Claims
- 1. A personal cleansing composition comprising:
- (a) from about 1.5% to about 10% by weight of an oil dispersing nonionic surfactant;
- (b) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of auxiliary surfactant selected from other nonionic, anionic, zwitterionic and/or amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof;
- (c) from about 3% to about 30% by weight of a perfume or cosmetic oil;
- (d) from about 0.01% to about 15% by weight of a stabilizing system comprising a clay primary stabilizing agent and a hetero polysaccharide gum secondary stabilizing agent;
- (e) from about 0.01% to about 5% of a polvoxvethvlene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer conditioning agent; and
- (f) water
- wherein the ratio of primary to secondary stabilizing agent is in the range of from about 32:1 to about 1:1.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition has a viscosity (Brookfield RVT, Spindle 4, 20 rpm, 25.degree. C., neat) in the range from about 1,000 to about 10,000 cps.
- 3. The composition of claim 1 wherein the oil dispersing nonionic surfactant is selected from C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactants having the general formula (I); ##STR6## wherein R.sub.9 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl, and R.sub.8 is C.sub.7 -C.sub.19 alkyl or alkenyl, or mixture thereof; and Z.sub.2 is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof.
- 4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the oil dispersing nonionic surfactant is a polyhydroxy fatty acid amidehaving the formula R.sub.8 (CO)N(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 (CHOH).sub.4 CH.sub.2 OH wherein R.sub.8 is a C.sub.11 -C.sub.17 straight chain alkyl or alkenyl group.
- 5. The composition of claim 1 wherein the oil dispersing nonionic surfactant is a C.sub.12 -C.sub.14 polyhydroxy fatty acid amide.
- 6. The composition of claim 1 comprising from about 2% to about 9%, preferably from about 4.5% to about 7% by weight of the oil dispersing nonionic surfactant.
- 7. The composition of claim 1 comprising from about 6% to about 25% by weight of perfume or cosmetic oil wherein the perfume or cosmetic oil is dispersible in the oil dispersing nonionic surfactant.
- 8. The composition of claim 1 wherein the cosmetic oil is selected from the group consisting of water-insoluble silicones and modified silicones, amino and quaternary ammonium modified silicones, rigid cross-linked and reinforced silicones and mixtures thereof, C.sub.1 -C.sub.24 esters of C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 fatty acids, saturated and unsaturated fatty alcohols, hydrocarbons, fatty sorbitan esters, lanolin and lanolin derivatives, animal and vegetable triglycerides and C.sub.1 -C.sub.24 esters of dimer and trimer acids and mixtures thereof.
- 9. The composition the group consisting of claim 1 wherein the cosmetic oil is mineral oil.
- 10. The composition claim 1 wherein the ratio of oil dispersing nonionic surfactant:perfume or cosmetic oil is in the range from about 1:20 to about 3:2.
- 11. The composition of claim 1 wherein the ratio of primary to secondary stabilising agent is from about 16:1 to about 1:1.
- 12. The composition of claim 1 wherein the total level of stabilising agents is from about 0.05% to about 12% by weight.
- 13. The composition of claim 1 wherein the primary stabilising agent is a magnesium aluminium silicate based clay material.
- 14. The composition of claim 12 wherein the secondary stabilising agent is xanthan gum.
- 15. The composition of claim 1 comprising a mixture of oil dispersing nonionic, anionic and optionally other nonionic, zwitterionic and/or amphoteric surfactants together with mineral oil.
- 16. The composition of claim 1, comprising from about 0.5% to about 4%, by weight in total of auxiliary surfactant.
- 17. The composition of claim 1 wherein the ratio of auxiliary surfactant to oil dispersing nonionic surfactant is in the range of from 1:100 to about 1:11.
- 18. The composition of claim 1 wherein the anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated alkyl sulfates, alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonates, methyl acyl taurates, fatty acyl glycinates, alkyl ethoxy carboxylates, N-acyl glutamates, acyl isethionates, alkyl sulfosuccinates, alpha-sulfonated fatty acids, their salts and/or their esters, alkyl phosphate esters, ethoxylated alkyl phosphate esters, acyl sarcosinates and fatty acid/protein condensates, and mixtures thereof.
- 19. The composition of claim 1 wherein the anionic surfactant comprises an ethoxylated C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 alkyl sulfate.
- 20. The composition of claim 1 wherein the amphoteric surfactant is selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) imidazolinium derivatives of formula (II) ##STR7## wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.7 -C.sub.22 alkyl or alkenyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen or CH.sub.2 Z, each Z is independently CO.sub.2 M or CH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 M, and M is H, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium or alkanolammonium; and/or ammonium derivatives of formula (III) ##STR8## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and Z are as defined above: (b) aminoalkanoates of formula (IV)
- R.sub.1 NH(CH.sub.2).sub.n CO.sub.2 M
- and iminodialkanoates of formula (V)
- R.sub.1 N[(CH.sub.2).sub.m CO.sub.2 M].sub.2
- wherein n and m are numbers from 1 to 4, and R.sub.1 and M are independently selected from the groups specified in (a) above; and
- (c) mixtures thereof.
- 21. The composition of claim 20 wherein the amphoteric surfactant is selected from the imidazolinium derivatives of formula II and/or ammonium derivatives of formula III.
- 22. The composition claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of anionic surfactant:other nonionic, zwitterionic and/or amphoteric surfactant is in the range from about 1:2 to about 6:1.
- 23. The composition of claim 1 additionally comprising from 0.01% to 5%, by weight of a cationic or nonionic polymeric skin or hair conditioning agent, selected from the group consisting of cationic and nonionic polysaccharides; cationic and nonionic homopolymers and copolymers derived from acrylic and/or methacrylic acid, cationic and nonionic cellulose resins; cationic copolymers of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride and acrylic acid; cationic homopolymers of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride; cationic polyalkylene and ethoxypolyalkylene imines; quaternized silicones, and mixtures thereof.
- 24. The composition of claim 1 additionally comprising moisturiser selected from the group consisting of glycerin, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol ethers of methyl glucose, sodium pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, lactic acid, L-proline and mixtures thereof.
Priority Claims (1)
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9424008 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a 371 of PCT/US95/14047, filed Oct. 30, 1995.
PCT Information
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PCT/US95/14047 |
10/30/1995 |
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5/29/1997 |
5/29/1997 |
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WO96/17050 |
6/6/1996 |
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