| abstract |
A composition for protecting a substrate from the effect of ultraviolet light, wherein said composition comprises an effective UV-protective amount of one or more water-soluble polyaminoamides and one or more cosmetically acceptable excipients, wherein said polyaminoamides contain 1,3-diimine groups and absorb radiation of ultraviolet light having a wavelength ranging from 200 nm to 420 nm, and where said cosmetically acceptable ingredients have been selected from the group consisting of saccharides, surfactants, moisturizers, petrolatum, mineral oil, fatty alcohols, fatty ester emollients, waxes and waxes containing silicone, silicone oil, fluid silicone, silicone surfactants, volatile hydrocarbon oils, quaternary nitrogen compounds, amine functionalized silicones, conditioning polymers, rheology modifiers, antioxidants, sunscreen actives, diamines of long chain C10 to C22, fatty amines of cad Long ena of about C10 to C22, fatty alcohols, ethoxylated fatty alcohols, and double-tailed phospholipids. |