| abstract |
An oil/water mixture composition comprising an oil phase which is solid or semisolid at ordinary temperature and a water phase dispersed in the oil phase. Preferably, the water phase contains a humectant and is solid or semisolid at ordinary temperature and the oil phase contains hydrophobic silica, dextrin/fatty acid ester or oligoester of long-chain mono- and dicarboxylic acids with polyhydric alcohol. The composition is excellent in long-term stability and safety, reduced in stickiness and a sense of inocuity with the skin, enhanced in the humectant effect of preventing skin drying, and excellent in the persistence of the effect. |