Provided is a skin or hair cleanser composition having an excellent foaming property and making a good feeling upon use available from cleansing until after drying, which comprises:from 0.2 to 20 wt.% of (A) a compound represented by the following formula (1): R1O-(AO)n-R2 (1)wherein R1 represents a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 8 to 10 carbon atoms, AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, n is the number of the alkyleneoxy group and stands for a number from 0.5 to 3.5 on average, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group,from 5 to 60 wt.% of (B) a surfactant other than the component (A), andfrom 0.1 to 10 wt.% of (C) at least one of silicones and monohydric alcohols having from 15 to 28 carbon atoms.