Skin protective compositions

Claim 1

A skin protective lotion or creme consisting essentially of a skin irritation reducing effective amount of a protective agent and a non-aqueous emollient, humectant or surfactant; said lotion or creme capable of reducing skin irritation compared to said lotion or creme without protective agent when applied to the skin prior to contact with a skin irritant; said protective agent being dispersible in said lotion or creme; said protective agent containing two polar groups which are separated by a chain of at least 15 atoms a majority of which are carbon; said protective agent selected from the group consisting of: 1. esters and polyesters of the polymerized fatty acid product obtained from the polymerization of 2 to 4 molecules of a monomeric ethylenically unsaturated C 12 to C 26 fatty acid, said product containing 2 to 4 carboxyl groups; and an alcohol which is a. polyoxyalkylene ether containing 2 to 30 oxyalkylene units in which the alkylene radical contains 2 to 4 carbon atoms; b. a condensation product of alkylene oxide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and polyamine having 2 to 4 amino groups and containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms in an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic group; or c. a condensation product of ethylene oxide with a hydrophobic base formed by the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol, having the general formula: ##STR35## wherein a is 1 to 150 b is 15 to 70 and c is 1 to 150; and 2.