Wet wipes having skin health benefits
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsDuane Gerard Krzysik, Beth Anne Lange, David Roland Otts, Brenda Marie Nelson
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Abstract
A skin health enhancing soft wet wipe or wipe-type product, such as a baby wipe, an adult wipe, hand wipe, a face wipe, a cosmetic wipe, a household wipe, an industrial wipe, a personal cleansing wipe, cotton balls, cotton tipped swabs, and the like, can be made by combining the wipe or wipe-type product with an oil-in-water emulsion composition comprising a natural fat or oil, sterol or sterol derivative, humectant, emulsifying surfactant, and water.
Claims51
A wet wipe or wipe-type product that enhances skin barrier having at least one layer and an oil-in-water emulsion composition comprising:
- from about 0.1 to about 30 weight percent of natural fats or oils;
- from about 0.1 to about 10 weight percent of sterol or sterol derivative;
- from about 0.1 to about 30 weight percent of humectant;
- from about 0.5 to about 20 weight percent of emulsifying surfactant having an HLB range from about 7 to about 18;
- and,
- from about 45 to about 99.5 weight percent of water.
An oil-in-water emulsion composition comprising from about 0.1 to about 30 weight percent of natural fats or oils, from about 0.1 to about 10 weight percent of sterol or sterol derivative, from about 0.1 to about 30 weight percent of humectant, from about 0.5 to about 20 weight percent of emulsifying surfactant having an HLB range from about 7 to about 18, and from about 45 to about 99.5 weight percent of water.
A nonwoven wipe-type product that enhances skin barrier having an oil-in-water emulsion composition comprising:
- from about 0.1 to about 30 weight percent of natural fats or oils;
- from about 0.1 to about 10 weight percent of sterol or sterol derivative;
- from about 0.1 to about 30 weight percent of humectant;
- from about 0.5 to about 20 weight percent of emulsifying surfactant having an HLB range from about 7 to about 18;
- and,
- from about 45 to about 99.5 weight percent of water.
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