The purpose of the present invention is to provide an oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic composition which has high ultraviolet light blocking ability without being blended with ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and octocrylene that are liquid ultraviolet absorbents, and which achieves excellent feeling of use by suppressing the blending amount of a polar oil. The present invention relates to an oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic composition which contains (A) an ultraviolet absorbent that contains (a1) a sulfonic acid group-containing water-soluble ultraviolet absorbent, (a2) bisethyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine, (a3) diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate and (a4) ethylhexyl triazone, (B) a polar oil, (C) a higher alcohol and (D) a nonionic surfactant, and wherein the total blending amount of (a2) bisethyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine, (a3) diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, (a4) ethylhexyl triazone and (B) the polar oil is 45% by mass or less.本發明之目的在於提供一種不調配作為液狀紫外線吸收劑之甲氧基肉桂酸乙基己酯及奧克立林而發揮較高之紫外線防禦能力，並且抑制極性油之調配量而使用感亦優異之水中油型乳化化粧料。本發明係關於一種水中油型乳化化粧料，其含有：(A)包含(a1)含磺酸基之水溶性紫外線吸收劑、(a2)雙乙基氧基苯酚甲氧基苯基三?、(a3)二乙基胺基羥基苯甲醯苯甲酸己酯、及(a4)乙基己基三?酮的紫外線吸收劑、(B)極性油、(C)高級醇、及(D)非離子性界面活性劑，且上述(a2)雙乙基氧基苯酚甲氧基苯基三?、(a3)二乙基胺基羥基苯甲醯苯甲酸己酯、(a4)乙基己基三?酮、及(B)極性油之合計調配量為45質量%以下。
