zinc oxide when used to treat diaper rash application_number US 36454303 A description the present invention provides for a skin care composition including petrolatum and at least one selected from the group consisting of a c 5 c 7 alkane and a paraffin wherein the composition has a viscosity such that it can be delivered from a vessel fitted with a manually operated spray device and wherein the skin care composition is free of propellant preferably the skin care composition is pourable at room temperature i e 75 degrees fahrenheit and the at least one selected from the group consisting of a c 5 c 7 alkane and a paraffin has a boiling point less than 380 degrees fahrenheit the petrolatum is present in an amount of 5 to 95 by weight preferably 20 to 80 by weight most preferably 30 to 60 by weight of the skin care composition a suitable petrolatum is white propet 2l available from witco the skin care composition also includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a c 5 c 7 alkane and a paraffin present in an amount of less than 50 by weight preferably 9 to 25 by weight of the skin care composition the c 5 c 7 alkane can be linear or branched or cyclic a preferred c 5 c 7 alkane is hexane a suitable hexane is available from ashland or vopak or chemcentral.