Shiseido Company, Limited

Makiyo Miyakawa

Reiji Miyahara

Tetsuro Yonezawa

The present invention provides an intermediate composition enabling to prepare easily and steadily an &#x3b1;-gel-containing O/W emulsion cosmetic that has a very small viscosity change over time and is excellent in emulsion stability, without using a cooling device that has a heavy burden on cost and the environment, and a production method thereof. An &#x3b1;-gel intermediate composition consisting of (A) 20 to 80 mass % of a mixture containing one or more higher alcohols having 16 or more carbon atoms and a nonionic surfactant with an HLB value of 7 to 17 in the mole ratio of 3:2 to 5:1, and (B) 20 to 80 mass % of a mixture containing one or more water-soluble solvents having the IOB value of 1.5 to 3.5 and water in the mass ratio of 4:6 to 8:2, and wherein the composition is a liquid consisting of a bicontinuous microemulsion phase or a lamellar liquid crystal-dispersed bicontinuous microemulsion phase at 50 to 80&#xb0; C. and a solid at room temperature.

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Yokohama, Japan

Makiyo Miyakawa