Patent ID: 7465461

Claim:
A method of moisturizing skin after treatment with a rinse-off, wet skin treatment composition which method comprises: I) applying to wet skin during a bathing process a treatment composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion, said emulsion comprising: a) from about 3% to about 50% of a structured oil phase comprising: i) a skin compatible oil which is liquid at a temperature below about 35° C., ii) 1-75% of a structurant selected from the group consisting of petrolatum, trihydroxystearin, fatty acid, superhartolan, and mixtures thereof that forms a stable 3-dimensional network within said skin compatible oil comprising finely divided solid particles having a particle size below about 25 microns at a temperature below 35° C.; b) an aqueous phase comprising water and an organic dispersion stabilizer, said organic dispersion stabilizer comprising a network of amorphous solids, crystals, a liquid crystalline phase, or mixtures of said solids, crystals or liquid crystalline phase; II) rinsing off said composition subsequent to treatment; wherein said structured oil phase has a viscosity of 100 to 5000 poise measured at 1 sec-1 at 25° C.; wherein said structured oil phase is retained on the skin as measured by a skin retention efficiency index of at least 0.15 as determined in the in-vitro skin retention test; wherein said emulsion is low foaming as measured by a foam volume below 5 cc as measured in the solution shake test; and wherein the retention of moisture is still measurable at least 30 minutes after said bathing process treatment.