the c 18 c 36 saturated synthetic fatty acid wax will range from about one to about ten percent by weight of the total composition and the hydrophobic silicones will vary from about two to about twenty percent by weight a number of film forming agents polymers and cosmetic resins can be employed in combination with the present base formulation when product design considerations warrant their inclusion such agents polymers and resins include polyvinylpyrrolidone pvp eicosene copolymer vinylpyrrolidone vinyl acetate copolymers in which the monomer ratio ranges from 70 30 to 30 70 vinyl acetate unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers for example 90 of vinyl acetate and 10 of crotonic acid terpolymers of methyl methacrylate stearyl methacrylate stearyl methacrylate dimethyl aminoethyl methacrylate which have been completely quaternised with dimethyl sulphate the monomers being used particularly in the ratio 20 23 57 a terpolymer of vinyl acetate allyl stearate allyloxyacetic acid especially in the ratio of 80 15 5 maleic anhydride methyl vinyl ether copolymers such as 34 gantrez an 34 and the ethyl isopropyl and butyl esters thereof and maleic anhydride butyl vinyl ether copolymers another unexpected advantage of the present invention occurs when those polymers which are known to produce a sticky or tacky feel in conventional cream bases are used in the present invention they create a smooth and silky composition which is neither tacky nor sticky for pharmaceutical preparations a number of medications may be employed as an active ingredient when uniformly dispersed throughout the cream conditioner of the.