Antiperspirant emulsion compositions

Claim 1

A water-in-oil antiperspirant emulsion composition having improved efficacy consisting essentially of (a) 30 to 60 parts by weight of an aqueous solution of an astringent as a discontinuous phase, (b) 27 to 67.5 parts by weight of a volatile liquid having a normal boiling point of less than 250° C. as a continuous phase, said volatile liquid being selected from the group consisting of methylsiloxane fluids having the average unit formula (CH.sub.3).sub.a SiO.sub.(4-a)/2 wherein a has an average value of from 2 to 3, inclusive, and paraffinic hydrocarbon fluids, (c) 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of an organic water-in-oil surfactant having an HLB value of from 2 to 10, inclusive, (d) 1 to 5 parts by weight of a polydiorganosiloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymer containing at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least one polyoxyalkylene segment, said polydiorganosiloxane segment consisting essentially of R.sub.b SiO.sub.(4-b)/2 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 the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, vinyl, phenyl and a divalent radical bonding said polyoxyalkylene segment to the polydiorganosiloxane segment, at least 95 percent 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, and (e) 1 to 5 parts by weight of an organic oil-in-water surfactant having an HLB value of from 11 to 17, inclusive, the total of (a) plus (b) plus (c) plus (d) plus (e) being 100 parts by weight.