| abstract |
A coating composition for cosmetic application on fingernails or toenails, characterized by containing 40 to 70% of water by weight, 15 to 35% of water-emulsion resin solids by weight, 0.1 to 2.0% of associative thickener solids by weight, 1 to 5% of an organic liquid, slower evaporating than water and soluble in water but not itself a solvent for the aforementioned water-emulsion resin solids, and 5 to 20% of an alcohol containing no more than 4 carbon atoms per molecule, all based on the total weight of composition. |