Cleansing and moisturizing surfactant compositions

A composition which imparts cleansing, conditioning and moisturization of the skin and hair and which exhibits a low degree of irritation to the eyes, comprising:

• a. a surfactant portion, comprising:
• 1. from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of the overall composition of a nonionic surfactant;
• 2. from about 0.5 to about 10 percent by weight of the overall composition of an amphoteric surfactant;
• and
• 3. from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of the overall composition of an anionic surfactant;
• b. a cationically charged polyol substantive humectant of the formula:
• wherein w+x+y+z=5 to 20, R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms, R1, R2 and R3 are each independently lower alkyl having from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms and wherein X is halide, carboxylate or alkyl sulfate, from about 0.01 to about 3.0 percent by weight of the overall composition;
• and
• c. a nonsubstantive humectant selected from:
• 1. water soluble liquid polyols selected from glycerine, propylene glycol, hexylene glycol, butylenes glycol, dipropylene glycol, or mixtures thereof;
• 2. polyethylene glycol of the formula
• HO-(RO)n-H
• wherein R is about a 2 to about a 3 carbon alkylene group and n is about 2 to about 10;
• 3. polyethylene glycol ether of methyl glucoside of formula
• wherein w+x+y+z=about 5 to about 25;
• 4. urea;
• or
• 5. mixtures thereof;
• wherein the nonsubstantive humectant is present in the composition at a concentration of about 0.1 to about 5 percent by weight.

A composition which imparts cleansing, conditioning and moisturization of the skin and hair and which exhibits a low degree of irritation to the eyes, comprising:

• a. a surfactant portion, comprising:
• 1. from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of the overall composition of a nonionic surfactant;
• 2. from about 0.5 to about 10 percent by weight of the overall composition of an amphoteric surfactant;
• and
• 3. from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of the overall composition of an anionic surfactant;
• b. a cationically charged polyol substantive humectant of the formula:
• wherein w+x+y+z=5 to 20, R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms, R1, R2 and R3 are each independently lower alkyl having from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms and wherein X is halide, carboxylate or alkyl sulfate, from about 0.01 to about 3.0 percent by weight of the overall composition;
• and
• c. one or more additives selected from the group consisting of plant extracts, plant homogenates, plant juices, viatmins, vitamin derivatives and mixtures thereof.

A surfactant composition which imparts cleansing, conditioning and moisturization of the skin and hair and which exhibits a low degree of irritation to the eyes comprising:

• A. one or more nonionic surfactants comprising polyoxyethylene derivatives of polyol ester wherein
• 1. the polyoxyethylene derivative of polyol ester is derived from a polyol selected from sorbitol, sorbitan, glucose, α-methyl glucoside, polyglucose having an average of about 1.1 to about 3 glucose residues, glycerine, pentaerythritol or mixtures thereof,
• 2. the polyoxyethylene derivative of polyol ester contains from about 10 to about 120 oxyethylene units,
• 3. the polyoxyethylene derivative of polyol ester is derived from a fatty acid containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms, and
• 4. the polyoxyethylene derivative of polyol ester has from about 1 to about 2 fatty acid residues per molecule of polyoxyethylene derivative of polyol ester;
• and
• wherein the nonionic surfactant is present in the composition at a concentration of from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight;
• B. one or more amphocarboxylate amphoteric surfactants comprising a compound of the formula
• R—CONH(CH2)xN+R1R2R3
• wherein
• R is an alkyl group having about 7 to about 17 carbon atoms,
• x is an integer from about 1 to about 6, R1 is hydrogen or a carboxyalkyl group containing from about 2 to about 3 carbon atoms,
• R2 is a hydroxyalkyl group containing from about 2 to about 3 carbon atoms or a group of the formula
• R4—O—(CH2)nCO2−
• wherein
• R4 is about a 2 to about a 3 carbon alkylene group and n is either 1 or 2, and
• R3 is a carboxyalkyl group containing from about 2 to about 3 carbon atoms,
• and wherein the amphoteric amphocarboxylate surfactant is present in the composition at a concentration from about 0.25 to about 10 percent by weight;
• C. one or more betaine surfactants selected from:
• 1. an alkyl betaine of the formula
• R—N+R1R2CH2CO2−
• wherein R is an alkyl group having from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, and R1 and R2 are each alkyl groups having from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms,
• 2. an amidoalkyl betaine of the formula
• R—CO—NH(CH2)n—N+R1R2CH2CO2−
• wherein R is an alkyl group having from about 7 to about 17 carbon atoms, n is an integer from about 2 to about 6 and R1 and R2 are each alkyl groups having from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, or
• 3. mixtures thereof,
• and wherein the betaine surfactant is present in the composition at a concentration from about 0.5 to about 10 percent by weight;
• D. one or more anionic surfactants comprising alkyl ether sulfate of the formula
• R(OCH2CH2)POSO3X,
• wherein
• R is an alkyl group having about 7 to about 17 carbon atoms,
• X is selected from alkali metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions, ammonium ions, or ammonium ions substituted with from about 1 to about 3 substituents, each of which may be the same or different, and which are selected from alkyl groups having from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms and hydroxyalkyl groups having from about 2 to about 4 carbon atoms, and p is an integer from about 1 to about 6,
• and said anionic surfactant is present in the composition at a concentration from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight;
• E. a substantive humectant of the formula
• wherein
• w+x+y+z=about 5 to about 20, R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms, R1, R2 and R3 are each independently lower alkyl having from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms and wherein X is halide, carboxylate or alkyl sulfate;
• said nonionic, amphoteric amphocarboxylate, betaine and anionic surfactants comprising a total of about 5 to about 20 percent by weight of the composition and said substantive humectant comprising from about 0.1 to about 3.0 percent by weight of the composition.