A pre-mix suitable for use in making a non-lathering personal care article that is in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, wherein said pre-mix has from 15% to 40% solids, has a viscosity of from 2,500 cps to 30,000 cps, and comprises (i) from 0% to 4% ionic surfactant; (ii) from 0.3% to 20% of a non-surfactant cosmetic active; (iii) from 5% to 25% polymeric structurant, and wherein the polymeric structurant has a weighted average molecular weight of from 40,000 to 500,000; and from 0.3% to 10% plasticizer. Use of said pre-mix for making a non-lathering personal care article that is in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure.