Opaque liquid hand soap

Claim 1

A liquid soap composition consisting essentially of, in an aqueous medium, by weight of its principal ingredients, (a) from about 40% to about 90% of an anionic surfactant detergent selected from the group consisting of (i) alkylbenzenesulfonates of the formula: ##STR2## where R is dodecyl and M is sodium, calcium, triethanolammonium, and isopropylammonium; (ii) alpha-olefinsulfonates of the formula: R'CH═CHSO.sub.3 Na where R' is 10-18 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof; and (iii) alkyl sulfates of the formula R"OSO 3 M' where R" is lauroyl and M' is sodium, potassium, ammonium, diethanolammonium, and triethanolammonium; (b) from about 20% to about 50% of a primary lathering agent selected from the group consisting of (i) dialkyl sulfosuccinates of the formula RO 2 CCH 2 CH(SO 3 Na)CO 2 R, where R is lauroyl or myristyl, (ii) N-acyl-sarcosinates of the formula R'CON(CH 3 )CH 2 CO 2 Na, where R'CO-- is lauroyl and cocoyl, (iii) sodium N-acyl-N-methyltaurates of the formula R"CON(CH 3 )CH 2 CH 2 SO 3 Na, where R"CO is acyl, (iv) sodium cocoylisothionate, (v) amidopropylbetaines of the formula R'"CONHCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 N + (CH 3 ) 2 CH 2 CO 2 - , where R'"CO is cocoyl and lauroyl, and (vi) mixtures thereof; (c) from about 5% to about 30% of a nonionic surfactant opacifying agent; (d) from about 0.5% to about 20% of a primary water-soluble polymer thickener selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethylcellulose and hydroxypropyl guar as its principal ingredients; wherein the total of (a), (b), (c), and (d) is 100% of the principal ingredients; and (e) water from about 75% to about 85%.