PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skincare composition for external use for preventing/ameliorating wrinkles, characterized in containing extract of Ardisia crenata Sims of the Myrsinaceae family.SOLUTION: There is provided the skincare composition for external use for preventing/ameliorating wrinkles, characterized in containing extract of Ardisia crenata Sims of the Myrsinaceae family. The extract exhibits excellent collagen production promoting activity and MMP-1 inhibitory activity, and this composition applied thereof is highly safe and has excellent wrinkles-preventing and ameliorating effects.