A method of making a polyacrylate oil gel of a personal care composition comprising a polyacrylate oil gel, the polyacrylate oil gel comprising: (a) at least one cosmetically acceptable hydrophobic ester oil, and (b) one or more two-stage polymers comprising: (i) a first stage polymerized unit, comprising: 75% to 35% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more (meth)acrylate monomers selected from at least one of C1-C4 (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene, or substituted styrene, and 25% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more hydrophobic monomers, including hydrophobically substituted (meth)acrylate monomers, with alkyl chain length from C6 to C22 and, (ii) a second stage polymerized unit, comprising: 10-99% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, styrene, and isoboryl methacrylate, 1-10% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, of one or more (meth)acrylate monomers containing acid functional group, and (iii) optionally, a crosslinker wherein the first and second stage polymerized units are present in a weight ratio of more than 60:40 to less than 90:10, said method comprising: polymerizing the first stage polymerized unit (i) using emulsion polymerization, polymerizing the second stage polymerized unit (ii) using emulsion polymerization in the presence of the first stage polymerized unit (i), thereby forming polymer (b), drying the polymer (b), and then adding the polymer (b) to the at least one cosmetically acceptable hydrophobic ester oil to form a polyacrylate oil gel. (a) at least one cosmetically acceptable hydrophobic ester oil, and (b) one or more two-stage polymers comprising: (i) a first stage polymerized unit, comprising: 75% to 35% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more (meth)acrylate monomers selected from at least one of C1-C4 (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene, or substituted styrene, and 25% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more hydrophobic monomers, including hydrophobically substituted (meth)acrylate monomers, with alkyl chain length from C6 to C22 and, (ii) a second stage polymerized unit, comprising: 10-99% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, styrene, and isoboryl methacrylate, 1-10% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, of one or more (meth)acrylate monomers containing acid functional group, and (iii) optionally, a crosslinker wherein the first and second stage polymerized units are present in a weight ratio of more than 60:40 to less than 90:10, (i) a first stage polymerized unit, comprising: 75% to 35% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more (meth)acrylate monomers selected from at least one of C1-C4 (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene, or substituted styrene, and 25% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more hydrophobic monomers, including hydrophobically substituted (meth)acrylate monomers, with alkyl chain length from C6 to C22 and, 75% to 35% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more (meth)acrylate monomers selected from at least one of C1-C4 (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene, or substituted styrene, and 25% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more hydrophobic monomers, including hydrophobically substituted (meth)acrylate monomers, with alkyl chain length from C6 to C22 and, (ii) a second stage polymerized unit, comprising: 10-99% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, styrene, and isoboryl methacrylate, 1-10% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, of one or more (meth)acrylate monomers containing acid functional group, and 10-99% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, styrene, and isoboryl methacrylate, 1-10% by weight, based on the weight of said polymerized unit, of one or more (meth)acrylate monomers containing acid functional group, and (iii) optionally, a crosslinker polymerizing the first stage polymerized unit (i) using emulsion polymerization, polymerizing the second stage polymerized unit (ii) using emulsion polymerization in the presence of the first stage polymerized unit (i), thereby forming polymer (b), drying the polymer (b), and then adding the polymer (b) to the at least one cosmetically acceptable hydrophobic ester oil to form a polyacrylate oil gel.