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| (11) | EP 0 586 234 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
(88) | Date of publication A3: | | 08.06.1994 Bulletin 1994/23 |
(43) | Date of publication A2: | | 09.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/10 |
(22) | Date of filing: 01.09.1993 |
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(84) | Designated Contracting States: | | AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE |
(30) | Priority: | 04.09.1992 GB 9218792
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(71) | Applicants: | | - UNILEVER PLC
London EC4P 4BQ (GB) Designated Contracting States: GB IE - UNILEVER N.V.
NL-3013 AL Rotterdam (NL) Designated Contracting States: BE CH DE DK ES FR GR IT LI NL PT SE AT
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| (72) | Inventors: | | - Hagan, Desmond Bernard
South Wirral,
Cheshire L66 4TE (GB) - Lyle, Ian Gardner
Deeside,
Clwyd CH5 1XQ,
Wales (GB)
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(74) | Representative: Mulder, Cornelis Willem Reinier, Dr. et al | | Unilever PLC,
Patent Division,
Colworth House Sharnbrook,
Bedford MK44 1LQ Sharnbrook,
Bedford MK44 1LQ (GB) |
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(54) | Skin cleansing composition |
(57) A cosmetic composition suitable for topical application to the human skin or hair, especially for use as a make-up remover, comprising at least one secondary or branched chain nonionic alcohol ethylene oxide condensation surfactant having an ethylene oxide number between 4 and 12, or a secondary or branched chain nonionic alcohol ethylene oxide/propylene oxide condensation surfactant having a propylene oxide condensation number between 1 and 6 and an ethylene oxide condensation number of between 4 and 20, the nonionic surfactant having an average HLB value of 10-14, together with at least one low-irritant anionic surfactant which is preferably selected from the group comprising monoalkyl phosphates and/or dialkyl phosphates, alkyl ether phosphates, alkyl ether sulphates, alkyl ether carboxylates, N-acyl sarcosinates N-acyl glutamates, acyl isethionates, acyl methyl taurates, acyl lactylates, alkylamphocarboxyglycinates, alkyl sulphosuccinates and mixtures thereof.