A CLEANSING COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS (A) AND (B): (A) AN ETHER CARBOXYLATE OF FORMULA (1) R1-O- (CH2CH2O)n-CH2-COOX (1) WHEREIN - R1 REPRESENTS A LINEAR OR BRANCHED C4-C10 ALKYL OR ALKENYL GROUP, - n REPRESENTS A NUMBER FROM 0.5 TO 20, AND - X REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A CATION SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN ALKALI METAL, AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL, AMMONIUM, AN ALKYLAMMONIUM, AN ALKANOLAMMONIUM, AND A GLUCAMMONIUM； AND (B) AN ETHER CARBOXYLATE OF FORMULA (2) R2-O-(CH2CH2O)m-CH2-COOY (2) WHEREIN - R2 REPRESENTS A LINEAR OR BRANCHED C12-C22 ALKYL OR ALKENYL GROUP, - M REPRESENTS A NUMBER FROM 0.5 TO 20, AND - Y REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A CATION, SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN ALKALI METAL, AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL, AMMONIUM, AN ALKYLAMMONIUM, AN ALKANOLAMMONIUM, AND A GLUCAMMONIUM. R1-O-(CH2 CH2O)n-CH2-COOX (1) R2-O-(CH2CH2O)m-CH2-COOY (2)
