Personal cleansing composition with an organic acid having a pKa greater than 2.7
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsKarl Shiqing Wei, Lesheng Zhang, Xiaojian Wu, Hechuan Yu, Jessa Leigh Meyers
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Abstract
A personal cleansing composition includes from about 1% to about 15% of an anionic surfactant by weight of the composition, wherein the anionic surfactant comprises sodium laureth(n) sulfate (SLEnS), wherein n is the average moles of ethoxylation, wherein n equals to 1, 2 or 3; from about 0.01% to about 1% of an organic acid having a pKa greater than about 2.7, or a cosmetically acceptable salt thereof, or a mixture thereof, by weight of the composition; and wherein the pH of the personal cleansing composition is from about 5.0 to about 6.5.
Claims10
A personal cleansing composition comprising:
- (a) from about 9% to 10% of an anionic surfactant by weight of the composition, wherein the anionic surfactant comprises sodium laureth (n) sulfate, wherein n is the average moles of ethoxylation, wherein n equals 1, 2, or 3;
- (b) from about 0.01% to about 1% of an organic acid, by weight of the composition, wherein the organic acid comprises 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid;
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- wherein the personal cleansing composition is a body wash or a body gel;
- wherein the pH of the personal cleansing composition is from about 5.0 to about 5.5;
- wherein the personal cleansing composition further comprises from about 1% to about 15% of cocamidopropyl betaine.
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