To provide a detergent composition for makeup cleansing that is excellent in the detergency to makeup stains and in the feeling of use and exhibits excellent preservation stability within a wider temperature range than in the case of conventional ones.

The detergent for makeup cleansing comprises one or two or more of diglycerol fatty acid esters having 1-60 moles of polyoxyethylene groups added thereto as a nonionic surfactant, where the diglycerol fatty acid ester is an 8-22C linear or branched saturated or unsaturated fatty acid ester.