Silky feel cosmetic emulsion chassis

A cosmetic composition comprising:

• (i) from 10 to 50% by weight of glycerin;
• (ii) from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a copolymer formed from a major portion of a monoolefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride monomer of 3 to 6 carbon atoms and a minor portion of a C10-C30 acrylate or methacrylate ester monomer;
• (iii) from about 1 to about 30% of a crystalline gel structurant comprising a surfactant and co-surfactant in an amount and type exhibiting an enthalpy as measured by Differential Scanning Calorimetry ranging from about 2 to about 15 Joule per gram, and wherein the composition has a normal force of from about +5 to about +50 grams thereby achieving a silky sensory feel on skin, the glycerin to copolymer being present in a weight ratio ranging from about 350:1 to about 10:1, the crystalline gel structurant being anionic or nonionic;
• when anionic the surfactant comprising C10-C22 fatty acid and a salt of the fatty acid, the fatty acid and salt being present in a ratio from 100:1 to 1:100 and the co-surfactant comprising a C10-C22 fatty alcohol and a C1-C200 ester of a C10-C22 fatty acid, the alcohol and ester being present in a weight ratio from 100:1 to 1:100;
• and
• when nonionic the surfactant comprising a C1-C200 polyethoxy or polypropoxy alcohol ester of a C10-C22 fatty acid and the co-surfactant comprising a mixture of C10-C22 fatty alcohol, a glyceryl ester of a fatty acid and a C10-C22 unesterified fatty acid.