Cleansing and conditioning products for skin or hair with improved deposition of conditioning ingredients
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsErik John Hasenoehrl, David Michael McAtee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a substantially dry, disposable, personal cleansing product useful for both cleansing and consistently conditioning the skin or hair. These products are used by the consumer by wetting the dry product with water. The product comprises of a water insoluble substrate, a lathering surfactant, and a conditioning component having a lipid hardness value of at least about 0.02 kg. This invention also encompasses methods for providing consistent deposition of conditioning agents to the skin or hair. The invention also encompasses methods for cleansing and conditioning the skin or hair using these products and to methods for manufacturing these products.
Claims21
A disposable, single use personal care cleansing and conditioning product which, upon wetting, can be used to simultaneously cleanse and deposit conditioning agents onto the skin or hair, which product comprises:
- (A) a water insoluble substrate,
- (B) at least one lathering surfactant added onto or impregnated into said substrate, and
- (C) a conditioning component added onto or impregnated into said substrate, separately from said lathering surfactant, said conditioning component having a lipid hardness value of greater than about 0.02 kg,
- wherein said product is substantially dry prior to use.
A disposable, single use personal care cleansing and conditioning product which, upon wetting, can be used to simultaneously cleanse and deposit conditioning agents onto the skin or hair, which product comprises:
- (A) a water insoluble substrate, and
- (B) a cleansing and conditioning composition comprising:
- (i) at least one lathering surfactant added onto or impregnated into said substrate, and
- (ii) a conditioning component added onto or impregnated into said substrate separately from said lathering surfactant, said conditioning component having a lipid hardness value of greater than about 0.02 kg,
- wherein the weight ratio of the lathering surfactant to the conditioning component is less than about 20:1, and wherein said product is substantially dry prior to use.
A method of manufacturing a disposable, single use personal care cleansing and conditioning product which, upon wetting, can be used to simultaneously cleanse and deposit conditioning agents onto the skin or hair, comprising the steps of adding
- (A) at least one lathering surfactant added onto or impregnated into said substrate, and
- (B) a conditioning component added onto or impregnated into said substrate separately from said lathering surfactant, having a lipid hardness value of greater than about 0.02 kg, wherein the weight ratio of the lathering surfactant to the conditioning component is less than about 20:1, and
- wherein said resulting product is substantially dry prior to use.
A method of cleansing and conditioning the skin or hair with a personal cleansing product which upon wetting, can be used to simultaneously cleanse and deposit conditioning agents onto the skin or hair, said method comprising the steps of:
- (A) wetting with water a substantially dry, disposable, single use personal cleansing product comprising:
- (i) a water insoluble substrate,
- (ii) at least one lathering surfactant added onto or impregnated into said substrate, and
- (iii) a conditioning component added onto or impregnated into said substrate separately from said lathering surfactant, having a lipid hardness value of greater than about 0.02 kg, wherein the weight ratio of the lathering surfactant to the conditioning component is less than about 20:1, and
- (B) contacting the skin or hair with said wetted product.
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