Shiseido Company, Limited

Yoshihito Takakura

Takayuki Omura

Kazutaka Sasaki

Haruhiko Inoue

Fumiaki Matsuzaki

Tetsuya Kanemaru

Shigeru Mugikura

Kazuaki Suzuki

Manabu Shimoda

Seiji Sano

An oil in water emulsion cosmetic composition for skin, in which vitamin A and its derivatives are stably incorporated and which has superior feeling in use (skin familiarity or feeling of skin absorption, feeling of efficacy after application) and base composition stability (emulsion stability) with the passage of time. The oil in water emulsion cosmetic composition for skin comprises, relative to the total amount of the cosmetic composition, (a) from 0.01 to 4% by mass of vitamin A and its derivative, (b) from 0.6 to 4% by mass of a nonionic surfactant comprising three of (b-1) sorbitan tristearate, (b-2) polyethylene glycol stearate with from 20 to 120 mols of polyethylene glycol added thereto, (b-3) glyceryl stearate having an HLB of from 5 to 8, and (c) from 1 to 10% by mass of a higher alcohol having from 14 to 24 carbon atoms, wherein the blend ratio (by mass) of component (b-1) to component (b) is from 0.1 to 0.8.

Oil in water emulsion cosmetic composition for skin

An oil-in-water emulsified sunscreen cosmetic which contains:

Oil-in-water emulsion type sunscreen preparation

The present invention provides a self tanning cosmetic containing 0.2-20.0 mass % of dihydroxyacetone and 0.1-10.0 mass % of an inorganic pigment powder whose surface is treated with silica coating followed by a hydrophobing treatment. The present invention provides a cosmetic that has superior storage stability, is free of discoloration and odor generation, and achieves both the decorative effect of the pigment immediately following application and the long term dyeing effect of dihydroxyacetone.

Self-tanning cosmetic

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Yokohama, Japan

Yoshihito Takakura