Visually Distinctive Multiple Liquid Phase Compositions

Abstract

A multi liquid phase composition wherein said phases are visually distinctive. These compositions combine multiple phases for creating multipurpose personal care compositions.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A personal cleansing composition comprising a plurality of visually distinctive liquid phases wherein said phases are processed in such a manner that upon dispensing without shaking or mixing a container from said container said composition comprises a designated volume ratio of said phases of said composition to provide a desired benefit. 
     
     
         2 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein said designated volume ratio at dispensing from a container is essentially equal to the volume ratio of the phases at the initiation of the process. 
     
     
         3 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein said composition is dispensed from said container upon being hand squeezed or inverted to gravity feed said composition. 
     
     
         4 . The composition of  claim 1  comprising a skin active agent selected from the group consisting of vitamins and derivatives thereof; sunscreens; anti-acne medicaments; antioxidants; skin soothing and healing agents; chelators and sequestrants; essential oils, skin sensates, pigments, pearlescent agents, lakes, colorants and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The composition of  claim 4  wherein said colorants are selected from the group consisting of Red 30 Low Iron, FD&C Red 40 AL Lake, D&C Red Lake Blend of Lake 27 & Lake 30, FD&C Yellow 5 Al Lake, FD&C Yellow 6 Al Lake, FD&C Yellow 5 Lake, FD&C Blue #1 AL Lake, Kowet Titanium Dioxide, D&C Red 30 Talc Lake, D&C Red 6 Barium Lake, D&C Red 7 Calcium Lake, D&C Red 34 Calcium Lake, D&C Red 30 AL lake, D&C Red 27 AL lake, D&C Yellow 10 AL lake, D&C Red 21 AL Lake, Yellow Iron Oxide, D&C Red 30 Lake, Octocir Yellow 6 AL Lake, Octocir Yellow 5 AL Lake, D&C Red 28 Lake, D&C Orange 5 Zirc Al Lake, Cos Red Oxide BC, Cos Iron Oxide Red BC, Cos Iron oxide Black BC, Cos Iron Oxide Yellow, Cos Iron Oxide Brown, Cos Iron Oxide Yellow BC, Euroxide Red Unsteril, Euroxide Black Unsteril, Euroxide Yellow Steril, Euroxide Black Steril, Euroxide Red, Euroxide Black, Hydrophobic Euroxide Black, Hydrophobic Euroxide Yellow, Hydrophobic Euroxide Red, D&C Yellow 6 Lake, D&C Yellow 5 Zr Lake, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein said phases relative to each other form a compositional pattern of said composition within the container for facilitating dispensing of the composition from said container. 
     
     
         7 . The composition of  claim 6  wherein said pattern of said composition consists of stripes wherein the pattern has an Average Stripe Size of about 0.1 mm to about 10 mm. 
     
     
         8 . The composition of  claim 6  wherein said pattern of said composition has a marble pattern wherein the marble pattern has a delta E is greater than about 1.0. 
     
     
         9 . The composition of  claim 1  comprising
 a. a lathering phase comprising a surfactant and water and, 
 b. a non-lathering skin conditioning phase. 
 
     
     
         10 . The composition of  claim 9  wherein the non-lathering phase is selected from the group consisting of a water in oil emulsion, an oil in water emulsion, a high internal phase emulsion, silicone in oil emulsion and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The composition of  claim 9  having a lather volume greater than about 350 ml. 
     
     
         12 . A process for making patterned multi-phase liquid compositions wherein upon dispensing said composition from a container, said phases are dispensed at about the predetermined ratio of the phases feed into the process equipment, said process comprising the steps of:
 a) placing a plurality of liquid phases in separate vessels equipped with means for transferring said phases from said vessels;   b) transferring predetermined amounts of each selected liquid phase from its respective vessel into a combiner;   c) transferring the combined phases from said combiner to a blender;   d) blending said liquid composition phases together to produce a multi-phase liquid composition having predetermined ratios of one phase to another wherein said phases of the liquid composition are physically distinct from one another; and   e) transferring said multiple liquid phase composition through a dispensing means to an individual product container.   
     
     
         13 . The process of  claim 12  wherein said dispensing means is arranged in such a manner as to fill said product container with said multiple liquid phase composition from the bottom of the container. 
     
     
         14 . The process of  claim 13  wherein the product container enters a bottle holding device, therein securing said container to a rotating platform wherein said container is rotated using said rotating platform during transfer of said composition into said container. 
     
     
         15 . The process of  claim 14  wherein the rotating platform is rotated at from 0 revolutions per minute to 800 revolutions per minute. 
     
     
         16 . The process of  claim 12  wherein the transfer of said predetermined amounts of each selected liquid phase from its respective vessel into a combiner is accomplished using a servocontroller. 
     
     
         17 . The process of  claim 12  wherein said pattern comprises phases that are visually distinctive from each other and facilitate even distribution when dispensed. 
     
     
         18 . The process of  claim 17  wherein said patterns are selected from the group consisting of stripes, marbling, geometrics, spirals, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The process of  claim 12  wherein said product container is a cylindrical PET bottle with a closure comprising a dispensing orifice. 
     
     
         20 . A composition produced by the process of  claim 12 .