PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide excellent spreading ultraviolet-blocking skin cosmetic having light feeling and excellent spreadability in use, quickly fitting to the skin, and hardly causing sticky feeling or squeaky feeling after use while rarely giving dry feeling and occlusion feeling to the skin and giving excellent gloss and transparency to the skin.SOLUTION: The ultraviolet-blocking skin cosmetic comprises: (a) 1-15 mass% of a microcapsule polysilicone having an average particle diameter of 0.1-10 &mum which contains an ultraviolet absorber (b) 1-13 mass% of a monoester (c) 0.1-15 mass% of a cyclic polysiloxane and (d) 0.1-5 mass% of methylpolysiloxane whose viscosity is 10-1,000 mm2/s.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】使用時の感触が軽くのびが良く、すばやく肌になじみ、使用後にべたつきやきしみを感じ難く、肌に閉塞感や乾燥感をほとんど与えず、肌にツヤと透明感を与え、化粧ノリの良い紫外線防止用皮膚化粧料の提供。【解決手段】(a)紫外線吸収剤を内包する平均粒径0.1~10μmのポリシリコーンのマイクロカプセル1~15質量%、(b)モノエステル1~13質量%、(c)環状ポリシロキサン0.1~15質量%、および(d)粘度が10~1,000mm2/sのメチルポリシロキサン0.1~5質量%を含有することを特徴とする紫外線防止用皮膚化粧料。【選択図】なし