PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sunscreen preparation, giving a good skin appearance, light feeling on its use, leaving no greasy feeling after its use, hardly causing a shinny skin or the coming off of make up and making the whitness of the preparation unconspicuous on the skin on its application.SOLUTION: This sunscreen preparation is characterized by containing (a) 0.1-40 wt.% metal soap fine particles having &le3 &mum Rc-Ra, difference between the Ra, 30% particle diameter and Rc, 70% particle diameter, &le6 &mum Rd-Rb, difference between the Rb, 50% particle diameter and Rd, 95% particle diameter, and &le3 &mum mean particle diameter, and (b) 0.01-30 wt.% ultraviolet light- absorbing agent.COPYRIGHT: (C)2002,JPO【課題】 塗布時の肌の外観が良好であり、使用時の感触が軽く使用後もべたつかず、テカリや化粧崩れを生じ難く、塗布した際に皮膚上で白さが目立たない日焼け防止用化粧料を提供する。【解決手段】 (a)30%粒径Raと70%粒径Rcとの差Rc-Raが3μm以下、50%粒径Rbと95%粒径Rdとの差Rd-Rbが6μm以下および平均粒径3μm以下である金属石鹸微粒子0.1~40重量%、(b)紫外線吸収剤0.01~30重量%を含有することを特徴とする日焼け防止用化粧料。
