High quality bar soap incorporating triclinic talc
View Patent ↗A personal cleansing composition includes soap at a concentration of at least 10 weight percent of the composition; and talc having a primarily triclinic crystal structure, the talc being included at a concentration of between 0.1 and 15 weight percent of the composition. A method for enhancing lathering properties of a bar soap includes the step of molding a bar soap from such a composition.
1. A personal cleansing composition in solid form, comprising:
soap at a concentration of at least about 10 weight percent of the composition; and
talc having a primarily triclinic crystal structure, the talc being included at a concentration of between about 0.1 and about 15 weight percent of the composition.
2. The composition according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a polyhydric solvent at a concentration of at least 15 weight percent of the composition.
3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the soap is included in the composition at a concentration ranging between about 20 and about 75 weight percent.
4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the soap is included in the composition at a concentration ranging between about 50 and about 75 weight percent.
5. The composition according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a non-soap surfactant at a concentration ranging between about 1 and about 25 weight percent.
6. The composition according to claim 2 , wherein the polyhydric solvent has at least three hydroxyl groups and is included in the composition at a concentration ranging between about 5 and about 35 weight percent.
7. The composition according to claim 2 , wherein the polyhydric solvent has two hydroxyl groups and is included in the composition at a concentration ranging between about 10 and about 30 weight percent.
8. A method of enhancing lathering properties of a bar soap, comprising:
molding a bar soap from a composition comprising soap at a concentration of at least about 10 weight percent of the composition, and talc having a primarily triclinic crystal structure, the talc being included at a concentration of between about 0.1 and about 15 weight percent of the composition.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the composition used in the step of molding the bar soap further comprises a polyhydric solvent at a concentration of at least 15 weight percent of the composition.
10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the soap in the composition used in the step of molding the bar soap is included in the composition at a concentration ranging between about 20 and about 75 weight percent.
11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the soap in the composition used in the step of molding the bar soap is included in the composition at a concentration ranging between about 50 and about 75 weight percent.
12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the composition used in the step of molding the bar soap further comprises a non-soap surfactant at a concentration ranging between about 1 and about 25 weight percent.
13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the polyhydric solvent in the composition used in the step of molding the bar soap has at least three hydroxyl groups and is included in the composition at a concentration ranging between about 5 and about 35 weight percent.
14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the polyhydric solvent in the composition used in the step of molding the bar soap has two hydroxyl groups and is included in the composition at a concentration ranging between about 10 and about 30 weight percent.