PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gel composition for skin cleaning which is safe and useful as a gel and semi-solid cosmetic and the like.SOLUTION: The gel and semi solid detergent is prepared by blending a naturally occurring, gel and semi-solid component typified by xyloglucan, xanthan gum, curdlan, carageenan, locust bean gum, and the like with an anionic surfactant having a carboxylate and an amphoteric surfactant.