Skin cleansing compositions containing alkaline earth metal carbonates as skin feel agents
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorRoyal D. Collins
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Abstract
Skin cleansing compositions comprising a soap or synthetic detergent and finely divided alkaline earth metal carbonates. The alkaline earth metal carbonates produce frictional forces on the wet rinsed skin which users associate with a feeling of cleanliness.
Claims9
A skin cleansing composition, in the form of a toilet bar, comprising:
- A. from about 50% to about 90% of a surfactant or mixture of surfactants selected from the group consisting of soap and anionic, nonionic, amphoteric and zwitterionic synthetic detergents;
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- B. from about 1.5% to about 10% of a particulate alkaline earth metal carbonate having a particle size of from 0.03 to about 50 microns;
- the weight ratio of (A) to (B) in said composition being from about 16:1 to about 40:1.
A composition of any of the preceding claims additionally containing particulate starch having a particle size of from about 0.03 to about 150 microns, the said starch being present in the composition in an amount which is from about 0.5 to about 3 times the amount of alkaline earth metal carbonate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.