Patent ID: 8871701

Claim:
An aqueous cleansing emulsion comprising (a) a hydrophobic component H 1 selected from the group consisting of the following categories: (i) aliphatic C 10 - or C 15 -terpene hydrocarbons; (ii) aliphatic C 10 - or C 15 -terpenoids; (iii) aliphatic C 15 -C 40 -hydrocarbons; and (iv) C 5 -C 30 -carboxylic acid C 1 -C 30 -alkyl esters; (b) a hydrophobic component H 2 selected from the group consisting of the following categories: (iii) aliphatic C 15 -C 40 -hydrocarbons; (iv) C 6 -C 30 -carboxylic acid C 1 -C 30 -alkyl esters; (v) aliphatic C 6 -C 19 -hydrocarbons; (vi) aromatic C 10 - or C 15 -terpenoids; (vii) aliphatic or aromatic C 20 -, C 25 -, C 30 - or C 35 -terpenoids; (viii) essential, animal or vegetable oils; and (ix) silicon oils; with the proviso that both H 1 and H 2 are not selected from category (iii) or from category (iv) at the same time; (c) an emulsifier E 1 having a HLB value of 4±2; (d) an emulsifier E 2 having a HLB value of 9±2; and (e) optionally, an emulsifier E 3 having an HLB value of 16±4.