Wax-like antiperspirant stick compositions
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorsDaniel C. Geary, Helga Krevald
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Abstract
Wax-like compositions useful for antiperspirant or deodorant sticks, generally hydrophobic in nature, which contain ingredients having a high hydrophile-lipophile balance to improve the efficacy of such compositions.
Claims12
An antiperspirant stick consisting essentially of from about 15 to 30% by weight of a wax-like fatty alcohol, from about 15 to 35% by weight of an astringent material, in an amount up to about 80% by weight of a volatile silicone, from about 0.01 to 5% by weight of a polyethoxylated fatty alcohol represented by the formula:
- R--O--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H
- wherein R represents an alkyl radical of about 16 to 18 carbon atoms and n is an integer of about 100 to 200.
An antiperspirant stick consisting essentially of from about 15 to 30% by weight of stearyl alcohol or cetyl alcohol, or mixtures thereof, from about 15 to 35% weight of aluminum chlorohydroxide, up to 80% by weight of a volatile silicone, and from about 0.01 to 5% by weight a polyethoxylated fatty alcohol represented by the formula:
- R--O--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H
- wherein R represents an alkyl radical of about 16 to 18 carbon atoms and n is an integer from about 100 to 200.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.