Triphasic cleansing composition

1. A cleansing composition comprising:

a. a first liquid component, comprising an anionic or nonionic surfactant;

b. a first solid component, comprising a plurality of regenerated cotton particles treated with a hydrophobic coating agent, wherein said regenerated cotton particles are generated from cloth or nonwoven materials previously formed from cotton plant or cotton fibers; and

c. a first gaseous component, wherein the cleansing composition comprises about 5% to about 40% gaseous component mixed or embedded within the cleansing composition;

wherein the first liquid component, the first solid component and the first gaseous component are mixed with each other to provide a homogeneous cleansing composition.

2. The cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the first liquid component comprises an anionic surfactant.

3. The cleansing composition of claim 2 , wherein the anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates; alkyl ether sulfates; alkyl monoglyceryl ether sulfates;

alkyl monoglyceride sulfates; alkyl monoglyceride sulfonates; alkyl sulfonates; alkylaryl sulfonates; alkyl sulfosuccinates; alkyl ether sulfosuccinates; alkyl sulfosuccinamates; alkyl amidosulfosuccinates; alkyl carboxylates; alkyl amidoethercarboxylates; alkyl succinates; fatty acyl sarcosinates; fatty acyl amino acids; fatty acyl taurates; and fatty alkyl sulfoacetates; alkyl phosphates.

4. The cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the first liquid component comprises a nonionic surfactant.

5. The cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cotton particles have an average length of about 50 microns to about 700 microns.

6. The cleansing composition of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of cotton particles have an average width of about 1 micron to about 50 microns.

7. The cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the first gaseous component comprises air.

8. The cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the first liquid component and the first solid component are present in a ratio (volume:weight) of about 1:20 to about 20:1.

9. A method of using a cleansing composition to remove at least one undesired skin element, comprising the steps of:

a. applying to a target site of the skin surface a composition comprising:

i. a first liquid component, comprising an anionic or nonionic surfactant;

ii. a first solid component, comprising a plurality of regenerated cotton particles, wherein said regenerated cotton particles are generated from cloth or nonwoven materials previously formed from cotton plant or cotton fibers; and

iii. a first gaseous component, wherein the cleansing composition comprises about 5% to about 40% gaseous component mixed or embedded within the cleansing composition;

wherein the first liquid component, the first solid component and the first gaseous component are mixed with each other to provide a homogeneous cleansing composition;

b. rubbing the composition on the target site of the skin surface for to remove the undesired skin element and cause the composition to agglomerate into clumps; and

c. rubbing the agglomerated composition so as to remove the agglomerated composition from the skin surface.

10. The method of claim 9 without the use of water or a liquid rinsing agent to cleanse the composition off of the target site of the skin surface.

11. A method of making a cleansing composition comprising the steps of:

a. mixing a first liquid component comprising an anionic or nonionic surfactant with a first solid component, comprising a plurality of regenerated cotton particles to form a biphasic composition, wherein said regenerated cotton particles are generated from cloth or nonwoven materials previously formed from cotton plant or cotton fibers; and

b. mixing a first gaseous component into the biphasic composition to form a triphasic composition, wherein the cleansing composition comprises about 5% to about 40% gaseous component mixed or embedded within the cleansing composition;

wherein the triphasic composition is a homogeneous cleansing composition.