Patent ID: 6924256

Claim:
A lamellar liquid cleansing composition, comprising: a. about 1 to 65% by wt. of one or more anionic surfactants; b. about 0.1 to 25% by wt. of one or more amphoteric surfactants; c. at least about 10% by wt. of total surfactants including one or more of anionic, amphoteric, nonionic surfactants, or a blend thereof; d. an effective amount of a lamellar phase inducing structurant for forming a lamellar phase in the cleansing composition, the structurant being selected from a C8 to C24 alkenyl or branched alkyl fatty acid or ester thereof with a melting point below 25 C, a C8 to C24 alkenyl or branched alkyl fatty alcohol or ether thereof with melting point below 25 C, a C5 to C12 alkyl fatty acid; and hydroxystearin; e. about 7 to about 40% by wt. of the total composition of a lipophilic emollient; and f. an effective amount of exfoliant particles for exfoliating the skin during cleansing wherein at least about 80% by wt. of the particles have a particle size dimension along the major axis of the particle of from about 100 microns to about 1000 microns wherein said exfoliant particles are selected from polyethylene, microcrystalline wax, synthetic wax, jojoba esters, hydrogenated jojoba, amorphous silica, agglomerated silica, talc, tricalcium orthophosphate, or blends thereof.