A personal care composition which has an ethylenic monomer having a molecular weight of 500 g/mole or less and a compound selected from the group consisting of 2-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-anisole, 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-anisole, and mixtures thereof. The compound is present in the personal care composition in an amount of from about 1 milligram to about 1000 milligram per kilogram of the ethylenic monomer.