made of a type of water dissolvable polymer such as polyvinyl alcohol pvoh alternative water soluble materials include water soluble polyurethanes such as polyvinylpyrrolidone pvp pvp copolymers for example vinyl pyrrilidone vinyl acetate copolymers such as pvp vinyl acetate water soluble acrylic acid copolymers and their esters and salts for example the partial ester copolymers of acrylic methacrylic acid and a polyethylene glycol ether of a fatty alcohol such as acrylates steareth 20 methacrylates copolymer available for example from rohm amp haas under the trademark aculyn 22 organic and inorganic salts of phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid psa such as tea phenylbenzimidazole sulfonate and sodium phenylbenzimidazole sulfonate water soluble cellulosics such as hydroxymethylcellulose hydroxyethylcellulose and hydroxypropylcellulose water soluble quaterniums such as polyquaternium 7 polyquaternium 10 polyquaternium 37 carboxyvinyl polymers such as carbomers and their salts for example sodium carbomer and water soluble polysaccharides such as polydextrose and glucan the pad 14 is loosely contained in the pouch 12 and is capable of absorbing the cleanser 16 and water to create a foaming cleansing product any conventional cleansing pad can be used such as a cloth sponge or cut loofah in the preferred embodiment the pad 14 is a non woven cloth and in a further preferred embodiment the non woven cloth is composed of polyester and cellulose the pad 14 is approximately the same shape as the pouch 12 to facilitate maximum absorption of the cleanser 16 by the pad 14 while the invention will be described in relation to a substantially square pad 14 and pouch 12 the invention is useful with pads and pouches of a variety of shapes the cleanser 16 is loosely enclosed in the pouch 12 along with the pad 14 and can be any desired cleansing agent but is preferably a granulated cleansing agent.