Claims
- 1. A method of making a clear antiperspirant gel having a turbidity less than 400 NTU comprising forming a mixture of (A) 0.1 to 25.0 percent by weight of an astringent compound having a refractive index of 1.48 to 1.53, the astringent compound being an antiperspirant salt in a form selected from the group consisting of (i) a tray dried astringent salt compound, (ii) an encapsulated astringent salt compound, and (iii) a solvent solution of an astringent salt compound; and (B) a clear anhydrous organic oil free gel formed from 0.1 to 10.0 percent by weight of a gelator of metal salts of 12-hydroxystearic acid, and 30.0 to 98.0 percent by weight of a blend of an aromatic containing silicone and a volatile silicone, the aromatic containing silicone having a viscosity of less than fifty centistokes, a molecular weight of less than 1,000, a refractive index of 1.48 to 1.53, and at least two aromatic groups as substituents on silicon atoms with remaining substituents on silicon atoms being methyl groups; the volatile silicone in the blend being a compound selected from the group consisting of cyclopolysiloxanes of the formula [(CH.sub.3).sub.2 SiO].sub.x, and linear siloxane compounds of the formula (CH.sub.3).sub.3 SiO[(CH.sub.3).sub.2 SiO].sub.y Si(CH.sub.3).sub.3, in which x is an integer having a value of from three to ten, and y is an integer having a value of from zero to ten; the aromatic containing silicone and volatile silicone being blended in a ratio of 4:1 to 1:1, respectively; heating the mixture to dissolve the gelator; and allowing the mixture to cool.
- 2. A clear antiperspirant gel formed according to the method of claim 1.
RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of our prior application U.S. Ser. No. 08/189,526, filed on Jan. 31, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,455,026 and entitled "Method of Making Clear Antiperspirant Gels". The prior application is assigned to the Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, Mich. USA, the same assignee as the present application.
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