| abstract |
A method for preventing, retarding, arresting, or reversing the effects of chafed, chapped, cracked, or windburned lips comprising applying to the lips a pigmented lipstick composition comprising, by weight of the total composition: 0.01-30 % skin protectant selected from the group consisting of allantoin, cocoa butter, dimethicone, glycerin, petrolatum, shark liver oil, and mixtures thereof, 1-25 % pigment, 5-80 % of an oil selected from the group consisting of nonvolatile oil, volatile oil, and mixtures thereof, and 3-40 % of a wax having a melting point of 30 to 135 °C. |