Compositions for topical delivery of active ingredients

Claim 1

A topical personal care composition comprising: (a) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of an amphoteric surfactant having the following structure ##STR11## wherein R 1 is unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched chain alkyl having from about 9 to about 22 carbon atoms; m is an integer from 1 to about 3; n is 0 or 1; R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from alkyl having from 1 to about 3 carbon atoms and monohydroxyalkyl having from 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; R 4 is selected from saturated or unsaturated alkyl having from 1 to about 5 carbon atoms and saturated or unsaturated monohydroxyalkyl having from 1 to about 5 carbon atoms; X is selected form the group consisting of CO 2 , SO 3 , and SO 4 ; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the foregoing compounds; (b) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of an anionic surfactant, (c) from about 0.001% to about 20% of an active ingredient, and (d) from about 40% to about 99.799% by weight water.