Claims
- 1. A toilet bar composition consisting essentially of:
- (a) from 30 to 70% alkali metal fatty acid soap;
- (b) from about 2 to 15% of sodium isethionate;
- (c) from 1% to 15% C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 free fatty acid; and
- (d) from 5% to 45% sodium C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 acyl isethionate, the amount of acyl isethionate being no greater than the amount of soap present.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the amount of sodium isethionate ranges from 4% to 15% by weight of the total composition.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the free fatty acid is present from 4 to 10%.
- 4. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the free fatty acid is present from 5% to 9%.
- 5. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the free fatty acid is present from 6% to 8%.
- 6. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the free fatty acid is stearic acid.
- 7. A composition according to claim 1 further comprising adjunct toilet bar ingredients selected from the group consisting of perfumes, colorants, preservatives, electrolyte salts, pigments, water and mixtures thereof.
CROSS REFERENCE
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 654,291, filed Sept. 25, 1984, now abandoned.
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