abstract |
A skin-protecting cosmetic composition comprising a hydroxypropyl-etherified glycolipid ester represented <IMAGE> wherein R1 represents a methyl group or a hydrogen atom; R2 represents a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having carbon atoms of 11 to 15 when R1 is a methyl group, or a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having carbon atoms of 12 to 16 when R1 is a hydrogen atom; a represents the group <IMAGE> R3 represents a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having carbon atoms of 1 to 20 or -(A)hH; and a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h are each integers, whose sum ranges from 1 to 60. |