Claims
- 1. A body cleansing composition providing upon a single application to a person in need of protection against sunburn protection measured by Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of at least 15 as applied and SPF of at least at least 4 after rinsing, consisting essentially of water, the amount of water being in the range from 30 to 90 parts by weight; at least one first sunscreen compound which is a paramethoxycinnamate ester, and at least one second sunscreen compound able to absorb at least 50% of incident radiation at wave lengths from 290 to 320 nanometers and selected from the group consisting of a 2-hydroxy-4-alkoxybenzophenone, a salicylic acid ester, octocrylene, zinc oxide and mixtures thereof, in which the combined amounts of first sunscreen compound and second sunscreen compound are in the range from 3 to 40 parts by weight; a combination of at least two surface active agents including a first anionic agent which is an alkyl sulfate salt or an alkoxylated alkyl sulfate salt, and a second agent which is nonionic, anionic or zwitterionic, provided that when said second agent is anionic it is not identical with said first anionic agent, the amount of first anionic agent being in the range from 3 to 15 parts by weight and the amount of second surface active agent being in the range from 1 to 10 parts by weight; at least one hydroxyethylated organic nitrogen compound fixative to enhance retention of SPF on the user's skin selected from the group consisting of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)lactamide and a polymeric quaternary ammonium salt having a plurality of quaternary ammonium groups and at least one 2-hydroxyethyl group, the amount of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)lactamide being in the range from 0 to 12 parts by weight and the amount of polymeric 2-hydroxyethyl quaternary ammonium salt being in the range from 0 to 1 part by weight, provided that said amounts are not simultaneously 0; and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of non-aggressive volatile organic liquids boiling within the range of 15 to 60.degree. C., water-immiscible non-volatile organic carriers, and preservatives able to retard microbial spoilage, the amount of non-aggressive volatile organic liquid being in the range from 0 to 12 parts by weight, the amount of water-immiscible non-volatile organic liquid being in the range from 0 to 25 parts by weight, and the amount of preservative being in the range from 0 to 2 parts by weight, provided that the amounts of each such additive are not simultaneously 0; whereby protection against sunburn is imparted to a person in need thereof in a single application of said composition.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 in which the first sunscreen compound is selected from the group consisting of 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, 2-ethoxyethyl p-methoxycinnamate, diethanolamine p-methoxycinnamate, n-octyl p-methoxycinnamate and mixtures thereof.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1 in which the second sunscreen compound includes zinc oxide with particle size in the range from 2 to 50 microns.
- 4. A composition according to claim 1 in which the first surface active agent is selected from the group consisting of ammonium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium lauryl ether sulfate and mixtures thereof.
- 5. A composition according to claim 1 in which the zwitterionic agent is selected from the group consisting of fatty acylamidopropylhydroxysultaine, fatty acylamidopropylbetaine and mixtures thereof in which the fatty acyl group contains from 8 to 18 carbon atoms.
- 6. A composition according to claim 5 in which the zwitterionic agent is cocoylamidopropylbetaine.
- 7. A composition according to claim 1 in which the fixative organic nitrogen compound is N-(2-hydroxycthyl)lactamide.
- 8. A composition according to claim 1 in which the fixative organic nitrogen compound is selected from the group consisting of Polyquaternium 1, Polyquaternium 4, Polyquaternium 10, and Polyquaternium 24.
- 9. A composition according to claim 8 in which the fixative organic nitrogen compound is Polyquaternium 10.
- 10. A composition according to claim 1 in which the additive is at least one preservative selected from the group consisting of butyl paraben, methyl paraben, propyl paraben, imidazolidinylurea, dimethyloldimethylhydantoin, an isothiazolidone compound and mixtures thereof.
- 11. A composition according to claim 1 frothing after being placed on the skin of a person in which a non-aggressive volatile organic compound additive is an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon.
- 12. A composition according to claim 11 in which the hydrocarbon is pentane.
- 13. A composition according to claim 1 whereby protection measured by SPF after rinsing of at least 5 is imparted by a single application thereof.
- 14. A composition according to claim 1 frothing after being placed on the skin of a person in which a non-aggressive volatile organic compound additive is a polyhalogenated organic compound in which at least one halogen is fluorine.
- 15. A composition according to claim 1 in which a water-immiscible non-volatile organic carrier additive is selected from the group consisting of high molecular weight hydrocarbons with at least 30 carbon atoms, esters having from 16 to 60 carbon atoms, silicone oils, and modified silicones.
- 16. A composition according to claim 15 in which the water-immiscible organic carrier additive is petrolatum.
- 17. A composition according to claim 15 in which the water-immiscible organic carrier additive is C12-C15 alkyl benzoate.
- 18. The method of imparting to a person in need thereof protection against sunburn measured by Sun Protection Factor of at least 15 as applied and at least 4 after rinsing, comprising applying once to the body of said person a body cleansing composition according to claim 1, allowing said composition to remain on said person for a dwell period, and rinsing the person's body, thereby imparting protection against sunburn.
- 19. The method according to claim 18 in which the quantity of composition applied is in the range from 5 to 100 grams.
- 20. The method according to claim 18 in which the dwell period is in the range from 15 seconds to 5 minutes.
- 21. The method according to claim 18 in which the composition includes a fixative selected from the group consisting of Polyquaternium 1, Polyquaternium 4, Polyquaternium 10, and Polyquaternium 24.
- 22. The method according to claim 18 in which the composition includes a non-aggressive volatile organic liquid boiling in the range from 15 to 60.o slashed.C.
- 23. The method according to claim 18 in which the composition includes a water insoluble non-volatile organic compound carrier.
- 24. A composition according to claim 1 including 4 to 8 parts by weight of 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, 0 to 6 parts by weight of octyl salicylate, 3 to 8 parts by weight of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, 6 to 9 parts by weight of ammonium lauryl sulfate, 1 to 2 parts of sodium cocoyl isethionate, 2 to 5 parts by weight of cocoylamidopropylhydroxysultaine, 0.3 to 0.6 parts by weight of Polyquaternium 10, and 0.02 to 1 part by weight of preservative.
- 25. A composition according to claim 1 including 4 to 8 parts by weight of 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, 3 to 8 parts by weight of octyl salicylate, 0 to 6 parts by weight of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, 3 to 6 parts by weight of sodium laureth sulfate, 2 to 5 parts by weight of cocoylamidopropylbetaine, 0.3 to 0.6 parts by weight of Polyquaternium 10, and 0.02 to 0.1 part of preservative.
- 26. A composition according to claim 1 including 4 to 8 parts by weight of 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, 0 to 6 parts by weight of octyl salicylate, 3 to 8 parts by weight of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, 3 to 6 parts by weight of sodium laureth sulfate, 2 to 5 parts by weight of cocoylamidopropylbetaine, 0.3 to 0.6 parts by weight of Polyquaternium 10, 3 to 10 parts by weight of pentane, 3 to 10 parts by weight of petrolatum, and 0.02 to 1 part by weight of preservative.
- 27. A composition according to claim 1 including 4 to 8 parts by weight of 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, 0 to 6 parts by weight of octyl salicylate, 3 to 8 parts by weight of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, 3 to 6 parts by weight of sodium laureth sulfate, 2 to 5 parts by weight of cocoylamidopropylbetaine, 0.3 to 0.6 parts by weight of Polyquaternium 10, 5 to 10 parts of petrolatum, and 0.02 to 0.1 part of preservative.
- 28. The method according to claim 21 in which the composition includes 4 to 8 parts by weight of 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, 0 to 6 parts by weight of octyl salicylate, 3 to 8 parts by weight of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, 3 to 6 parts by weight of sodium laureth sulfate, 2 to 5 parts by weight of cocoylamidopropylbetaine, 0.3 to 0.6 parts by weight of Polyquaternium 10, and 0.02 to 1 part by weight of preservative.
- 29. The method according to claim 21 in which the composition includes 4 to 8 parts by weight of 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, 0 to 6 parts by weight of octyl salicylate, 3 to 8 parts by weight of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, 3 to 6 parts by weight of sodium laureth sulfate, 2 to 5 parts by weight of cocoylamidopropylbetaine, 0.3 to 0.6 parts by weight of Polyquaternium 10, 3 to 10 parts by weight of pentane, 3 to 10 parts by weight of petrolatum, and 0.02 to 1 part by weight of preservative.
- 30. The method according to claim 21 in which the composition includes 4 to 8 parts by weight of 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, 3 to 8 parts by weight of octyl salicylate, 0 to 6 parts by weight of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, 3 to 6 parts by weight of sodium laureth sulfate, 2 to 5 parts by weight of cocoylamidopropylbetaine, 0.3 to 0.6 parts by weight of Polyquaternium 10, 3 to 10 parts by weight of petrolatum, and 0.02 to 1 part by weight of preservative.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/064,766, filed Nov. 7, 1997, and Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/097,234, filed Aug. 20, 1998.
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