alkyl glycinates alkyl sarcosinates and or alkyl taurates anyway employed in detergents and cleansing agents moreover advantageously allows the formulator of detergents and cleansing agents much more freedom in the final composition of his product the invention is based on the surprising finding that aqueous alkyl ether sulfates alkyl sulfates alkyl sulfonates mono and diesters of sulfosuccinic acid sulfosuccinates alkyl glycinates alkyl sarcosinates and or alkyl taurates having a content of 40 to 90 by weight based on the total weight of the concentrate can be processed with pearlescence imparting compounds such as fatty acid glycol esters and or carboxamides to give pumpable pearlescent concentrates whose active content is above 60 by weight preferably 65 to 85 by weight particularly preferably 70 to 80 by weight counterions that can be employed for the aqueous alkyl ether sulfates alkyl sulfates alkyl sulfonates mono and diesters of sulfosuccinic acid sulfosuccinates alkyl glycinates alkyl sarcosinates and or alkyl taurates used as dispersants are any organic and inorganic countercations as long as the alkyl ether sulfates alkyl sulfates alkyl sulfonates mono and diesters of the sulfosuccinic acid sulfosuccinates alkyl glycinates alkyl sarcosinates and or alkyl taurates remain readily soluble or dispersible in water and as long as the counterions are physically and chemically compatible with the basic constituents of the pearlescent concentrate and do not disadvantageously influence the product characteristics such as pearlescence stability or processability preferred counterions are alkali metal ions such as sodium and or potassium alkaline earth metal ions such as calcium and or magnesium as well as substituted.