Patent ID: 8105994

Claim:
A liquid cleansing composition comprising: (1) 1 to 30% by wt. of a surfactant system comprising: (a) 20 to 85% of surfactant system of an alkanoyl surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkanoyl glycinate, alkanoyl sarcosinate, and mixtures thereof wherein the alkyl group on the alkanoyl chain is C 8 to C 20 ; (b) 5 to 70% of surfactant system of a fatty acyl isethionate product which product comprises 40 to 80% fatty acyl isethionate and 15 to 50% free fatty acid and/or fatty acid salt, wherein greater than 25% and less than 45% of the fatty acyl isethionate is of chain length C 16 or greater; and greater than 50% of chain length of free fatty acid and fatty acid soap groups combined are of chain length C 16 to C 20 ; wherein anionic and nonionic surfactant other than alkanoyl surfactant and isethionate product of (a) and (b) comprises 3% or less of anionic and nonionic surfactant; anionic surfactant other than (a) and (b) comprises 0.2% or less of anionic; and (2) 1 to 60% by wt. skin/or hair benefit agent with particle size in the range of 0.01 to 30 micrometers. (3) 0.1 to 1.5% cationic polymer (4) 2.5% or less of lauric acid wherein said liquid cleansing composition forms cationic polymer/benefit agent flocs having a length of 5 micrometers or longer upon dilution of the cleansing composition with 50 times or more of water.