Liquid abrasive-containing cleanser composition

A liquid abrasive cleanser composition consisting essentially of:

• (a) 0.1 to 0.6 wt. % of cross-linked polyacrylic acid having an average degree of polymerization of 10.sup.3 to 10.sup.5 and a Brookfield yield value of at least about 100 g/sec.cm., said cross-linked polyacrylic acid having been prepared by copolymerizing acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with triallyl isocyanurate,
• (b) 1 to 10 wt. % of hydrotrope of formula (I) or formula (II):
• ROH (I)
• wherein R is alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or
• R'--O--(R"O).sub.n H (II)
• wherein R' is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl, R" is ethylene, propylene or mixture thereof, and n is the average addition mole number with the provisos that n is 1 to 20 when R' is hydrogen and n is 1 to 3 when R' is a group of other than hydrogen,
• (c) 0.5 to 10 wt. % of nonionic synthetic organic surfactant having an HLB of 10 to 17,
• (d) 7 to 20 wt. % of water-insoluble abrasive having a particle size of from about 2 to about 150 microns, and the balance of the composition is essentially water and a water-soluble pH regulator in an amount effective to maintain the composition at a pH of 6 to 8.