Water-soluble lotions for paper products

1. An absorbent paper product for drying and conditioning the skin of a user, wherein the paper product is in the form of a towel, wipe, or napkin, said paper product comprising:

a paper web; and

a water-soluble lotion composition applied to said paper web such that the add-on level of said lotion composition is between about 1% to about 10% by weight of said paper product, said lotion composition comprising:

i) water in an amount between about 10% to about 90% by weight of said lotion composition;

ii) a water-soluble skin conditioning component, said water-soluble skin conditioning component including glycerin in an amount between about 2% to about 15% by weight of said lotion composition; and

iii) a viscosity-increasing component in an amount between about 2% to about 10% by weight of said lotion composition, said viscosity-increasing component including at least one alkoxylated alcohol surfactant.

2. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said water comprises between about 10% to about 30% by weight of said lotion composition.

3. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said water-soluble skin-conditioning component comprises between about 10% to about 40% by weight of said lotion composition.

4. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said water-soluble skin-conditioning component further includes propylene glycol, sorbitol, or combinations thereof.

5. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said water-soluble skin-conditioning component further includes sorbitol.

6. A paper product as defined in claim 5 , wherein said sorbitol comprises between about 5% to about 20% by weight of said lotion composition.

7. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said water-soluble skin-conditioning component further includes propylene glycol.

8. A paper product as defined in claim 7 , wherein said propylene glycol comprises between about 5% to about 20% by weight of said lotion composition.

9. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said viscosity-increasing component comprises between about 2% to about 5% by weight of said lotion composition.

10. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said surfactant of said viscosity-increasing component includes PEG-80 glyceryl cocoate, behentrimonium methosulfate and cetearyl alcohol, PEG-2000, sodium stearoyl lactylate, PEG-75 lanolin, talloweth-60-myristyl glycol, or combinations thereof.

11. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a surfactant that inhibits the lotion composition from separating into more than one liquid phase, said surfactant comprising between about 20% to about 40% by weight of said lotion composition.

12. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said lotion composition further comprises an antimicrobial agent.

13. A paper product as defined in claim 12 , wherein said antimicrobial agent is present in an amount between about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of said lotion composition.

14. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said lotion composition further comprises a preservative.

15. A paper product as defined in claim 14 , wherein said preservative comprises between about 0.1% to about 2% by weight of said lotion composition.

16. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said add-on level of said lotion is between about 1% to about 5% by weight of said paper product.

17. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said paper product has a basis weight between about 1 to about 50 pounds per ream.

18. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said paper product is a towel having a basis weight between about 10 to about 45 pounds per ream.

19. An absorbent paper towel for drying and conditioning the skin of a user, said towel having a basis weight from about 10 to about 45 pounds per ream, said towel comprising:

a paper web; and

a water-soluble lotion composition applied to said paper web such that the add-on level of said lotion is between about 1% to about 10% by weight of said paper towel, said water-soluble lotion composition comprising:

i) water in an amount between about 10% to about 30% by weight of said lotion composition;

ii) a water-soluble skin-conditioning component in an amount between about 10% to about 40% by weight of said lotion composition, wherein said water-soluble skin-conditioning component includes glycerin in an amount between about 2% to about 15% by weight of said lotion composition; and

iii) a viscosity-increasing component in an amount between about 2% to about 5% by weight of said lotion composition, said viscosity-increasing component including at least one alkoxylated alcohol surfactant.

20. A paper towel as defined in claim 19 , wherein said water-soluble skin-conditioning component further includes sorbitol in an amount between about 5% to about 20% by weight of said lotion composition.

21. A paper towel as defined in claim 19 , wherein said water-soluble skin-conditioning component further includes propylene glycol in an amount between about 5% to about 20% by weight of said lotion composition.

22. A paper towel as defined in claim 19 , wherein said lotion composition further comprises an antimicrobial agent.

23. A paper towel as defined in claim 19 , wherein said lotion composition further comprises a preservative.

24. A paper towel as defined in claim 19 , wherein said add-on level of said lotion is between about 1% to about 5% by weight of said paper product.

25. A paper product as defined in claim 1 , wherein said surfactant of said viscosity-increasing component includes talloweth-60-myristyl glycol.

26. A paper towel as defined in claim 19 , wherein said surfactant of said viscosity-increasing component includes talloweth-60-myristyl glycol.