Patent ID: 8563494

Claim:
A toilet bar comprising: a. an iridescent continuous phase and an ordered, layered microstructure; b. at least 10% by wt. of a soap; c. about 0.1 to about 20% by wt. of total C8 to C24 ethoxylated alcohol(s) with a ratio of methylene number to ethoxyl number in the range of 12 to 1.2; d. wherein the ratio of ethoxylated alcohol(s) concentration to ethoxyl number is less than 2.3; e. wherein the ratio of total bound water in the toilet bar to water bound to the soap is greater than 1.0 and (f) wherein said soap bar produces a blue iridescence characterized by a b* measurement of −1 or less using the standard L a b Color Space method.