| abstract |
A transparent soap composition, preferably in the form of a bar, which will maintain its transparency and surface gloss after repeated use comprising an admixture of saturated fatty acids and a branched chain C5-C18 saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid neutralized with an agent comprising a mixture of an alkaline sodium compound and an alkanolamine, and an alkanolamine. The process of making such compositions comprises mixing the acids, neutralizing agent, and alkanolamine as a hot melt and forming the composition to the shape desired by cooling without further working. |