Personal Care Product and Manufacture Thereof

Abstract

Disclosed is a package for a personal care composition, the package comprising a container containing a personal care composition, the container having a base comprising a base face for standing the package on a planar surface, and a cap removably connected to and covering a dispensing end of the container opposite to the base. The cap has an end face which is inclined to the base face, and the container and cap are shaped to permit the package, independent of the amount of the personal care composition contained within the container, selectively to be stood on the base face in an upright orientation on the planar surface or on the end face in an inverted orientation on the planar surface.

1 . A personal care product, the product comprising a container containing a solid body of a topical personal care composition, the personal care composition having at least two components having differing visual characteristics, the components being mixed to form a random diffuse pattern, first and second components of the at least two components comprising major and minor proportions by volume of the solid body, the first component having a lower melting temperature than the melting temperature of the second component. 
     
     
         2 . The product according to  claim 1 , wherein the melting temperature of the first component is at least 23° C. lower than the melting temperature of the second component. 
     
     
         3 . The product according to  claim 2 , wherein the melting temperature of the first component is 23 to 28° C. lower than the melting temperature of the second component. 
     
     
         4 . The product according to  claim 1 , wherein the personal care composition is an antiperspirant composition and/or a deodorant composition. 
     
     
         5 . The product of  claim 4 , wherein the personal care composition is a solid stick or soft solid. 
     
     
         6 . The product of  claim 4 , wherein the personal care composition comprises an antiperspirant active that is present in an amount of 5 to 25% by weight of the composition. 
     
     
         7 . The product of  claim 6 , wherein each of the at least two components of the personal care composition comprises the antiperspirant active. 
     
     
         8 . The product of  claim 4 , wherein the personal care composition comprises a deodorant active that is present in an amount of greater than 0 to up to 1% by weight of the composition. 
     
     
         9 . The product of  claim 8 , wherein each of the at least two components of the personal care composition comprises the deodorant active. 
     
     
         10 . The product according to  claim 4 , wherein the first and second components respectively include different first and second gellant compositions to provide different respective melting temperatures of the first and second components of the personal care composition. 
     
     
         11 . The product according to  claim 10 , wherein the first gellant composition comprises at least one soybean oil having an iodine value of greater than 0 to 20 and at least one fatty alcohol and the second gellant composition comprises at least one soybean oil having an iodine value of greater than 0 to 20 and at least one hydrocarbon of the formula C n H 2n+2 , wherein n is 20 to 100, and the hydrocarbon is at least 90% linear. 
     
     
         12 . The product of  claim 11 , wherein the iodine value is 1 to 5. 
     
     
         13 . The product of  claim 11 , wherein the soybean oil is present in an amount up to about 20% by weight of the respective component of the at least two components. 
     
     
         14 . The product of  claim 13 , wherein the soybean oil is present in an amount up to about 10% by weight of the respective component of the at least two components. 
     
     
         15 . The product of  claim 14 , wherein the soybean oil is present in an amount of 3 to 7% by weight of the respective component of the at least two components. 
     
     
         16 . The product of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one fatty alcohol is present in the first component in an amount of 5 to 25% by weight of the first component. 
     
     
         17 . The product of  claim 16 , wherein the fatty alcohol comprises stearyl alcohol. 
     
     
         18 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one hydrocarbon is present in the second component in an amount of 5 to 25% by weight of the second component. 
     
     
         19 . The product of  claim 18 , wherein the at least one hydrocarbon comprises polyethylene. 
     
     
         20 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein the personal care composition further comprises silicone which is present in each of the at least two components in an amount of 5 to 70% by weight of the respective component. 
     
     
         21 . The product of  claim 20 , wherein the silicone comprises cyclomethicone. 
     
     
         22 . The product of  claim 21 , wherein the personal care composition further comprises an emollient chosen from PPG-14 butyl ether, C12-15 alkyl benzoate, phenyl trimethicone, PPG-3 myristyl ether, myristyl myristate, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         23 . The product according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least two components have different colors.