PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently remove make-up material using cotton, to reduce the feeling of stickiness and tightness of the skin after use, and to have a high liquid retention property on the cotton, and to prevent excessive use between the skin and the cotton during wiping. Of water-based cleansing cosmetics that does not cause significant friction. SOLUTION: An aqueous cleansing cosmetic composition containing 0.5 to 25 mass% of the following component (A), 0.5 to 20 mass% of the component (B), and 55 to 95 mass% of the component (C). (A) An alkylene oxide derivative R-O-(AO)a-[(PO)b/(EO)c]-H represented by the formula (I) of claim 1 (I) (B) poly Nonionic surfactant (C) water having an oxyethylene group and a hydrocarbon group having 12 to 22 carbon atoms or an acyl group having 12 to 22 carbon atoms and having an HLB of 6 to 16 [Selection diagram] None【課題】コットンを使ってメイク料を十分に除去しつつ、使用後の肌のべたつき感やつっぱり感が少なく、またコットン上での保液性が高く、拭き取り使用時に肌とコットンの間で過度な摩擦が起きにくい水性クレンジング化粧料の提供。【解決手段】下記の成分(A)を0.5~25質量%、成分(B)を0.5~20質量%、成分(C)を55~95質量%含有する水性クレンジング化粧料。(A)請求項1の式(I)で表されるアルキレンオキシド誘導体 R-O-(AO)a-[(PO)b/(EO)c]-H ・・・(I)(B)ポリオキシエチレン基と、炭素数12~22の炭化水素基又は炭素数12~22のアシル基とを有し、HLBが6~16である非イオン性界面活性剤(C)水【選択図】なし