Skin cleansing agent, particularly for removing printing inks and/or soiling caused by ink
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a skin cleansing agent, particularly for the removal of printing colors and/or inks, comprising the components a) 1 to 70 wt.-% of at least one ethoxylated amine and/or ethoxylated diamine, b) 30 to 70 wt.-% of at least one polyethylene glycol of general formula H—O—(CH 2 CH 2 —O) n H, wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 150, c) 1 to 30 wt.-% of at least one fatty alcohol polyglycol ether, d) 0.1 to 5 wt.-% of at least one complexing agent, e) 0 to 30 wt.-% of at least one reducing or oxidizing agent, f) 0 to 25 wt.-% of one or more abrasives, g) 0 to 10 wt.-% of at least one polyhydric alcohol, h) 0 to 3 wt.-% water, i) optionally one or more viscosity-building agents, j) optionally further cosmetic adjuvants, additives and/or active substances, the sum of components a) through j) making 100 wt.-%, relative to the composition of the cleansing agent.
1. A skin cleansing agent comprising:
a) 10 to 70 wt.-% of at least one ethoxylated amine and/or ethoxylated diamine,
b) 30 to 70 wt.-% of at least one polyethylene glycol of general formula H—O—(CH 2 CH 2 —O) n H, wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 150,
c) 1 to 30 wt.-% of at least one fatty alcohol polyglycol ether,
d) 0.1 to 5 wt.-% of at least one complexing agent,
e) 0 to 30 wt.-% of at least one reducing or oxidizing agent,
f) 0 to 25 wt.-% of one or more abrasives,
g) 0 to 10 wt.-% of at least one polyhydric alcohol,
h) 0 to 3 wt.-% water,
i) optionally one or more viscosity-building agents,
j) optionally one or more further cosmetic adjuvants, additives and/or active substances,
the sum of components a) through j) making 100 wt.-% of the cleansing agent.
2. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , comprising an ethoxylated amine wherein the ethoxylated amine is an amine in accordance with general formula I
wherein
R =saturated, unsaturated, branched or unbranched alkyl residue having 1 to 24 C atoms, and
x and y are integers of from 1 to 30,and can be x =y or x ≠y, and the sum x+y ≦60.
3. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , comprising an ethoxylated amine wherein the ethoxylated amine is selected from the group of oleylamines, tallow amines, and cocamines.
4. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , comprising an ethoxylated diamine wherein the ethoxylated diamine is a diamine according to the general formula II
wherein
R=saturated, unsaturated, branched or unbranched alkyl residue having 1 to 24 C atoms, and
x, y, and z are integers of from 1 to 10, and x=y=z, or x, y, and z are different from each other, and the sum x+y+z≦30.
5. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , wherein as component b), the agent includes 40 to 65 wt.-% of at least one polyethylene glycol of general formula H—O—(CH 2 CH 2 —) n H, wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 150.
6. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 5 , wherein as component b), the agent includes 50 to 60 wt.-% of at least one polyethylene glycol of general formula H—O—(CH 2 CH 2 —) n H, wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 25.
7. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , wherein the agent includes 1 to 20 wt.-% of at least one fatty alcohol polyglycol ether as component c).
8. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 7 , wherein component c) is at least one fatty alcohol ethoxylate of general formula R—O—(CH 2 CH 2 —O) n H
wherein
R is a saturated, unsaturated, branched or unbranched alkyl residue, and n is an integer of from 1 to 11.
9. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , wherein the agent includes 0.1 to 4 wt.-% of at least one complexing agent as component d).
10. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , wherein the agent includes 2 wt.-% of at least one complexing agent as component d).
11. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , wherein the agent includes 1 to 25 wt.-% of at least one reducing or oxidizing agent as component e).
12. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 11 , wherein the agent has dithionites as reducing agents.
13. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 12 , wherein the agent includes 8 to 12 wt.-% sodium dithionite as reducing agent.
14. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 11 , wherein the agent includes at least one perborate salt as oxidizing agent.
15. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , wherein the agent includes 10 to 20 wt.-% abrasives as component f).
16. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , wherein the agent includes 1 to 5 wt.-% of at least one polyhydric alcohol as component g), which is a straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkanol having 2 to 12 carbon atoms.
17. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , wherein as component i), the agent includes a combination of cetyl myristyl hydroxyalkylcellulose and pyrogenic silica as viscosity-building agent.
18. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 wherein as component j), the agent includes pH regulators, stabilizers, odorous substances, preservatives, antioxidants and/or oily or aqueous care components as cosmetic adjuvants, additives and/or active substances.
19. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , which does not include 40 wt.-% or more of one or more monohydric alcohols relative to the total weight of the cleansing agent.
20. A method for the removal of printing colors and/or inks from the skin, comprising contacting printing colors and/or inks on the skin with the skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 .
21. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , wherein component b) includes at least one polyethylene glycol of general formula H—O—(CH 2 CH 2 —O) n H, wherein n is an integer of from 8 to 150.
22. The skin cleansing agent according to claim 1 , which contains no monohydric alcohols having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.