This invention provides an elastomer with improved feel of inorganic powder on the skin.The powder cosmetic composition according to the present invention contains (A) 5 to 70% by mass of an inorganic powder having an elastomer coating layer containing the following (a1) and (a2), and (B) 1 to 20% by mass of silicone powder. Also, as to the elastomer containing (a1) a silicone polymer having an amino group and (a2) a silicone polymer having a carboxyl group or an acrylic polymer having a carboxyl group, the molar ratio of amino group to carboxyl group, Y/X, is in the range of 0.1 to 1.2 (wherein Y is the molar amount of the carboxyl group contained in the component (a2), and X is the molar amount of the amino group contained in the component (a1)).本發明提供一種彈性體，係改善無機粉末對肌膚之觸感。本發明之粉末化妝料包含：(A)具有包含下述(a1)與(a2)之彈性體被覆層的無機粉末5至70質量%、以及(B)聚矽氧粉末1至20質量%。並且，前述彈性體包含：(a1)具有胺基之聚矽氧聚合物、以及(a2)具有羧基之聚矽氧聚合物或具有羧基之丙烯酸系聚合物；其中，胺基與羧基之莫耳比為Y/X=0.1至1.2之範圍(Y為(a2)成分所含有之羧基之莫耳量，X為(a1)成分所含有之胺基之莫耳量)。
