be utilized as part of the cosmetically acceptable carrier of compositions according to the present invention typical thickeners include crosslinked acrylates e g carbopol 982 hydrophobically modified acrylates e g carbopol 1382 cellulosic derivatives and natural gums among useful cellulosic derivatives are sodium carboxymethylcellulose hydroxypropyl methylcellulose hydroxypropyl cellulose hydroxyethyl cellulose ethyl cellulose and hydroxymethyl cellulose natural gums suitable for the present invention include guar xanthan sclerotium carrageenan pectin and combinations of these gums amounts of the thickener may range from 0 0001 to 5 usually from 0 001 to 1 optimally from 0 01 to 0 5 by weight collectively the water solvents silicones esters fatty acids humectants and or thickeners will constitute the cosmetically acceptable carrier in amounts from 1 to 99 9 preferably from 80 to 99 by weight an oil or oily material may be present together with an emulsifier to provide either a water in oil emulsion or an oil in water emulsion depending largely on the average hydrophilic lipophilic balance hlb of the emulsifier employed surfactants may also be present in cosmetic compositions of the present invention total concentration of the surfactant will range from 0 1 to 40 preferably from 1 to 20 optimally from 1 to 5 by weight of the composition the surfactant may be selected from the group consisting of anionic nonionic cationic and amphoteric actives particularly preferred nonionic surfactants are those with a c 10 c 20 fatty alcohol or acid hydrophobe condensed with from 2 to 100 moles of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide per mole of hydrophobe c 2 c.