PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an external oil-in-water type skin care preparation excellent in stability, uneven texture-correcting effect and usability.SOLUTION: This external oil-in-water type skin care preparation contains: (a) an aqueous phase containing resin particles comprising a 100 pts. wt. vinyl monomer and a 0.1-20 pts. wt. monomer represented by general formula (I) (b) an oil phase and (c) surfactants containing one or two or more surfactants selected from polyoxyethylene-hardened castor oil, silicone-based surfactants and sulfonic acid-based surfactants, as much as 0.01-5 mass% in the total amount of the external skin care preparation and &ge30 mass% in the total amount of the surfactant, (in the formula, R represents hydrogen or a methyl group, l represents 1-50 and m represents 1-50).COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】安定性に優れ、凹凸補正効果および使用性に優れた水中油型皮膚外用剤の提供。【解決手段】(a)ビニル系モノマー100重量部と、一般式(I)で示されるモノマー0.1~20重量部からなる樹脂粒子を含む水相と、(b)油相と、(c)ポリオキシエチレン硬化ヒマシ油、シリコーン系界面活性剤、スルホン酸系界面活性剤から選択される1種または2種以上を皮膚外用剤全量中0.01~5質量%かつ界面活性剤全量中30質量%以上含む界面活性剤と、を含む水中油型皮膚外用剤。(上記式中、Rは水素またはメチル基、lは1~50、mは1~50を表す。)【選択図】なし