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An emulsifier-free hand and body lotion in the form of a clear gel dispersion. The dispersion includes a mixture of a gelled water system, a powdered carrier material of a cross-linked hydrophobic copolymer, and at least one active ingredient dispersed uniformly throughout and entrapped within said

An emulsifier-free hand and body lotion in the form of a clear gel dispersion. The dispersion includes a mixture of a gelled water system, a powdered carrier material of a cross-linked hydrophobic copolymer, and at least one active ingredient dispersed uniformly throughout and entrapped within said copolymer powder. The active ingredient can be one or more of a mixture of skin compatible oils, skin compatible humectants, emollients, moisturizing agents, and sunscreens.

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1. An emulsifier-free hand and body lotion in the form of a clear gel dispersion comprising a gelled water system, the gelled water system including water, and a gel-forming agent, a particulate carrier material of a highly cross-linked hydrophobic polymer powder, and at least one active ingredient

1. An emulsifier-free hand and body lotion in the form of a clear gel dispersion comprising a gelled water system, the gelled water system including water, and a gel-forming agent, a particulate carrier material of a highly cross-linked hydrophobic polymer powder, and at least one active ingredient being dispersed uniformly throughout and entrapped within said powder carrier, the active ingredient being selected from the group consisting of skin compatible oils, skin compatible humectants, emollients, moisturizing agents, and sunscreens. 2. The lotion of claim 1 wherein the carrier material is a combined system of particles, the system of powder particles including unit particles of less than about one micron in average diameter, agglomerates of fused unit particles of sizes in the range of about twenty to eighty microns in average diameter, and aggregates of clusters of fused agglomerates of sizes in the range of about two hundred to twelve hundred microns in average diameter. 3. The lotion of claim 2 wherein the gelled water system includes disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid as a chelating agent for improving the clarity of the gel. 4. The lotion of claim 3 wherein the gelled water system includes triethanolamine as a neutralizing agent. 5. The lotion of claim 4 wherein there is added to the gelled water system sodium styreneacrylate polyethylene glycol dimaleate copolymer which includes ammonium nonoxynol sulfate as an opacifying agent in order to provide the clear gel dispersion with a creamy appearance. 6. The lotion of claim 5 wherein there is provided a plurality of said active ingredients each being dispersed uniformly throughout and entrapped within said powder carriers. 7. The lotion of claim 6 wherein the powder carrier is a polymethacrylate polymer, and the gelled water system includes a preservative selected from the group consisting of alkyl esters of parahydroxybenzoic acid, hydantoin derivatives, propionate salts, and quaternary ammonium compounds.