Patent ID: 7347991

Claim:
A solid cosmetic composition comprising a water-immiscible liquid, a cosmetic active suspended therein and a solidifying amount of a gellant for the water-immiscible liquid, wherein the gellant for the water-immiscible liquid comprises a combination of gellant (i), an N-acyl substituted amino acid amide of formula A X —CO—R X in which A X represents the residue of an amino acid amide and R X represents a branched alkyl group containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms and gellant (ii), a fibre-forming amido structurant selected from:— (iia) an N-acyl substituted amino acid amide other than gellant (i) (iib) a cyclodipeptide which satisfies the following general formula: in which one of R 1 and R 2 represents an alkyl, alkyl ester group and the other represents an alkyl or alkaryl group and (iic) 1,2-amido substituted cyclohexane substituted each amido substituent having formula —(CH 2 ) v —NH—CO—R 111 in which R 111 represents an alkyl group of from 5 to 27 Carbon atoms and v is an integer selected from zero and one in an effective relative weight ratio of gellants (i) and (ii) and the composition is at least translucent.