Patent ID: 8053626

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent body enclosed therebetween, and a skincare composition applied on at least a portion of the absorbent article so as to be transferable to skin of a wearer, wherein the skincare composition is solid at 21° C. and comprises the following components: a) 5% to 70% by weight of a component melting in the range from 25° C. to 37° C. selected from the group consisting of synthetic waxes, paraffins, fatty acid esters, polyhydroxy fatty acid esters, fatty alcohols, alkoxylated fatty acid esters, alkoxylated fatty alcohols, and mixtures thereof; b) 5% to 70% by weight of a component whose melting point is at least 5° C. higher than the melting point of component a) wherein component b) is selected from the group consisting of paraffins, polyhydroxy fatty acid esters, C14-C22 fatty alcohols, C12-C22 fatty acids, alkoxylated fatty alcohols and fatty esters, and mixtures thereof; and c) 5% to 25% by weight of a crystallization accelerator in the form of a polyvinyl stearyl ether, wherein the crystallization accelerator has a melting point in the range from 45 to 70° C.