Patent ID: 7179772

Claim:
A substantially dry personal care article comprising: (i) a cleansing composition comprising a lathering surfactant present in a sufficient amount to generate a foam, wherein the lathering surfactant is an anionic surfactant from about 1% to about 80% of a bicarbonate salt and from about 0.5 to about 80% of an acid material; (ii) a water absorbent material with capacity to attract at least ten times as much water as weight of the material in a dried state, wherein the water absorbent material is selected from the group consisting of crosslinked polyacrylate, crosslinked polyacrylamide and starch-graft-poly(acrylate-co-acrylamide); and (iii) a water insoluble sachet having at least one water permeable wall and housing therein the cleansing composition and absorbent material.