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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin external preparation containing L-ascorbic acid and a derivative thereof, a glycoside of hydroquinone and a derivative thereof, and kojic acid and a derivative thereof, which is excellent in use feeling without impairing the whitening effect. To provide an external preparation for skin. SOLUTION: One selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyethylene dicarboxylic acid ester represented by the following chemical formula (1) and L-ascorbic acid or its derivative, hydroquinone glycoside or its derivative, kojic acid or its derivative Or a skin external preparation containing two or more kinds. (1) (Wherein, R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen or an alkyl or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m, n, X and Y are integers of 0 to 5 and are not simultaneously 0. R 3 has 0 to 10 carbon atoms. A branched or straight-chain alkylene group) |