Patent ID: 7351417

Claim:
A cosmetic composition comprising: (i) from 10 to 50% by weight of glycerin; (ii) from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a copolymer formed from a major portion of a monoolefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride monomer of 3 to 6 carbon atoms and a minor portion of a C 10 -C 30 acrylate or methacrylate ester monomer; (iii) from about 1 to about 30% of a crystalline gel structurant comprising a surfactant and co-surfactant in an amount and type exhibiting an enthalpy as measured by Differential Scanning Calorimetry ranging from about 2 to about 15 Joule per gram, and wherein the composition has a normal force of from about +5 to about +50 grams thereby achieving a silky sensory feel on skin, the glycerin to copolymer being present in a weight ratio ranging from about 350:1 to about 10:1, the crystalline gel structurant being anionic or nonionic; when anionic the surfactant comprising C 10 -C 22 fatty acid and a salt of the fatty acid, the fatty acid and salt being present in a ratio from 100:1 to 1:100 and the co-surfactant comprising a C 10 -C 22 fatty alcohol and a C 1 -C 200 ester of a C 10 -C 22 fatty acid, the alcohol and ester being present in a weight ratio from 100:1 to 1:100; and when nonionic the surfactant comprising a C 1 -C 200 polyethoxy or polypropoxy alcohol ester of a C 10 -C 22 fatty acid and the co-surfactant comprising a mixture of C 10 -C 22 fatty alcohol, a glyceryl ester of a fatty acid and a C 10 -C 22 unesterified fatty acid.