Patent ID: 7838480

Claim:
A process for the manufacture of an artisan cleansing bar having inclusions embedded in its surface, said process comprising the steps of: i) forming a billet having a continuous and smooth surface comprised of an extruded cleansing base, ii) placing one or more inclusion masses on the continuous and smooth surface of the billet so as to form an inclusion bearing billet, iii) stamping the inclusion bearing billet in a direction perpendicular to the surface on which the inclusion mass is placed so as to embed the inclusion mass or masses into a surface layer of the billet so as to form a personal washing bar having one or more visually distinct surface inclusions substantially continuous with the continuous phase at the surface of the bar, wherein the extruded cleansing base has a hardness as measured by the Cylinder Impaction Test of at least about 20 lb/in 2 when measured at a temperature in the range from about 30° C. to about 42° C.