Cleansing emulsions

Claim 1

A composition for personal cleansing in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion that is free from polymerized 1-alkenes having 10 or more carbon atoms, said emulsion having the characteristic of de-emulsifying on contact with the human skin, comprising: (a) from about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of a copolymer comprising a monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, salts of acrylic acid, C1-C4 alkyl-substituted acrylic acid, salts of C1-C4 alkyl-substituted acrylic acid, C1-C4 alkyl esters of acrylic acid, C1-C4 alkyl esters of C1-C4 alkyl-substituted acrylic acid, maleic anhydride, and mixtures thereof; and a monomer selected from the group consisting of C10-C30 alkyl esters of acrylic acid, C10-C30 alkyl esters of C1-C4 alkyl-substituted acrylic acid, and mixtures thereof, (b) from about 0.05% to about 20% by weight of a nonionic non-emulsifying detersive surfactant having a HLB greater than about 11 corresponding to the chemical formula: ##STR5## wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, or 2-hydroxy-propyl; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of C 5 -C 31 alkyl or alkenyl; and Z is selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl moieties having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof, (c) from about 0.5% to about 40% by weight of an oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, petrolatum, C7-C40 branched chain hydrocarbons, C1-C30 alcohol esters of C1-C30 carboxylic acids, monoglycerides of C1-C30 carboxylic acids, diglycerides of C1-C30 carboxylic acids, triglycerides of C1-C30 carboxylic acids, ethylene glycol monoesters of C1-C30 carboxylic acids, ethylene glycol diesters of C1-C30 carboxylic acids, propylene glycol monoesters of C1-C30 carboxylic acids, propylene glycol diesters of C1-C30 carboxylic acids, C1-C30 carboxylic acid sugar esters, C1-C30 carboxylic acid sugar polyesters, polydialkylsiloxanes, polydiaryl siloxanes, polyalkarylsiloxanes, cyclomethicones having 3 to 9 silicon atoms, vegetable oils, hydrogenated vegetable oils, polypropylene glycols, polypropylene glycol C4-C20 alkyl ethers, C1-C20 carboxylic acid esters of polypropylene glycols, di C8-C30 alkyl ethers, and mixtures thereof, and (d) from about 20% to about 99.44% by weight water.