Shiseido Company, Limited

Ayako Ibe

Takayuki Omura

Kei Watanabe

Masaki Kitajima

Yuji Matsushita

Daiki Fujimaki

Kento Ueno

Ayaka Hori

Masayuki Kikuta

The invention provides a cosmetic base having an unprecedented appearance and feeling on use, in particular a cosmetic base with a novel feeling on use that gives a fresh feeling and a unique feel as the cosmetic softly bursts and collapses, allowing water to flow out, when applied to the skin, and a skin cosmetic using the same. A cosmetic base includes (A) 0.15-0.6 mass % of sodium acrylate-grafted starch and (B) 0.25-1.35 mass % of an associative thickener having a polyoxyalkylene chain wherein the total amount of the (A) sodium acrylate-grafted starch and (B) associative thickener having a polyoxyalkylene chain compounded is 0.5-1.5 mass % and to a skin cosmetic that uses the cosmetic base.

Cosmetic base and skin cosmetic using same

The present invention provides an oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic that is excellent in the resilient and supple (in other words, firm, tensional, and elastic) feel and also excellent in the softness and moisturizing effect. The oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following components: (A) 0.1 to 5 mass % of hydrogenated polyisobutene with a number average molecular weight of 2000 to 3000, (B) 0.1 to less than 1 mass % of higher alcohol, (C) 1 to 25 mass % of an oil component, (D) 0.3 to 5 mass % of surfactant, (E) 0.05 to 5 mass % of water-soluble thickener, and (F) an aqueous component, wherein the blending quantity of nonpolar oil is 30% or lower of the total amount of component (C).

Oil-in-water-type emulsion cosmetic

The present invention provides a water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic that is excellent in the resilient and supple (in other words, firm and tensional) feels and also excellent in the moisturizing effect and feeling in use. The water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following (A) to (D):

Water-in-oil emulsified cosmetic

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Ayako Ibe