An object of the present invention is to provide an external composition for skin that has excellent effects in improving elasticity and alleviating wrinkles while moisturizing the skin, has good spreadability on the skin, and has no stickiness. The external composition for skin of the present invention is characterized by comprising: (C) an acrylic polymer comprising the following monomers (a1), (a2), and (a3) as constituent monomers and (D) a cross-linked polyamino acid or its salts. (a1) acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, (a2) alkyl acrylate or methalkyl acrylate, and (a3) ester between acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and polyoxyethylene alkyl ether. In the above-mentioned external composition for skin of the present invention, it is preferable that the blending quantity of said component (A) is from 0.01 to 10.0weight % as a polymer, and that the blending quantity of said component (B) is from 0.0001 to 5.0weight % as a polymer.
