| CPC A61K 8/11 (2013.01) [A45D 34/00 (2013.01); A61K 8/92 (2013.01); B01F 27/91 (2022.01); B01F 35/90 (2022.01); B29B 13/02 (2013.01); B29D 22/003 (2013.01); A45D 2200/051 (2013.01); A61K 2800/87 (2013.01); B01F 2035/99 (2022.01); B01F 2101/21 (2022.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A solid-shell cosmetic ingredient capsule configured to be heated and blended to produce a cosmetic liquid, the solid-shell cosmetic ingredient capsule comprising:
a shell defining an enclosed inner volume, wherein the shell is configured to be solid below 27° C., and wherein the shell comprises a first amount of an active ingredient; and
a cosmetic material at least partially filling the enclosed inner volume and comprising a second amount of the active ingredient;
wherein the active ingredient is present in the shell at a first concentration that includes the first amount of the active ingredient in a total volume of the shell, wherein the active ingredient is present in the cosmetic material at a second concentration that includes the second amount of the active ingredient in a total volume of the cosmetic material, and wherein the second concentration is less than a saturation concentration of the active ingredient in the cosmetic material; and
wherein a total amount of the active ingredient in the solid-shell cosmetic ingredient capsule includes the first amount of the active ingredient and the second amount of the active ingredient, and wherein the total amount of the active ingredient the solid-shell cosmetic ingredient capsule exceeds a solubility limit of the active ingredient in the total volume of the cosmetic material.
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