Patent ID: 7582592

Claim:
A skin cleansing composition comprising, in addition to water, the following ingredients (A) to (D): (A) a polyoxyethylene alkylether sulfate, (B) a surfactant which comprises a hydrophobic group and a carboxyl group via a polyoxyethylene chain or glycol ether unit, (C) an alkyl polyglycoside, and (D) one or more of a higher fatty acid and a higher alcohol, wherein a total amount of the ingredients (A), (B) and (C) ranges from 5 to 30 wt % based on the whole composition, with the ingredient (A) amounting to from 20 to 80 wt %, the ingredient (B) amounting to from 7 to 70 wt %, and the ingredient (C) amounting to from 7 to 70 wt %, the amount of the ingredient (D) ranges from 0.3 to 3 wt % based on the whole composition, and a pH of the composition ranges from 4.5 to 7 when diluted to 5 wt % with deionized water.