A skin cleansing composition, comprising (A) an alkyl ether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof represented by formula (1): wherein, R 1 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, R 1 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 more than 9.6% by mass and 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 than 40% by mass, and (B) an alkyl sulfate or polyoxyethylene alkyl sulfate represented by formula (2): wherein, R 2 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. €ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒR 1 -O-(CH 2 CH 2 O)n-CH 2 -COOM€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ(1) €ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒR 2 -O-(CH 2 CH 2 O) m -SO 3 Y€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ(2)本發明係一種皮膚清潔劑組合物,其含有如下之成分(A)及(B):(A)下述通式(1)所表示之烷基醚羧酸或其鹽,且R1之平均碳數為10.8~12.8、包含n=0之成分超過9.6質量%且為27質量%以下、包含n=1之成分與n=2之成分合計為21質量%以上且未達40質量%之烷基醚羧酸或其鹽,[化1]R1-O-(CH2CH2O)n-CH2-COOM (1)(式中,R1表示碳數4~22之烷基,n表示0~20之數,M表示氫原子、鹼金屬、鹼土金屬、銨或有機銨);(B)下述通式(2)所表示之烷基硫酸鹽或聚氧乙烯烷基硫酸鹽,[化2]R2-O-(CH2CH2O)m-SO3Y (2)(式中,R2表示碳數8~22之烷基或烯基,m表示0~20之數,且m之平均值為2以上且未達4,Y表示氫原子、或選自鹼金屬、鹼土金屬、銨、烷基銨、烷醇銨及葡糖銨之陽離子)。
