This invention provides an oil-based liquid cleansing preparation that does not sag from the hands during use, can easily be applied to a contemplated site, i.e. has excellent usability, exhibits excellent spreadability during cleansing, gives excellent feeling on use which can realize suitable thickness felling, is usable under an environment where the hands and face are in a wetted state, such as a bathroom and a washstand, has a high level of detergency, and is free from residual oil touch after water washing. This composition comprises an ester of a fatty acid with polyglycerin, glycerin esters of a monocarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic acid, and a monocarboxylic fatty acid ester which is liquid at 25.degree. C. and has a viscosity of 300 to 3000 mPas.