| abstract |
Disclosed is a skin preparation for external use that has excellent effect in improving the sensation upon use (spreading, affinity, adhesion, moistness, dampness, lack of a feeling of burden on the skin) as well as having an excellent effect in sustaining the cool sensation of a cool-sensation substance. The skin preparation for external use contains (a) 0.01-1 mass% of a cool-sensation substance (for example, menthol, camphor, 3-L-menthoxypropane-1,2-diol, or the like), (b) 0.1-3 mass% of (b1) a particular cationic surfactant (for example, dicocoyl ethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate or the like) and/or (b2) a particular 1-acyl lysophospholipid. As desired, 3-35 mass% of (c) ethanol may also be combined. |