F and cool to 68-72C with continued mixing.
Maintaining the temperature of the so formed mixture at 68-72C and pass it through a colloid mill. Rinse colloid mill with Shell Sol of Part G and add the rinse to the mixture. Force cool the mixture to 50-55C. Fill the so formed mixture into mascara applicators.

I. Preparation of Mango Violet Extender Formula Ingredients % w/w Cosmetic Manganese Violet 45.000 Solsperse 9000~ 1.000 Castor Oil 53.800 Tenox 2~ 0.050 Propylparaben 0.150 Into a kettle equipped with an agitator, add and mix the above listed ingredients at 25C until the cosmetic manganese violet is homogeneously dispersed in the castor oil. Twice pass the so-formed homogeneous dispersion through a triple roller mill. Add the twice-milled dispersion into a kettle equipped with an agitator and mix until a homogeneous dispersion is formed. This dispersion is hereinafter called "Magno Violet Extender Formula".

In prior art extender formulas prepared without Solsperse 9000, only 30% by weight cosmetic manganese violet could be added. Attempts to increase the manganese violet content above 30% by weight produced unacceptable, nonhomogeneous dispersions.

II. Preparation of a Lipstick Formula with Solsperse 9000 (Hypermer LP 4) Part A .% w/w Magno Violet Extender Formula 9.913 Titanium Dioxide 1.000 Part B % w/w Candelilla Wax 5.286 White Ozokerite 6.728 Lanolin Wax 3.338 Carnauba Wax 0.961 Cetyl Alcohol 1.443 Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil 5.284 Bentone Gel CAO 12.013 Arachidyl Propionate 5.286 Lanolin Oil 7.790 Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol 11.054 Trihydroxystearin 0.950 Polybutene 3.870 Oleyl Alcohol 5.766 Acetylated Lanolin 6.824 BHA 0.048 Propylparaben 0.190 Butylparaben 0.095 Methylparaben 0.095 -- 133~178 Part C % w/w Colorona Magenta 3.689 Mica + Titanium dioxide 6.100 + Carmine Bismuth Oxychloride 1.300 + Castor Oil Part D

Castor Oil q.s. 100.000 Into a kettle equipped with an agitator, add 9.913 parts of the Magno Violet Extender and 1.000 parts of titanium dioxide and mix until uniform. This is Part A. Into a stainless steel steam-jacketed kettle equipped with a double motion agitator, add all the waxes in Part B and heat at 80-85C until all the waxes are melted.
Add thereto all the remaining ingredients in Part B and mix at 80-85C until a homogeneous mixture is formed.
Continue mixing while slowly cooling the mixture to 70-75C and filter the mixture through cheese cloth. Add the filtered mixture to a stainless steel steam-jacketed kettle equipped with an agitator and mix at 80-83C until a homogeneous mixture is formed. Add thereto the ingredients in Part C and continue mixing until a homogeneous dispension is formed. Add thereto Part A and mix at 80C until uniform. Add thereto Part D at 80C
and mix until uniform. Cool to 70-75C and continue mixing for about l hour. Filter the so formed mixture through cheese cloth and store in appropriate containers.

-If the dispersing agent, Solsperse 9000~, were eliminated from any of the examples, without decreasing the concentration of colorant, the resulting composition would be unacceptable, because it would not apply easily and would not adhere well to the cosmetic application, e.g. a mascara brush.

Claims (21)

1. A non-aqueous cosmetic composition comprising cosmetically acceptable colorants, waxes, dry powders and solids homogeneously dispersed in a non-aqueous cosmetic carrier comprising cosmetically acceptable liquids and solvents in admixture with a dispersing effective amount of a dispersing agent comprising a polymeric acid amine formed by condensing an amine with a polymeric acid of the formula HO-X-COOH, wherein X is a divalent saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carbon chain which may be interrupted by O, N or S, and contains 12-50 carbon atoms, with at least four carbon atoms separating the hydroxy and carboxylic groups, or with a mixture of the polymeric acid of formula HO-X-COOH and a carboxylic acid which is free from hydroxy groups; wherein the amount of cosmetically acceptable colorants, waxes, dry powders and solids homogeneously dispersed in the non-aqueous cosmetic carrier is from about 10 percent by weight to about 55 percent by weight higher than the amount of cosmetically acceptable colorants, waxes, dry powders and solids which can be homogeneously dispersed in the non-aqueous cosmetic carrier in the absence of the dispersing agent; and wherein the dry powders are selected from the group consisting of talc, fillers, nacreous materials and pearlescent materials.

2. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of dispersing agent is from about 0.05 weight percent to about 3.5 weight percent.

3. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, which is a lipstick.

4. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, which is a mascara.

5. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of cosmetically acceptable colorants, waxes, dry powders and solids homogeneously dispersed in the non-aqueous cosmetic carrier is from about 10 percent by weight to about 25 percent by weight of colorants, waxes, dry powders and solids which may be homogeneously dispersed in the corresponding cosmetic composition without the dispersing agent.

6. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, which comprises cosmetically acceptable C8-C15 hydrocarbons as solvent.

7. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, which is an eyeliner.

8. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of cosmetically acceptable colorants, waxes, dry powders and solids homogeneously dispersed in the non-aqueous cosmetic carrier is from about 10 percent by weight to about 25 percent by weight higher than the amount of cosmetically acceptable colorants, waxes, dry powders and solids which may be homogeneously dispersed in the corresponding cosmetic composition without the dispersing agent.

9. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of dispersing agent is from about 0.05 wt% to about 3.5 wt%.

10. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of the dispersing agent is from about 0.1 to about 0.5 wt%.

11. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of dispersing agent is from about 0.1 to about 0.5 wt%.

12. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, wherein the cosmetically acceptable solids are selected from the group consisting of lanolin, hydrogenated lanolin, hydroxylated lanolin, acylated lanolin, isopropyl lanolate, cetyl myristate, myristyl myristate, myristyl lactate, cetyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol and isocetyl lanolate.

13. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, which includes at least one organic pigment as the cosmetically acceptable colorants.

14. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, which includes at least one inorganic pigment as the cosmetically acceptable colorants.

15. The cosmetic composition of claim 4, wherein the amount of the colorants is from about 2 to 4% by weight.

16. The cosmetic composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of the colorants is from about 7 to about 15% by weight.

17. The cosmetic composition of claim 6, wherein the amount of the colorants is from about 7 to about 15% by weight.

18. A non-aqueous composition comprising cosmetically acceptable colorants, waxes, dry powders and solids homogeneously dispersed in a non-aqueous cosmetic carrier comprising cosmetically acceptable liquids and solvents in admixture with a dispersing effective amount of a dispersing agent wherein the amount in the range of 0.05 to 3.5 wt% of a dispersing agent comprising a polymeric acid amine formed by condensing an amine with a polymeric acid of the formula HO-X-COOH, wherein X is a divalent saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carbon chain which may be interrupted by O, N or S, and contains 12-50 carbon atoms, with at least four carbon atoms separating the hydroxy and carboxylic groups, or with a mixture of the polymeric acid of formula HO-X-COOH and a carboxylic acid which is free from hydroxy groups, wherein the amount of cosmetically acceptable colorants is from about 1 to 30 percent by weight, and the total amount of cosmetically acceptable colorants, waxes, dry powders and solids homogeneously dispersed in the non-aqueous cosmetic carrier is higher than the amount of cosmetically acceptable colorants waxes, dry powders and solids which can be homogeneously dispersed in the non-aqueous cosmetic carrier in the absence of the dispersing agent; and wherein the dry powders are selected from the group consisting of talc, fillers, nacreous materials and pearlescent materials.

19. A non-aqueous colorant composition suitable for use in formulating a non-aqueous cosmetic composition, said colorant composition comprising about 45% by weight of colorant, about 53.8% by weight of a cosmetically acceptable oil, about 1% by weight of a polymeric acid amine dispersing agent, and about 0.2% by weight of cosmetically acceptable additives.

20. The composition of claim 19, wherein the colorant comprises manganese violet, and the cosmetically acceptable oil comprises castor oil.

21. A lipstick composition comprising about 10% of the colorant composition of claim 19, about 11%
titanium dioxide and other colorants, about 24% of cosmetically acceptable waxes, about 25% of cosmetically acceptable oils, about 12% of bentone gel suspending agent, and about 18% of cosmetically acceptable solids and semi-solids.