A personal cleansing composition includes a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system comprises from 0.1% to 5% of a fatty acyl isethionate surfactant by weight of the composition； from 0.5% to 40% of a co-surfactant by weight of the composition； from 0.05 to 5% of a natural polysaccharide or a chemically modified natural polysaccharide by weight of the composition； wherein the personal cleansing composition comprises a first and second phase, wherein the first phase is an isotropic and micellar surfactant phase； wherein the second phase is a polymer liquid crystalline phase； wherein the second phase exhibits a birefringent optical morphology indicative of the polymer liquid crystalline phase； wherein the polymer liquid crystalline phase comprises polymer liquid crystals, wherein the polymer liquid crystals include the natural polysaccharide or the chemically modified natural polysaccharide； and wherein the composition is free of from alkyl sulfate and alkyl ether sulfate type of surfactants.
