PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin cleansing agent for normalizing or maintaining normality of skin conditions, the skin cleansing agent being excellent in temporal stability (without causing color tone change and sediment), having significantly excellent usability, and having an effect in increasing the rate of Staphylococcus epidermidis which is a useful bacterium in the skin whereas reducing the rate of Staphylococcus aureus and acne bacteria which are harmful bacteria.SOLUTION: A skin cleansing agent for improving resident skin bacteria balance contains the extract of Sapindus trifoliatus fruits.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】経時安定性(色調変化や澱の発生がない)に優れ、使用性が著しく良好であって、皮膚において有益菌である表皮ブドウ球菌の割合を増加し、一方で有害菌である黄色ブドウ球菌やアクネ菌の割合を減少させる効果を有した、皮膚状態を正常化または正常性を維持するための皮膚洗浄料を提供する。【解決手段】リタ(Sapindus trifoliatus)の果実からの抽出物を含有する、皮膚常在菌バランスを改善するための皮膚洗浄料。【選択図】なし