Abstract: A personal wash composition which provides an effective antimicrobial benefit against fungi, gram positive and gram negative bacteria, which composition comprises: a) from 0.1% to 10 wt % betaine surfactant, b) from 0.1% to 5.0 wt % lactic acid, c) from 0.1% to 20 wt % polyhydric C2-C6 alcohol, d) from 0% to 10 wt % alkyl polyethoxy carboxylate of the formula RO(CH2CH2O)kCH2COO?M+ wherein R is a C8-C22 alkyl, k is an integer from 0 to 20, and M is a soluble salt-forming cation, e) from 0% to 10 wt % alkyl polyethoxy amides of the formula RO(CH2CH2O)kCH2CONH2 wherein R is a C8-C22 alkyl, k is an integer from 0 to 20, f) >8 wt % alkyl ether sulphate, g) water, h) a pH of 3.8-4.5, i) 10-20 wt % total surfactant, j) from 0.1 to 10 wt % metal salt.

Abstract: Personal care compositions comprising non-sulfonate anionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, and at least two carboxylic acids or salts thereof, and wherein the compositions contain no more than 30% of the total wt % of a) and b) of sulfonated and do not contain para-chloro-meta-xylenol in an amount above 0.15% wt or salicylic acid in an amount above 0.25% wt. In one embodiment the compositions comprise citric acid as one of the at least two carboxylic acids or salts thereof. In another embodiment, the compositions comprise at least two carboxylic acids or salts having a different number of carboxylic acid groups, and the compositions comprise a higher % wt of the carboxylic acid having the lowest number of carboxylic acid groups. The compositions of the invention are intended to provide cleansing and antimicrobial benefits yet be well tolerated by skin and hair.

Abstract: Disclosed are acidic feminine intimate cleansing compositions having a pH in the range of from 3 to 5, which further necessarily comprises at least: as a primary antimicrobial active constituent, lactic acid, which may optionally be a substituted lactic acid and/or derivative thereof; and which composition further includes an anionic constituent system which boosts the antimicrobial efficacy of the primary lactic acid constituent present; and which compositions feature low irritation, and good antimicrobial efficacy against certain species of bacteria. Treatment processes using the feminine intimate cleansing composition in treatment of the groin area of human females, and vendible products containing the feminine intimate cleansing compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: Treatment compositions which may be use to impart an antimicrobial benefit to animate and inanimate surfaces, e.g, topical compositions and hard surface and soft surface treatment compositions comprising specific surfactant comprising anionic surfactants, or anionic and nonionic surfactant systems.

Abstract: Disclosed are acidic feminine intimate cleansing compositions having a pH in the range of from 3 to 5, which further necessarily comprises at least: as a primary antimicrobial active constituent, lactic acid, which may optionally be a substituted lactic acid and/or derivative thereof; and which composition further includes an anionic constituent system which boosts the antimicrobial efficacy of the primary lactic acid constituent present; and which compositions feature low irritation, and good antimicrobial efficacy against certain species of bacteria. Treatment processes using the feminine intimate cleansing composition in treatment of the groin area of human females, and vendible products containing the feminine intimate cleansing compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A personal wash composition which provides an effective antimicrobial benefit against fungi, gram positive and gram negative bacteria, which composition comprises: a) from 0.1% to 10 wt % betaine surfactant, b) from 0.1% to 5.0 wt % lactic acid, c) from 0.1% to 20 wt % polyhydric C2-C6 alcohol, d) from 0% to 10 wt % alkyl polyethoxy carboxylate of the formula RO(CH2CH2O)kCH2COO?M+ wherein R is a C8-C22 alkyl, k is an integer from 0 to 20, and M is a soluble salt-forming cation, e) from 0% to 10 wt % alkyl polyethoxy amides of the formula RO(CH2CH2O)kCH2CONH2 wherein R is a C8-C22 alkyl, k is an integer from 0 to 20, f) >8 wt % alkyl ether sulphate, g) water, h) a pH of 3.8-4.5, i) 10-20 wt % total surfactant, j) from 0.1 to 10 wt % metal salt.

Abstract: Treatment compositions which may be use to impart an antimicrobial benefit to animate and inanimate surfaces, e.g, topical compositions and hard surface and soft surface treatment compositions comprising specific surfactant comprising anionic surfactants, or anionic and nonionic surfactant systems.

Abstract: The pulvurent effervescent topical treatment compositions comprise: at least 50% wt. of a gas generating system which comprises both a gas generating constituent as well as a complementary reactive acid constituent, which constituents, when combined in the presence of water or another largely aqueous medium generates a gas, preferably carbon dioxide; 5-50% wt. of an anionic soap and/or anionic surfactant constituent; 0.0001-1.5% wt. of an antimicrobial constituent; 0.0001-3 an exogenous product of Sclerotium rolfsii, and, optionally one or more filler constituents, preferably based on materials which are inert with respect to the gas generating constituent and which also are inert with respect to the antimicrobial constituent; further optionally, one or more further constituents which may be included to provide a desired aesthetic benefit, e.g., a fragrance, colorant and/or a desired technical benefit, e.g.

Abstract: Animate surface treatment compositions comprise (or in certain preferred embodiments may consist essentially of, or may consist of): a metal ion source material which releases copper ions and/or zinc ions into the treatment composition, in certain embodiments at least one alcohol which independently of other constituents present exhibits a microbicidal effect, in certain embodiments at least one quaternary ammonium compound which provides a microbicidal benefit, optionally but very preferably also at least one detersive surfactant, further optionally one or more further constituents which impart one or more advantageous technical or aesthetic benefits to the compositions, including one or more detersive surfactants, and water, wherein the compositions are at a pH such that the animate surface treatment compositions, exhibit a microbicidal or germicidal or antimicrobial effect on treated surfaces, which compositions are characterized in exhibiting a microbicidal benefit when tested against one or more challeng

Abstract: The pulvurent effervescent topical treatment compositions comprise: at least 50% wt. of a gas generating system which comprises both a gas generating constituent as well as a complementary reactive acid constituent, which constituents, when combined in the presence of water or another largely aqueous medium generates a gas, preferably carbon dioxide; 5-50% wt. of an anionic soap and/or anionic surfactant constituent; 0.0001-1.5% wt. of an antimicrobial constituent; 0.0001-3 an exogenous product of Sclerotium rolfsii, and, optionally one or more filler constituents, preferably based on materials which are inert with respect to the gas generating constituent and which also are inert with respect to the antimicrobial constituent; further optionally, one or more further constituents which may be included to provide a desired aesthetic benefit, e.g., a fragrance, colorant and/or a desired technical benefit, e.g.

Abstract: Animate surface treatment compositions comprise (or in certain preferred embodiments may consist essentially of, or may consist of): a metal ion source material which releases copper ions and/or zinc ions into the treatment composition, in certain embodiments at least one alcohol which independently of other constituents present exhibits a microbicidal effect, in certain embodiments at least one quaternary ammonium compound which provides a microbicidal benefit, optionally but very preferably also at least one detersive surfactant, further optionally one or more further constituents which impart one or more advantageous technical or aesthetic benefits to the compositions, including one or more detersive surfactants, and water, wherein the compositions are at a pH such that the animate surface treatment compositions, exhibit a microbicidal or germicidal or antimicrobial effect on treated surfaces, which compositions are characterized in exhibiting a microbicidal benefit when tested against one or more challeng