A solid base material for external use on skin that has a breaking strength sufficiently high to be usable as a stick-shaped base material or the like. A solid base material for external use on skin containing a lipid peptide compound including at least one of compound of Formula (1), the similar compound thereof and the pharmacologically usable salts thereof; water; and a 1,3-alkanediol;wherein R1 is a C9-23 aliphatic group; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group optionally having a C1 or C2 branched chain; and R3 is a —(CH2)n—X group, wherein n is a number from 1 to 4, and X is amino group, guanidino group, -CONH2 group, or a 5-membered ring group or 6-membered ring group optionally having one to three nitrogen atoms or a fused heterocyclic group composed of the 5-membered ring and the 6-membered ring.