Abstract: A personal care composition substantially free of sulfated surfactants includes a dispersed gel network, a detersive surfactant, and water. The dispersed gel network includes one or more fatty alcohols, a gel network surfactant, and water. Methods of making a personal care composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: Sulfate-free personal cleansing compositions that include an acyl taurate anionic surfactant, a cationic deposition polymer, little or no inorganic salt and an aqueous carrier. The composition is phase stable, avoids in situ coacervate formulation and forms a coacervate upon dilution with water.

Abstract: A method of making a sulfate-free, multi-phase personal care composition that exhibits excellent cleaning qualities. The method includes combining a fatty alcohol, a sulfate-free gel network surfactant and water, with our without heating, such that the gel network surfactant and the water partition into the fatty alcohol to form a pre-mix, which is cooled below the chain melt temperature of the fatty alcohol to form a gel network. The gel network is added to a liquid carrier alone with a sulfate-free detersive surfactant and aloe vera. The aloe vera contains 100 mg/100 g to 300 mg/100 g of salt. The ingredients are then mixed to form the multi-phase personal care composition that provides improved hair strength and an anti-oxidant benefit.

Abstract: Personal cleansing compositions having an anionic surfactant, cationic deposition polymer, a level of inorganic salt of from about 0 to about 1 wt %, and an aqueous carrier. The composition is substantially free of sulfate containing surfactants. The composition can further comprise amphoteric surfactants. The composition remains phase stable, and minimizes coacervate formulation until after dilution with water.

Abstract: A rinse-off cleansing composition with improved viscosity. The rinse-off cleansing composition contains a surfactant system with an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, and a non-ionic surfactant.

Abstract: A sulfate-free personal care composition that includes a rhamnolipid surfactant and provides good cleaning and foaming properties. The rhamnolipid surfactant has a single rhamnose head group (i.e., mono-rhamno) and a single lipid tail group (i.e., mono lipid). The single lipid tail group has a carbon chain length of 10 to 13. The composition may include one or more additional surfactants selected from anionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants, cationic surfactants and combinations thereof, as long as the additional surfactant is free of sulfates. The composition also includes a dermatologically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: A clear personal cleansing composition having an anionic surfactant, a cationic deposition polymer, an aqueous carrier and a level of inorganic salt of from about 0 to about 1 wt %. The composition is substantially free of sulfates and has a % T of greater than about 80%. The composition can further comprise amphoteric surfactants. The composition remains phase stable and minimizes coacervate formulation until after dilution with water.

Abstract: A mild personal care composition that contains an effective amount of a glycolipid biosurfactant, an amphoteric surfactant and is free of thickeners. The glycolipid biosurfactant may be a rhamnolipid or a sophorolipid surfactant that provides good cleansing properties and exhibits consumer desired foam properties. The glycolipid surfactant may be a mixture of sophorolipid surfactants having a hydrophilic/lipophilic balance (HLB) of about 2 to about 7 and an HLB of about 15 to about 20. The composition also includes a sulfate-free anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant and a dermatologically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: A hair care composition providing improved in-use wet feel. The composition can contain from about 20% to about 45%, by weight, of a detersive surfactant, from about 0.01% to about 2.5%, by weight, of a cationic synthetic polymer, and from about 0.01% to about 2.5%, by weight, of a cationic guar polymer. The hair care composition can produce a final rinse friction of from about 600 gf to about 2000 gf and a delta final to initial from about 100 gf to about 600 gf. The hair care composition can be applied to the hair when it is dispensed from an aerosol foam dispenser as a foam.

Abstract: Personal cleansing compositions having an anionic surfactant, cationic deposition polymer, a level of inorganic salt of from about 0 to about 1 wt %, and an aqueous carrier. The composition is substantially free of sulfate containing surfactants. The composition can further comprise amphoteric surfactants. The composition remains phase stable, and minimizes coacervate formulation until after dilution with water.

Abstract: A shampoo composition having from about 0.025% to about 0.25% histidine, by weight of the shampoo composition; from about 2% to about 50% of one or more detersive surfactants, by weight of the shampoo composition; and a gel matrix having from about 0.1% to about 20% of one or more fatty alcohols, by weight of the gel matrix; from about 0.1% to about 10% of one or more gel matrix surfactants, by weight of the gel matrix; and from about 20% to about 95% of an aqueous carrier, by weight of the gel matrix.

Abstract: A clear personal cleansing composition having an anionic surfactant, a cationic deposition polymer, an aqueous carrier and a level of inorganic salt of from about 0 to about 1 wt %. The composition is substantially free of sulfates and has a % T of greater than about 80%. The composition can further comprise amphoteric surfactants. The composition remains phase stable and minimizes coacervate formulation until after dilution with water.

Abstract: A clear personal cleansing composition having an anionic surfactant, a cationic deposition polymer, an aqueous carrier and a level of inorganic salt of from about 0 to about 1 wt %. The composition is substantially free of sulfates and has a % T of greater than about 80%. The composition can further comprise amphoteric surfactants. The composition remains phase stable and minimizes coacervate formulation until after dilution with water.

Abstract: A minimal ingredient personal care composition containing 9 wt % to 16 wt % amino acid surfactant, 3 wt % to 10 wt % glyceryl ester, 0.2 wt % to 6 wt % triglyceride oil, a liquid carrier. The personal care composition is substantially free of sulfated surfactants, has a pH of 4.5 to 6 and a yield stress of 0.5 to 10 Pa. The personal care composition can be a shampoo that delivers suitable cleaning, color retention and/or conditioning benefits, while also being sulfate free.

Abstract: Surfactant compositions and derivatives with low amounts of impurities are disclosed along with a method of making the same. A surfactant composition includes greater than 80% by weight of N-acyl amino acid surfactant of formula (I) and is substantially free of solvents and/or NaCl. A process for preparing an N-acyl amino acid surfactant includes combining an amino acid, a waterless base and a fatty alkyl ester of formula (III) to form a mixture that includes an amino acid salt of formula (II). The temperature of the mixture is increased to form a reaction mixture. Alkyl alcohol is removed from the reaction mixture, and the reaction mixture becomes substantially clear.

Abstract: A surfactant composition includes a homogeneous mixture of greater than 70%, by weight, of N-acyl alaninate surfactant of formula (I) and an N-acyl amino acid surfactant of formula (II). A process for preparation of a blend of an N-acyl alaninate surfactant and an N-acyl amino acid surfactant includes combining (a) an alanine amino acid and (b) other amino acid, an anhydrous alkali salt of the other amino acid, or both, a waterless base, and a fatty alkyl ester of formula (V) to form a mixture including alanine amino acid salt of formula (III), and other amino acid salt of formula (IV). The process further includes increasing the temperature of the mixture to 180° C. or less to form a reaction mixture. The process further includes continuously removing alkyl alcohol from the reaction mixture and allowing the reaction mixture to become substantially clear to form the blend.

Abstract: A rinse-off cleansing composition with improved viscosity. The rinse-off cleansing composition contains a surfactant system with an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, and a non-ionic surfactant.

Abstract: A hair care composition providing improved in-use wet feel. The composition can contain from about 20% to about 45%, by weight, of a detersive surfactant and from about 0.01% to about 2.5%, by weight, of a cationic guar polymer. The hair care composition can produce a final rinse friction of from about 600 gf to about 2000 gf and a delta final to initial from of at least 150 gf. The hair care composition can be applied to the hair when it is dispensed from an aerosol foam dispenser as a foam.

Abstract: A shampoo composition comprising a nonionic surfactant, and a cationic guar having a weight average molecular weight of from about 800,000 g/mol to about 5,000,000 g/mol, and a charge density of from about 0.1 meg/g to about 2.5 meg/g. The shampoo is phase stable and delivers a consumer desirable in use viscosity while still providing cleaning, moisture and slip feel hair benefits.

Abstract: A shampoo composition delivering consumer desired lather, cleaning and viscosity comprising from about 8 wt % to about 35 wt % of decyl glucoside having an average alkyl chain length of about C10; from about 0.25 wt % to about 1.0 wt % alkyl glucoside with an average alkyl chain of C12 and greater; from about 0.4% to 2.0% of a gum selected from non-ionic and anionic gums consisting of xanthan gum, sclerotium gum, guar gum, locust bean gum, tragacanth gum, acacia gum, agar gum, algin gum, gellan gum, carob gum, karaya gum biosacharide gum, calcium carrageenan, potassium carrageenan, sodium carrageenan, potassium alginate, ammonium alginate, calcium alginate and any combination thereof.