Polyacrylate oil gel and methods

A personal care composition comprising a polyacrylate oil gel, comprising:

• (a) at least one cosmetically acceptable hydrophobic ester oil, wherein the cosmetically acceptable hydrophobic ester oil is caprylic/capric triglyceride, and
• (b) one or more multistage polymers comprising:
• (i) a first stage polymerized unit, comprising:
• (1) 75% to 35% by weight, based on the weight of said first stage polymerized unit, one or more (meth)acrylate monomers selected from the group consisting of one of C1-C4 (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene, substituted styrene, and combinations thereof, and
• (2) 25% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of said first stage polymerized unit, one or more hydrophobic monomers selected from the group consisting of hydrophobically substituted (meth)acrylate monomers having an alkyl chain length from C6 to C22 and,
• (ii) a second stage polymerized unit, comprising:
• (1) 10-99% by weight, based on the weight of said second stage polymerized unit, one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, styrene, isoboryl methacrylate, and combinations thereof,
• (2) 1-10% by weight, based on the weight of said second stage polymerized unit, one or more (meth)acrylate monomers containing acid functional group, and
• (iii) optionally, a crosslinker,
• wherein the one or more multistage polymers are prepared by emulsion polymerization.