Kao Corporation

Toshio Uesaka

Satoshi Sugawara

Yasumitsu Sakuma

Masahiro Umehara

Yukio Inomata

Ichiro Sugai

Akiko Suzuki

Koichi Ishida

Atsushi Nakajima

Tetsuji Iwasaki

Takeshi Morita

Kumiko Shimizu

Tomohiko Sano

Shinobu Mori

Masataka Fukuda

Masaru Hosokawa

Kazuhiro Kaizu

Seiji Honma

Tomoko Sadahiro

Akira Fuji

Yoji Jokura

Yuri Kato

Provided are a cosmetic composition which is an O/W/Oemulsion composition and contains, in the oil phases Oand Othereof, fine metal oxide particles having ultraviolet screening ability; and a preparation process of the cosmetic composition.

Cosmetic composition

Provided is an O/W emulsion cosmetic composition, which contains the following components (A), (B) and (C):

O/W emulsion cosmetic composition

Provided is a composition for percutaneous administration containing a mixture of polymers forming a surface-segregated film, and (B) an active ingredient. The composition provides excellent percutaneous absorption efficacy of the active ingredient, particularly, a water-soluble active ingredient, has excellent feeling and is convenient to use.

Percutaneous administration preparations

The present invention relates to cosmetic compositions comprising (A) at least one amide derivative having a specified formula; and (B) at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of (B-1) polyhydric alcohols, (B-2) vegetable extracts and (B-3) organic acids or salts thereof. The compositions can enhance the water-retaining ability of the horny layer and have excellent effects for improving skin roughness and preventing the formation of wrinkles.

Disclosed herein is a cosmetic composition comprising disintegrating granules composed of water-insoluble primary particles and a binder, wherein the disintegrating granules in the cosmetic composition have a compression strength of 0.002-0.1 kgf/mm.sup.2 and a particle size of 100-2,000 .mu.m, and the primary particles thereof have an average particle size of at most 100 .mu.m. The composition gives users neither an irritated feeling nor a feeling of physical disorder toward the skin and eyes, and a pleasant feeling upon use and has an excellent effect for improving a complexion.

A skin cosmetic causing little irritation and having an excellent moisturizing effect which contains the following components (A), (B) and (C):

Skin cosmetic containing ceramides of pseudoceramides and dicarboxylic

Antibiotic YI-HU3

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Sumida-ku, Japan

Toshio Uesaka