CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR SKIN CARE EMULSIONS AND HEAVY DUTY HAND CLEANSERS

摘要

The present invention provides preservative compositions suitable forreplacing, partially or in totality, conventionalpreservatives in skin care emulsions and heavy duty hand cleansers comprisedof alternative molecular compounds thanfound in conventional preservative formulations. The preservative formulationfor skin care formulations includes a fatty acid and/or ester of fatty acid present in a concentration from about 0.01 wt./wt. % toabout 90 wt./wt. % of the formulation, one or morealcohols in a concentration from about 0.01 to about 60 wt./wt. % of theformulation, and a chelating agent present in a concentrationfrom about 0.01 to about 20 wt./wt. % of the blend.