Patent ID: 6277798
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: A61K,A61Q,C11D

Abstract:
A personal cleansing composition comprising:(a) from about 1% to about 25% by weight of water-soluble gel-forming nonionic surfactant of the general formula (I) ##STR9##wherein R.sub.9 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl, 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; and(b) from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight of alkyl sulphate fluidising agent having the general formula: R--OSO.sub.3 M, wherein R is a straight or branched chain alkyl having an average of from 4 to 8 carbon atoms and M is selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkali earth metals, ammonium, alkanolamines and mixtures thereof.