A SKIN CLEANSING COMPOSITION, COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS (A) AND (B):(A) FROM 0.1 TO 30% BY MASS OF AN ALKYL ETHER CARBOXYLIC ACID OR A SALT THEREOF REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA (1) WHEREIN, R1 REPRESENTS AN ALKYL GROUP HAVING 4 TO 22 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, R’ HAS AN AVERAGE CARBON NUMBER OF FROM 10.8 TO 12.8 AND THE AVERAGE VALUE OF N IS FROM 2.5 TO 3.4, AND WHEREIN, THE ALKYL ETHER CARBOXYLIC ACID OR THE SALT THEREOF CONTAINS A COMPONENT IN WHICH N = 0 IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM 9. 6 TO 27% BY MASS, AND A COMPONENT IN WHICH N = 1 AND A COMPONENT IN WHICH N = 2 IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 20% BY MASS OR MORE AND LESS THAN 40% BY MASS, FROM 0.1 TO 30% BY MASS OF A POTASSIUM SALT OR AN ALKANOLAMINE SALT OF A FATTY ACID REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA (2): WHEREIN, REPRESENTS AN ALKYL GROUP OR AN ALKENYL GROUP HAVING 9 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, AND Y REPRESENTS POTASSIUM OR ALKANOLAMINE. R’-O- (CH2CH2O) -CH2-COOM (1) R2-COOY (2)
