| abstract |
The present invention provides an ultraviolet absorber-including clay mineral, which allows an ultraviolet absorber to be blended, as a powder component, into cosmetic preparations, can effectively absorb a wide range of ultraviolet light, and has excellent inclusion amount and inclusion strength; and cosmetics containing the same. The ultraviolet absorber-including clay mineral is characterized in that a polybase and an anionic ultraviolet absorber are intercalated between the layers of a water-swellable clay mineral. The polybase is preferably a polymer having a nitrogen-containing group that can become a cation. The anionic ultraviolet absorber is preferably one or more selected from 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone-5-sulfonic acid, and their sodium salts. |