A cleansing composition is provided for removing waxy makeup, and for cleansing the skin with excellent rinse speed and after-feel. The inventive composition is also transparent and stable to phase separation and includes specific amounts of high average HLB nonionic surfactants, specific alkyl mono esters, hydrocarbon oils and polyol(s) and in a preferred embodiment contains very low levels of or no silicone oils.本發明提供潔淨組合物,其用於以極佳沖洗速度及用後感(after-feel)去除蠟狀化妝品及潔淨皮膚。本發明組合物亦係透明的且係相分離穩定的,且包括特定量之高平均HLB非離子表面活性劑、特定烷基單酯、烴油及一或多種多元醇,且在較佳實施例中含有極低含量之聚矽氧油或無聚矽氧油。