A process for enhancing skin, mucous membranes and textile compatibility
with an anionic surfactant composition involving: (a) providing an
anionic surfactant composition; (b) providing an acid selected from the
group consisting of a hydroxycarboxylic acid, a salt of a
hydroxycarboxylic acid, an ester of a hydroxycarboxylic acid with an
ethoxylated alcohol, and mixtures thereof; and (c) mixing (a) and (b).