PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water-in-oil emulsified external preparation for skin, having good moisture confining property, use feeling and stability.SOLUTION: The water-in-oil emulsified external preparation for skin comprises an oil phase containing a mixture of an ester compound obtained by esterifying ingredients (A), (B) and (C), an ester oil, a surfactant and an oil component other than the ester oil at specific amounts of the ester compound and the ester oil, and a water phase containing an aqueous solution of a water-soluble inorganic salt at a specific amount of the inorganic salt wherein the mass ratio of the oil phase to the water phase is a specific value, and contains neither ethyl cellulose nor ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, where (A) is a polyhydric alcohol, (B) is an 8-30C fatty acid and/or hydroxy fatty acid and (C) is a 12-30C dibasic carboxylic acid.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】 水分閉塞性、使用感および安定性の良好な油中水型乳化外用剤を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】 油相が下記成分(A)、(B)及び(C)をエステル化して得られるエステル化合物、エステル油、界面活性剤及びエステル油以外の油分の混合物を、エステル化合物及びエステル油の特定量で含有し、水相が水溶性無機塩の水溶液を、該無機塩の特定量で含有し、油相と水相との質量比が特定値であり、エチルセルロースもエチルヒドロキシエチルセルロースも実質上含有しないことを特徴とする油中水型乳化皮膚外用剤:(A)多価アルコール(B)炭素数8~30の脂肪酸及び/又はヒドロキシ脂肪酸(C)炭素数12~30の二塩基カルボン酸。【選択図】 なし
