A surfactant-polymer blend comprising: (a) at least one anionic surfactant; (b) at least one amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant; (c) at least one hydrophobically-modified polymer formed from a mixture comprising: (i) at least one α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer selected from acrylic acids, methacrylic acids, crotonic acids, acyloxypropionic acids, maleic acids, fumaric acids, itaconic acids, aconitic acids, half- or mono-esters of dibasic or tribasic acids; (ii) at least one nonionic, co-polymerizable α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from a C 1 to C 4 alkyl acrylate, C 1 to C 4 alkyl methacrylate; and (iii) at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobically-modified associative monomer selected from cetyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, cetearyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate (CSEM), stearyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, arachidyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, behenyl polyethoxylated methacrylate, cerotyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, montanyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, melissyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, lacceryl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, nonylphenol polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, tristyrylphenol polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, palmyl polyethoxylated itaconate, stearyl polyethoxylated itaconate, behenyl polyethoxylated itaconate, palmyl polyethoxylated maleate (PEML), stearyl polyethoxylated maleate, behenyl polyethoxylated maleate (BEML), palmyl polyethoxylated allyl ether (PEAE), stearyl polyethoxylated allyl ether (SEAE), behenyl polyethoxylated allyl ether (BEAE), wherein the polyethoxylated portion of the foregoing monomers contain from 3 to 200 ethylene oxide repeating unit; and (d) at least one monovalent salt selected from lithium chloride, sodium chloride, ammonium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium benzoate, sodium salicylate or mixtures of any two or more thereof. (a) at least one anionic surfactant; (b) at least one amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant; (c) at least one hydrophobically-modified polymer formed from a mixture comprising: (i) at least one α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer selected from acrylic acids, methacrylic acids, crotonic acids, acyloxypropionic acids, maleic acids, fumaric acids, itaconic acids, aconitic acids, half- or mono-esters of dibasic or tribasic acids; (ii) at least one nonionic, co-polymerizable α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from a C 1 to C 4 alkyl acrylate, C 1 to C 4 alkyl methacrylate; and (iii) at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobically-modified associative monomer selected from cetyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, cetearyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate (CSEM), stearyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, arachidyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, behenyl polyethoxylated methacrylate, cerotyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, montanyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, melissyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, lacceryl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, nonylphenol polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, tristyrylphenol polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, palmyl polyethoxylated itaconate, stearyl polyethoxylated itaconate, behenyl polyethoxylated itaconate, palmyl polyethoxylated maleate (PEML), stearyl polyethoxylated maleate, behenyl polyethoxylated maleate (BEML), palmyl polyethoxylated allyl ether (PEAE), stearyl polyethoxylated allyl ether (SEAE), behenyl polyethoxylated allyl ether (BEAE), wherein the polyethoxylated portion of the foregoing monomers contain from 3 to 200 ethylene oxide repeating unit; and (i) at least one α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer selected from acrylic acids, methacrylic acids, crotonic acids, acyloxypropionic acids, maleic acids, fumaric acids, itaconic acids, aconitic acids, half- or mono-esters of dibasic or tribasic acids; (ii) at least one nonionic, co-polymerizable α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from a C 1 to C 4 alkyl acrylate, C 1 to C 4 alkyl methacrylate; and (iii) at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobically-modified associative monomer selected from cetyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, cetearyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate (CSEM), stearyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, arachidyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, behenyl polyethoxylated methacrylate, cerotyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, montanyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, melissyl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, lacceryl polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, nonylphenol polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, tristyrylphenol polyethoxylated (meth)acrylate, palmyl polyethoxylated itaconate, stearyl polyethoxylated itaconate, behenyl polyethoxylated itaconate, palmyl polyethoxylated maleate (PEML), stearyl polyethoxylated maleate, behenyl polyethoxylated maleate (BEML), palmyl polyethoxylated allyl ether (PEAE), stearyl polyethoxylated allyl ether (SEAE), behenyl polyethoxylated allyl ether (BEAE), wherein the polyethoxylated portion of the foregoing monomers contain from 3 to 200 ethylene oxide repeating unit; and (d) at least one monovalent salt selected from lithium chloride, sodium chloride, ammonium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium benzoate, sodium salicylate or mixtures of any two or more thereof.