Liquid cleansing composition comprising at least one anionic surfactant and its use for cleansing human keratin materials

A cosmetic process for cleansing and/or removing makeup from human keratin materials comprising applying a product to the human keratin materials comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium:

• (a) at least one anionic surfactant;
• (b) at least one electrolyte,
• (c) at least one crosslinked copolymer of methacrylic acid and of a C1-C4 alkyl acrylate, in an amount of less than 0.5% by weight of active material, relative to the total weight of the composition;
• with the proviso that the composition is not the same as the following formulation:
• Acrylates copolymer
• 0.900 wt %
• PEG-80 sorbitan laurate
• 4.580 wt %
• Cocoamidopropyl betaine
• 11.330 wt %
• Glycerin
• 1.900 wt %
• Polyquaternium-10
• 0.140 wt %
• Quaternium-15
• 0.050 wt %
• Tetrasodium EDTA
• 0.263 wt %
• Water
• qs 100

A process for preparing a formulation for treating greasy skin, comprising:

• adding, to a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one anionic surfactant;
• at least one electrolyte;
• and at least one crosslinked copolymer of methacrylic acid and of a C1-C4 alkyl acrylate, in an amount of less than 0.5% by weight of active material, at least one active agent for treating greasy skin chosen from anti-seborrhoeic agents,
• with the proviso that the composition is not the same as the following formulation:
• Acrylates copolymer
• 0.900 wt %
• PEG-80 sorbitan laurate
• 4.580 wt %
• Cocoamidopropyl betaine
• 11.330 wt %
• Glycerin
• 1.900 wt %
• Polyquaternium-10
• 0.140 wt %
• Quaternium-15
• 0.050 wt %
• Tetrasodium EDTA
• 0.263 wt %
• Water
• qs 100

A cosmetic process for cleansing soiling residue from human keratin materials, comprising

• applying to the keratin materials, in the presence of water, a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium:
• (a) at least one anionic surfactant;
• (b) at least one electrolyte,
• (c) at least one crosslinked copolymer of methacrylic acid and of a C1-C4 alkyl acrylate, in an amount of less than 0.5% by weight of active material, relative to the total weight of the composition;
• with the proviso that the composition is not the same as the following formulation:
• Acrylates copolymer
• 0.900 wt %
• PEG-80 sorbitan laurate
• 4.580 wt %
• Cocoamidopropyl betaine
• 11.330 wt %
• Glycerin
• 1.900 wt %
• Polyquaternium-10
• 0.140 wt %
• Quaternium-15
• 0.050 wt %
• Tetrasodium EDTA
• 0.263 wt %
• Water
• qs 100
• massaging the composition to form a lather and removing the lather formed and the soiling residue by rinsing with water.

A process for improving the stability of the texture of a liquid cleansing composition comprising adding to the liquid cleansing composition a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one crosslinked copolymer of methacrylic acid and of a C1-C4 alkyl acrylate, in an amount of less than 0.5% by weight of active material, at least one anionic surfactant and at least one electrolyte, with the proviso that the composition is not the same as the following formulation:

• Acrylates copolymer
• 0.900 wt %
• PEG-80 sorbitan laurate
• 4.580 wt %
• Cocoamidopropyl betaine
• 11.330 wt %
• Glycerin
• 1.900 wt %
• Polyquaternium-10
• 0.140 wt %
• Quaternium-15
• 0.050 wt %
• Tetrasodium EDTA
• 0.263 wt %
• Water
• qs 100