Non-migrating colorants in multi-phase personal cleansing compositions

Abstract

A multi-phase personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) a structured aqueous cleansing phase comprising a surfactant and water; and (b) at least one additional, non-lamellar aqueous phase; wherein at least one of said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional aqueous phase comprises at least one non-migrating colorant, said non-migrating colorant comprising a cLogP value of at least about 2; and wherein said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional aqueous phase are packaged in physical contact with one another.

1 . A multi-phase personal cleansing composition comprising: 
 a) a structured aqueous cleansing phase comprising a surfactant and water; and    b) at least one additional, non-lamellar aqueous phase;    wherein at least one of said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional aqueous phase comprises at least one non-migrating colorant, said non-migrating colorant having a cLogP value of at least about 2; and    wherein said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional phase are packaged in physical contact with one another.    
   
   
       2 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein said non-migrating colorant is substantially free of metals selected from the group consisting of Barium, Aluminum, and mixtures thereof.  
   
   
       3 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , comprising from about 0.00001% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of said non-migrating colorant.  
   
   
       4 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein said non-migrating colorant is selected from the group consisting of organic pigments, inorganic pigments, interference pigments, lakes, natural colorants, pearlescent agents, dyes, carmines, and mixtures thereof.  
   
   
       5 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein said non-migrating colorant is UV stable.  
   
   
       6 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein said structured aqueous cleansing phase is selected from the group consisting of a lamellar phase and an isotropic phase.  
   
   
       7 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 6 , wherein said structured aqueous cleansing phase is a lamellar phase.  
   
   
       8 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein said additional aqueous phase is an isotropic phase.  
   
   
       9 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein said structured aqueous cleansing phase is a lamellar phase and said additional aqueous phase is an isotropic phase.  
   
   
       10 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 9 , wherein said lamellar phase comprises a lamellar structurant selected from the group consisting of fatty acids and derivatives thereof, fatter esters and derivatives thereof, fatty alcohols and derivatives thereof, trihydroxystearin, and mixtures thereof.  
   
   
       11 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 10 , wherein said fatty acids are selected from the group consisting of lauric acid, oleic acid, isostearic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, ricinoleic acid, elaidic acid, arichidonic acid, myristoleic acid, palmitoleic acid, and mixtures thereof.  
   
   
       12 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition has a viscosity of from about 3,000 cps to about 1,000,000 cps.  
   
   
       13 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the structured aqueous has a lather volume of at least about 500 mL.  
   
   
       14 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the additional aqueous phase is substantially free of surfactant.  
   
   
       15 . A multi-phase personal cleansing composition comprising: 
 a) a structured aqueous cleansing phase comprising a surfactant and water; and    b) at least one additional aqueous phase;    wherein at least one of said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional aqueous phase comprises at least one non-migrating colorant, said non-migrating colorant having a cLogP value of at least about 2 and said non-migrating colorant being free of titanium dioxide; and    wherein said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional phase are packaged in physical contact with one another.    
   
   
       16 . The multi-phase personal cleansing composition of  claim 15 , wherein said structured aqueous cleansing phase is a lamellar phase and said additional aqueous phase is a lamellar phase.  
   
   
       17 . A personal care article comprising a transparent, single-chamber package, said package comprising a label comprising an ingredient statement, said ingredient statement comprising a listing of ingredients comprising a multi-phase personal cleansing composition comprising: 
 a) a structured aqueous cleansing phase comprising a surfactant and water; and    b) at least one additional, non-lamellar aqueous phase;    wherein at least one of said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional aqueous phase comprises at least one non-migrating colorant, said non-migrating colorant comprising a cLogP value of at least about 2; and    wherein said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional phase are packaged in physical contact with one another.