Antiperspirant products
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsHugh Rieley, Ian Karl Smith
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Abstract
Antiperspirant products and methods for achieving antiperspirancy utilising compositions comprising an antiperspirant salt and a water soluble polymer, characterised in that: (i) the polymer comprises Brnsted acid groups and acts as a co-gellant for the antiperspirant salt when mixed therewith in the presence of water; and (ii) the polymer is physically separate from antiperspirant salt prior to application.
Claims21
An antiperspirant product comprising an antiperspirant salt and a water soluble polymer, wherein:
- (i) the polymer comprises Brnsted acid groups and acts as a co-gellant for the antiperspirant salt when mixed therewith in the presence of water;
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- (ii) the polymer is physically separate from antiperspirant salt prior to application.
A cosmetic method of achieving an antiperspirancy and/or deodorancy benefit, said method comprising bringing together on the surface of the human body an antiperspirant salt and a water soluble polymer comprising Brnsted acid groups which, in the presence of water, acts as a co-gellant for the antiperspirant salt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.