Kao Soap Company, Ltd.

Toshiaki Utsugi

Junichi Kawano

Hisao Tsutsumi

Shigeo Inoue

Shizuo Hayashi, Deceased

An emulsifier composition comprising a polyoxyethylene sorbitol fatty acid ester and a multivalent metal salt of a fatty acid is effective in stabilizing water-in-oil type emulsions.

Emulsifier composition

A powdered compressed cosmetic material comprising a hydroxypropyl-etherified glycolipid ester represented by the general formula; ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a methyl group or a hydrogen atom, R.sup.2 represents a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having carbon atoms of 11 to 15 when R.sup.1 is a methyl group, or R.sup.2 represents a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having carbon atoms of 12 to 16 when R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, A represents the group ##STR2## R.sup.3 represents a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having carbon atoms of 1 to 20 or --(A).sub.h H, and a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h are integers, whose sum ranges from 1 to 6.

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Tokyo, Japan

Toshiaki Utsugi