| abstract |
A mild antibacterial liquid personal cleanser compositions. (More specifically, a mild, lathering compositions, especially those that are useful for application to the body, face and hands.) comprising: (a) from about 0.1 parts to about 20 parts, preferably 1 part to 15 parts, especially 3 to 12 parts by weight of anionic surfactant, (b) from about 0.1 parts to about 20 parts, preferably 1 part to 15 parts, especially 3 to 12 parts by weight of amphoteric surfactant, (c) from about 0.5 parts to about 25 parts, preferably 0.5 parts to 15 parts, especially 3 parts to about 10 parts by weight of an oily skin moisturizer, preferably an adduct prepared from vegetable oils containing non-conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid esters which are conjugated and elaidinized and then modified via Diels-Alder addition with a member of the group consisting of acrylic acid, fumaric acid and maleic anhydride, (d) from about 0.1 parts to about 2.0 parts antibacterial agent, and (e) water, wherein the anionic surfactant and amphoteric surfactant together comprise from about 0.5 parts to about 30 parts, preferably 5 parts to 25 parts, especially 10 parts to 20 parts by weight of the composition, and where the weight ratio of anionic surfactant:amphoteric surfactant is in the range from about 1:5 to about 20:1, preferably 1:2 to about 5:1, especially 1:1 to about 2:1. |