Patent ID: 7217424

Claim:
A composition comprising: at least one ester of alkoxylated aromatic alcohol and fatty carboxylic acid, having the structure wherein R′ is an orqanic moiety including at least one aromatic nucleus R N that may be substituted or unsubstituted, said aromatic nucleus R N having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms exclusive of substitution and wherein R′ has the structure R N —(CH p ) n —, where —(CH p ) n — is an alkyl group, which may be straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated, in which p is 0, 1, or 2, and n varies from 1 to 6 ; R″ is a fatty alkyl group, straight chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, having from 1 to 39 carbon atoms; and ALK—O is an alkoxy spacer having in number of units of the structure —(R′″O) m —, which may be same or different, where m ranges from 1 to 300 and each R′″ is an alkyl group, straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a) said ester being present in the amount of from about 0.1% to about 99% by weight of the composition, and b) at least one functional ingredient present in the amount of from about 0.1% to 60% by weight of the composition; wherein said composition is a personal care or cosmetic product.