The present invention relates to personal cleansing compositions in 'post-foaming' gel or cream form, which are particularly mild, can contain high levels of emollient skin-care ingredients and produce copious amounts of creamy foam in use. The structure of the compositions enables stable post-foaming gels or creams to be made combining unusually low surfactant levels with high levels of emollient oils. The present invention provides an effective solution to the dual consumer need for highly skin caring cleansing formulations with excellent foaming characteristics.