PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that discriminating between a solid powder cosmetic obtained by a wet filling molding method and that obtained by a dry filling molding method is actually impossible, because there was no means for objectively evaluating the characteristics of a solid powder cosmetic molded by a wet filling molding method which is said to have smoothness and a moisturizing feeling compared with that molded by a dry filling molding method.SOLUTION: Provided is a method of discriminating between a solid powder cosmetic molded by a wet filling molding method and that of a dry filling molding method using a shear adhesion stress τobtained from a specific powder layer shear force measurement as a physical property index.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
