Thickened nonabrasive personal cleansing compositions

Claim 1

A nonabrasive personal cleansing aqueous gel composition comprising; (a) from about 0.1% to about 20% of insoluble particles selected from the group consisting of polybutylene, polyethene, polyisobutylene, polymethylstyrene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyurethane, nylon, teflon, and mixtures thereof having a mean particle size diameter from about 20 microns to about 50 microns, with greater than about 95% of said particles in said composition having a diameter less than about 75 microns, (b) from about 0.25% to about 2.5% of a water soluble or dispersible gelling agent selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid polymers, crosslinked polyacrylate polymers, polyacrylamide polymers, polysaccharides, gums, crosslinked vinyl ethylene/maleic anhydride copolymers, cellulosic thickeners, crosslinked poly(N-vinylpyrrolidones), and mixtures thereof, (c) from about 20% to about 99.85% water, (d) from about 0.05% to about 40% of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of sodium cetearyl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sarcosinate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, coamidopropyl betaine, sodium laureth sulfate, cetyl dimethyl betaine, ammonium lauryl sulfate, sodium tallow soap, sodium coconut soap, ceteth-10, steareth-21, steareth-2, ceteth-2, glyceryl stearate, glucose amides, dilauryl dimethyl ammoniun chloride, distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dimyristyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dipalmityl dimethyl ammonium chloride, and mixtures thereof, and (e) from about 0.1% to about 50% of an emollient selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, petrolatum, cholesterol, dimethicone, dimethiconol, diisopropyl adipate, isopropyl myristate, myristyl myristate, cetyl ricinoleate, sorbitan distearate, sorbitan dilaurate, sorbitan stearate, sorbitan laurate, sucrose laurate, sucrose dilaurate, sodium isostearyl lactylate, lauryl pidolate, sorbitan stearate, stearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, PPG-14 butyl ether, PPG-15 stearyl ether, and mixtures thereof.