A skin cleansing composition comprising: a. a non-crosslinked, linear acrylic copolymer, having a number average molecular weight of 100,000 or less; and b. a surfactant component comprising at least one non-ethoxylated anionic surfactant and at least one amphoteric surfactant, wherein said at least one non-ethoxylated anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates and sulfonates; wherein the total surfactant load of said skin cleansing composition is not greater than 14 weight percent of the skin cleansing composition; wherein the at least one non-ethoxylated anionic surfactant and the at least one amphoteric surfactant are present in a ratio of less than 0.5 and the pH is between 4.8 and 6.2; and wherein the skin cleansing composition has a count rate of 70 kcts/s or less in the following light scattering test: the samples were analyzed using a Zetasizer Nano ZS DLS instrument (Malvern Instruments, Inc., Southborough, MA) operating at 25.0 °C, the instrument was integrated with the Malvern Dispersion Technology Software; the unfiltered sample solutions were diluted to 3% and dispensed into cuvettes (12mm Square Polystyrene Cuvettes, DTS0012) to the 10mm mark, and covered; the measurements were done at attenuation 7, with a 4mW He-Ne, 633nm laser at position 4.65mm; the temperature was kept constant at 25 °C; measurements were done in 3 repetitions and 11 runs each; or wherein the skin cleansing composition has a light transmittance of greater than 90% using the following test: a 1 cm cell sample of the composition to be measured was prepared and the % light transmittance associated with such sample was measured using an Agilent 8453 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer with a 1 cm cell at a wavelength of 800 nm; the clarity was determined for each cleansing composition without dilution; the results are reported as %T, the % transmittance through cleansing composition in the 1 cm cell. a. a non-crosslinked, linear acrylic copolymer, having a number average molecular weight of 100,000 or less; and b. a surfactant component comprising at least one non-ethoxylated anionic surfactant and at least one amphoteric surfactant, wherein said at least one non-ethoxylated anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates and sulfonates; the samples were analyzed using a Zetasizer Nano ZS DLS instrument (Malvern Instruments, Inc., Southborough, MA) operating at 25.0 °C, the instrument was integrated with the Malvern Dispersion Technology Software; the unfiltered sample solutions were diluted to 3% and dispensed into cuvettes (12mm Square Polystyrene Cuvettes, DTS0012) to the 10mm mark, and covered; the measurements were done at attenuation 7, with a 4mW He-Ne, 633nm laser at position 4.65mm; the temperature was kept constant at 25 °C; measurements were done in 3 repetitions and 11 runs each; or wherein the skin cleansing composition has a light transmittance of greater than 90% using the following test: a 1 cm cell sample of the composition to be measured was prepared and the % light transmittance associated with such sample was measured using an Agilent 8453 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer with a 1 cm cell at a wavelength of 800 nm; the clarity was determined for each cleansing composition without dilution; the results are reported as %T, the % transmittance through cleansing composition in the 1 cm cell. a 1 cm cell sample of the composition to be measured was prepared and the % light transmittance associated with such sample was measured using an Agilent 8453 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer with a 1 cm cell at a wavelength of 800 nm; the clarity was determined for each cleansing composition without dilution; the results are reported as %T, the % transmittance through cleansing composition in the 1 cm cell.