THICKENING AND/OR JELLING AGENT OF COSMETIC AND/OR DERMATOLOGICAL COMPOSITIONS, COSMETIC OR DERMATOLOGIC COMPOSITION, METHOD OF NONTHERAPEUTIC COSMETIC ACTION TO SKIN, HAIR, EYELASHES, EYEBROWS, NAILS OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: cosmetics. SUBSTANCE: method involves using, as a cosmetic agent, polymers of poly (2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid) transversely joined and neutralized at least for 90%. They include at static distribution: (a) from 90 to 99.9 wt.% of units of the main formula (1) given below , where X⁺ is cation or mixture of cations, in this case not more 10 mol.% of X⁺ may be protons H⁺; (b) from 0.01 to 10 wt. % of transversely jointed units prepared at least on base of one monomer having at least two olefin double bonds. EFFECT: increased cosmetic action. 34 cl, 15 ex