A skin cleansing composition, comprising the following components (A), (B), (C), and (D):(A) from 0.5 to 6% by mass of an alkyl ether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1):wherein, R1 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, R1 has an average carbon number of from 10.8 to 12.8,and wherein, the alkyl ether carboxylic acid or the 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 21% by mass or more and less than 40% by mass,(B) from 0.1 to 1% by mass of a cellulose having a hydroxyethyl group or a hydroxypropyl group added,(C) from 3 to 30% by mass of an anionic surfactant other than the component (A), and(D) water. R1-O-(CH2CH2O)n-CH2-COOM (1)
