Patent ID: 7192598

Claim:
A wet-skin treatment rinse-off composition comprising: a) an aqueous phase comprising water and a dispersion stabilizer, wherein said dispersion stabilizer is selected from the group consisting of inorganic dispersion stabilizers; organic stabilizers having a molecular weight lower than about 1000 Daltons and capable of forming a network in the aqueous phase that immobilizes a dispersed structured oil phase; polymeric stabilizers and mixtures thereof; and b) a structured oil phase having a viscosity of 100 to 5000 poise measured at 1 sec −1 at 25° C. comprising: i) a skin compatible oil selected from triglycerides, modified triglycerides, or their mixtures, ii) 1% to 75% by wt. of a structurant that forms a stable 3-dimensional network comprising finely divided solid particles having a particle size below about 25 microns that builds the viscosity of said skin compatible oil, which particles are present in said liquid skin compatible oil at a temperature below 35° C. and wherein said structurant is selected from the group consisting of petrolatum, trihydroxystearin and their mixtures; wherein said structured oil phase is dispersed in said aqueous phase to form an oil-in-water emulsion having a weight average droplet size of 1 to 500 microns; wherein said structured oil phase of said wet skin treatment, rinse-off composition is retained on the skin, after rinsing, as measured by a score of at least 0.15 on a skin retention efficiency index calculated using an in-vitro skin retention test; wherein said oil-in-water emulsion does not contain any anionic surfactant and has an irritation potential measured below 0.1 on a zein solubility scale calculated using a zein solubility test and; wherein said emulsion has a foam volume below 1 cc calculated using a solution shake test.