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US 6,475,965 B2Granted
Skin moisturizing composition comprising a choline salt
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsLaTonya Kilpatrick-Liverman, Zeenat Nabi, Thomas G. Polefka, Elizabeth D. Volz, Melonie D. Brown
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Abstract
A composition useful for moisturizing skin which comprises (a) a moisturizing effective amount of a compound of the structure: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of: CH2OH, CH OH CH2 CO2—, or mixtures thereof wherein when X does not bear a negative charge, the said compound is a salt; and (b) a skin compatible carrier.
Claims9
A skin cleansing bar comprising
- a. at least about 5 wt. % soap,
- b. a moisturizing amount of a choline salt, and
- c. about 14 to about 30 wt. % water.
A method for increasing the moisture level of skin which comprises
- a. applying a skin cleansing rinse off liquid or gel composition to the skin having
- 1) a moisturing effective amount of a choline salt or mixture of choline salts of at least about 1 wt. %
- 2) a skin compatible carrier, and
- 3) a cleansing amount of at least one surfactant or mixture of surfactants, wherein there is less than about 0.05 wt. % or about 15 wt. % of a physiologically compatible aliphatic organic acid present in the composition, and
- b. rinsing off the skin with water wherein the composition contact time with the skin is a maximum of two minutes prior to rinsing.
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