Clear suspending personal care cleansing compositions
Compositions of the present invention include an anionic surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, a superhydrophilic amphiphilic copolymer, an organic acid; and a polymer selected from the group consisting of a non-hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion polymer and a non-crosslinked hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer, wherein, when the composition contains the non-hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion polymer, the non-hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion polymer is present in an amount of about 0.1% to 5% by weight, and when the composition contains the non-crosslinked hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer, the non-hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer is present in an amount of about 0.1% to 5% by weight, and wherein the composition has an NTU value of 95 or less, a yield value of about 0.1 Pascal or more and pH of from about 3 to about 6.5.
1. A composition, comprising:
an anionic surfactant,
a zwitterionic surfactant,
a superhydrophilic amphiphilic copolymer,
an organic acid; and
a non-crosslinked hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer,
wherein said non-crosslinked hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer is present in an amount of about 0.1% to 5% by weight, and
wherein said composition has an NTU value of 95 or less, a yield value of about 0.1 Pascal or more and a pH of from about 3 to about 6.5.
2. The composition of claim 1 comprising from about 0.5% to about 2.5% by weight of said non-crosslinked hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer.
3. The composition of claim 1 comprising from about 0.75% to about 2% by weight of said non-crosslinked hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer.
4. The composition of claim 1 having an NTU of about 75 or less.
5. The composition of claim 1 having a yield stress of 1 Pa or more.
6. The composition of claim 1 having a pH of from about 3 to about 5.5.
7. The composition of claim 1 comprising from about 1% to 25% by weight of said anionic surfactant.
8. The composition of claim 1 comprising from about 1% to about 25% by weight of said zwitterionic surfactant.
9. The composition of claim 1 comprising from about 0.1% to about 30% by weight of active of said superhydrophilic amphiphilic copolymer.
10. The composition of claim 1 comprising from about 0.05% to about 3.5% by weight of said organic acid.