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, 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 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. €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)
