A SKIN CLEANSING COMPOSITION,COMPRISING (A) AN ALKYL ETHER CARBOXYLIC ACID OR A SALT THEREOF REPRESENTED BY 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,R1 HAS AN AVERAGE CARBON NUMBER OF FROM 10.8 TO 12.8, AND WHEREIN, THE ALKYL ETHER CARBOXYLIC ACID OR A SALT THEREOF CONTAINS A COMPONENT IN WHICH N = 0 IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM 9.6 TO 27% BY MASS OR LESS, AND A COMPONENT IN WHICH N = 1 AND A COMPONENT IN WHICH N = 2 IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF FROM 21% BY MASS OR MORE , AND LESS THEN 40%BY MASS, AND (B) AN ALKYL SULFATE OR POLYOXYETHYLENE ALKYL SULFATE REPRESENTED BY FORMULA (2): WHEREIN, R2 REPRESENTS AN ALKYL GROUP OR AN ALKENYL GROUP HAVING 8 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, M REPRESENTS A NUMBER OF FROM 0 TO 20 AND THE AVERAGE OF M IS 2 OR MORE AND LESS THAN 4, AND Y REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A CATION SELECTED FROM ALKALI METAL, ALKALINE EARTH METAL, AMMONIUM, ALKYL AMMONIUM, ALKANOL AMMONIUM, AND GLUCAMMONIUM. R1-O- (CH2CH2Q)N-CH2-COOM (1) R2-0-(CH2CH2O)M-SO3Y (2)
