Claims
- 1. A personal care composition comprising:
a) from about 5 to about 50 weight percent of a detersive surfactant, b) from about 0.1 to about 4 weight percent of an anti-dandruff agent, c) from about 0.1 to about 50 weight percent of an octylphenol ethoxylate, represented by the following formula 11wherein n is a value of from about 3 to about 70, or a nonylphenol ethoxylate, represented by the following formula 12wherein n is a value of from about 4 to about 70, and d) at least about 20 weight percent of water.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein said anti-dandruff agent is a zinc salt of 1-hydroxy-2-pyridinethione.
- 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein said anti-dandruff agent is selenium sulfide.
- 4. The composition of claim 1, wherein said anti-dandruff agent is ketoconazole.
- 5. The composition of claim 1, comprising from about 0.3% to about 2% of said anti-dandruff agent.
- 6. The composition of claim 1, wherein said anti-dandruff agent is a particulate having an average particle size of about 2.5 μm.
- 7. The composition of claim 1, comprising from about 1% to about 20% of said octylphenol ethoxylate or nonylphenol ethoxylate.
- 8. The composition of claim 1, wherein n of said octylphenol exthoxylate is a value from about 5 to about 20.
- 9. The composition of claim 1, wherein n of said octylphenol ethoxylate is a value from about 5 to about 10.
- 10. The composition of claim 1, wherein n of said nonylphenol exthoxylate is a value from about 4 to about 30.
- 11. The composition of claim 1, wherein n of said nonylphenol exthoxylate is a value from about 7 to about 15.
- 12. The composition of claim 1, further comprising from about 0.05% to about 3%, by weight of the composition, of a cationic polymer.
- 13. The composition of claim 10, wherein said cationic polymer is a guar derivative.
- 14. The composition of claim 1, further comprising from about 0.01% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of a silicone conditioning agent.
- 15. A method for providing cleansing and anti-dandruff efficacy comprising:
a) wetting a user's hair or skin with water; b) applying an effective amount of said composition to hair or skin; and c) rinsing said composition from hair or skin using water.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of Application Serial No.______ , filed Apr. 4, 2003.