optigel sh u00ae organic thickeners include alginic acid as well as sodium and calcium alginates sodium carboxymethyl cellulose hydroxypropyl methylcellulose hydroxypropyl cellulose hydroxyethyl cellulose and combinations thereof most preferred is alginic acid commercially available as kelacid u00ae from sud chemie rheologicals louisville ky alginic acid is highly effective at removing the slimy feel associated with deposits of alkaline material which are not fully rinsed away from the skin amounts of the thickener may range from about 0 1 to about 20 polysaccharides useful in this invention are dry solid anhydrous substances such as sorbitol sugars such as trehalose starches modified starches e g aluminum octenyl succinate and mixtures thereof most preferred is sorbitol deposition aids may also be incorporated in compositions of the present invention these assist in depositing skin benefit agents onto the skin surface particularly effective are cationic monomers and polymers for this purpose most preferred for purposes of this invention are polymer jr and cationic guar gums such as jaguar c13s u00ae which is guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride amounts of the deposition aid may range from about 0 01 to about 1 preferably from about 0 05 to about 0 5 optimally from about 0 1 to about 0 3 by weight advantageously an emotive agent such as a fragrance and or botanical extract are included with the effervescent cleansing composition fragrances and botanicals are often liquids for this reason it is necessary to uniformly distribute and allow absorption of liquid components into the solid powder one method of best achieving this is to spray these liquids onto the solids amounts of the fragrance and or botanicals combined may.