Patent ID: 8729137

Claim:
A cleansing bar composition comprising a) clay, wherein a total amount of clay is present in an amount that is greater than any other material in the cleansing bar and is present in an amount that is at least 40 weight % of the composition, wherein the clay is at least one clay chosen from kaolin, kaolinite, dickite, halloysite, nacrite, smectite, montmorillonite, nontronite, illite, bentonite, attapulgite, palygorskite, sepiolite, hormite, pyrophyllite, chlorite, and aluminosilicates, b) talc in an amount of 8 to 20% or 20 to 25% by weight of the composition, c) at least one cleanser chosen from a soap and a surfactant, wherein the at least one cleanser is surfactant present in an amount of 5 to 25 weight % of the composition, and d) a binder present in an effective amount to structure the cleansing bar into a bar, which is present in an amount of at least 1 weight % of the composition, wherein the binder comprises at least one binder chosen from hydrogenated soybean oil, ceresine, ozokerite, carnauba, bees wax, candelilla, microcrystalline wax, adhesive, polyester-5 (diglycol/cyclohexanedimethanol/isophthalates/sulfoisophthalates copolymer), and partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 31,000 to 50,000 Da.