The emulsion composition of the present invention contains (A) 0.001 to 10 wt.% of an organic compound having two or more hydroxyl groups, an inorganic value of 220 to 450, and an organic value of 300 to 1,000 (B) 0.001 to 10 wt.% of an organic compound having one hydroxyl group, an inorganic value of 100 to 200, and an organic value of 280 to 700 (C) 0.001 to 10 wt.% of a compound represented by formula (2): wherein R 1 is a C4 to C30 hydrocarbon group Z is a methylene group, a methine group, or an oxygen atom X 1 , X 2 , X 3 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an acetoxy group X 4 is a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, or a glyceryl group each of R 2 and R 3 a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, or an acetoxymethyl group R 4 is a C5 to C60 hydrocarbon group and R 5 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms in total (D) 0.00012 to 10 wt.% of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant having a polyoxyethylene group and an HLB of 10 or higher, an ionic surfactant, and a sphingosine salt (E) 0.003 to 15 wt.% of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sugar alcohol selected from the group consisting of erythritol, threitol, xylitol, and mannitol, a disaccharide, and a trisaccharide and (F) water.
