| abstract |
Disclosed is an oil-in-water type emulsion skin cosmetic which can be spread on skin easily, is not sticky, has an excellent feeling of permeation of an active ingredient into skin, can enrich skin, can moisturize skin, and can exhibit a high skin improvement effect characteristic to glycerin contained therein, when prepared in the form of a system containing glycerin at a high concentration or a system containing a combination of glycerin and an acrylamide-type thickening agent. The skin cosmetic is characterized by comprising (A) a D-amino acid or a derivative or salt thereof, (B) a homopolymer, a copolymer or a crosspolymer containing at least one component selected from 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid, acrylic acid and derivatives thereof as a constituent unit, (C) an ester oil having an IOB value of 0.2 to 0.6, and (D) glycerin. |