Skin conditioning composition

Claim 1

A skin conditioning composition characterized by:- (a) from 5% to 30% glycerin; (b) from 0.5% to 10% of a volatile silicone or mixtures thereof selected from methylsiloxane fluids having the average unit formula wherein a has an average of from 2 to 3, inclusive; (c) from 0.05% to 1% of a polydiorganosiloxane- polyalkylene copolymer containing at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least one polyoxyalkylene segment, said polydiorganosiloxane segment consisting essentially of siloxane units wherein b has a value of from 0 to 3, inclusive, there being an average value of approximately 2 R radicals per silicon for all siloxane units in the copolymer, and R denotes a radical selected from methyl, ethyl, vinyl, phenyl and a divalent radical bonding said polyoxyalkylene segment to the polydiorganosiloxane segment, at least 95% of all R radicals being methyl; and said polyoxyalkylene segment having an average molecular weight of at least 1000 and consisting of from 0 to 50 mol percent polyoxypropylene units and from 50 to 100 mol percent polyoxyethylene units, at least one terminal portion of said polyoxyalkylene segment being bonded to said polydiorganosiloxane segment, any terminal portion of said polyoxyalkylene segment not bonded to said polydiorganosiloxane segment being satisfied by a terminating radical; the weight ratio of polydiorganosiloxane segments to polyoxyalkylene segments in said copolymer having a value of from 2 to 8 ; (d) from 0.25% to 5% of a surfactant or mixture of surfactants having an HLB of from 8 to 14; and (e) the remainder water.