A SKIN CLEANSING COMPOSITION, COMPRISING (A) AN ALKYL ETHER CARBOXYLIC ACID OR A SALT THEREOF REPRESENTED BY FORMULA (1): WHEREIN, R1 REPRESENTS AN ALKYL GROUP HAVING 8 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, N REPRESENTS A NUMBER OF FROM 0 TO 20, AND M REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM, ALKALI METAL, ALKALINE EARTH METAL, AMMONIUM, OR ORGANIC AMMONIUM, WHEREIN, HAS AN AVERAGE CARBON NUMBER OF FROM 10.8 TO 12.8 AND THE AVERAGE VALUE OF N IS FROM 2.5 TO 34, AND WHEREIN, THE ALKYL ETHER CARBOXYLIC ACID OR A SALT THEREOF CONTAINS A COMPONENT IN WHICH N = 0 IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM 9.9 TO 27% BY MASS, AND CONTAINS A COMPONENT IN WHICH N = 1 AND A COMPONENT IN WHICH N = 2 IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN 40% BY MASS, AND (B) AN ALKYL SULFATE OR POLYOXYETHYLENE ALKYL SULFATE REPRESENTED BY FORMULA (2): WHEREIN, R2 REPRESENTS AN ALKYL GROUP OR AN ALKENYL GROUP HAVING 8 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, IN REPRESENTS A NUMBER OF FROM 0 TO 20 AND THE AVERAGE OF IN IS LESS THAN 2, AND Y REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A CATION SELECTED FROM ALKALI METAL, ALKALINE EARTH METAL, AMMONIUM, ALKYL AMMONIUM, ALKANOL AMMONIUM, AND GLUCAMMONIUM. R1-O- (CH2CH2Q)N-CH2-COOM (1) R2-0-(CH2CH2O)M-SO3Y (2)
