Shiseido Company, Limited

Saori Tanabe

Reiji Miyahara

Takashi Oka

Tetsuro Yonezawa

Makoto Uyama

Miho Yajima

Noriko Ohira

Saori Nishikawa

The present invention provides an &#x3b1;-gel forming composition and an &#x3b1;-gel composition that uses an &#x3b1;-gel formation composition that is highly stable and that does not become colored or deposit crystals, etc. over time. An &#x3b1;-gel composition includes (A) 25-50 mass % of one or more higher aliphatic alcohol and/or higher fatty acid has 16 or more carbons, (B) 40-70 mass % of a specific polyoxyethylene sterol ether, and (C) 5-20 mass % of a specific polyoxyethylene dialkyl ester and/or ether. The &#x3b1;-gel composition is generated by adding water.

Alpha-gel forming composition and alpha-gel composition

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an &#x3b1;-gel formation composition and an &#x3b1;-gel composition that uses the &#x3b1;-gel formation composition, wherein said compositions are highly stable, do not deposit crystals, become more viscous over time, and, when used in a preparations for external use, are refreshing during application and have high skin-moisturizing action after application. A gel composition that includes a polyoxyethylene dialkyl ester and/or a polyoxyethylene dialkyl ether, a polyoxyethylene alkyl ester and/or a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, and, preferably, a polyoxyethylene sterol ether and water.

Alpha-gel formation composition, external skin care composition using alpha-gel formation composition, and alpha-gel composition using alpha-gel formation composition

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Saori Tanabe