Personal cleansing compositions comprising a bacterial cellulose network and cationic polymer

1. A liquid composition comprising:

a. from about 0.05% to about 0.5% of a bacterial cellulose network;

b. from about 0.005% to about 0.5% of a cationic polymer which is hydrophobically modified with a hydrophobic substituent and a cationic substituent;

c. from about 0.1% to about 30% of a particulate material;

d. from about 4% to about 30% of a lathering surfactant comprising an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of sarcosinates, sulfates, sulfonates, isethionates, taurates, phosphates, lactylates, glutamates, and mixtures thereof;

e. a compositional pH of less than about 4; and wherein the liquid composition has a yield stress of about 2 Pa to about 50 Pa in accordance with the Yield Stress Test defined herein.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the hydrophobically modified cationic polysaccharide comprises a cellulose ether which has from 4,000 to 10,000 anhydroglucose repeat units.

3. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the hydrophobically modified cationic polysaccharide is substituted with:

(a) on the average from 0.0003 to 0.08 moles, per mole of anhydroglucose unit, of a substituent comprising an alkyl or arylalkyl group having from 8 to 24 carbon atoms and

(b) a substituent having the formula

[R5R6R7R8N+](A z− ) 1/z

wherein R5, R6 and R7 each independently are —CH3 or —C2H5, R8 is —CH2—CHOH—CH2— or —CH2CH2—, Az- is an anion, and z is 1, 2 or 3.

4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein said hydrophobically modified cationic polysaccharide comprises a cellulose ether selected from the group consisting of: hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl carboxymethyl cellulose, or mixtures thereof.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial cellulose network comprises a widest cross sectional microfiber width of from about 1.6 nm to about 200 nm.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial cellulose network comprises an length to cross sectional width aspect ratio of about 10:1 to about 1000:1.

7. The composition of claim 1 , comprising from about 0.01% to about 0.5% of said cationic polymer.

8. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a second cationic polymer selected from the group consisting of a derivatized quaternized hydroxyethyl cellulose ether, a cationic polysaccharide polymers, a cellulose ether, a guar gum, and a mixture thereof.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the cationic polymer comprises a cationic polysaccharide polymer has the formula:

wherein A is an anhydroglucose residual group; R is selected from an alkylene oxyalkylene, polyoxyalkylene, hydroxyalkylene group, and a combination thereof;

R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxyaryl groups and combinations thereof, each group containing up to about 18 carbon atoms, and the total number of carbon atoms in R1, R2 and R3 being less than about 20; and X is an anionic counterion.

10. The composition of claim 9 , wherein the cationic polysaccharide polymers has the formula:

wherein A is an anhydroglucose residual group; R is selected from an alkylene oxyalkylene, polyoxyalkylene, hydroxyalkylene group, and a combination thereof;

R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxyaryl groups and combinations thereof, each group containing up to about 18 carbon atoms, and the total number of carbon atoms in R1, R2 and R3 being less than about 20; and X is an anionic counterion.

11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the particulate materials are selected from the group consisting of cleaning agents, exfoliating agents, skin conditioning agents and mixtures thereof derived from inorganic, organic, natural, and synthetic sources.

12. The composition of claim 11 , wherein said particulate material has a largest lateral dimension of from about 5 to about 3000 microns.

13. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lathering surfactant further comprises an additional surfactant selected from the group consisting of nonionic lather surfactants, amphoteric lathering surfactants, and zwitterionic lathering surfactants and mixtures thereof.

14. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the lathering surfactant is at a level wherein the Average Lather Volume of the composition is greater than or equal to about 15 ml.