PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an emulsion cosmetic having smooth spreadability on the skin at coating, providing flexible film feeling after being coated, capable of imparting tenseness and elasticity to the skin, and having excellent emulsion stability in a wide temperature range in a low temperature region and a high temperature region.SOLUTION: The emulsion cosmetic contains the following components (A) and (B), and has the oil phase containing &ge40 mass% of a solid oil component: (A) an N-acylamino acid obtained by bonding an acyl group derived from an 8-22C saturated or unsaturated linear or branched fatty acid to one kind of an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, aspartic acid, glycine, alanine, threonine, methylalanine, sarcosine, lysine and arginine, and/or a salt thereof and (B) an ester of a hydroxystearic acid with a 1-22C saturated or unsaturated linear or branched hydrocarbon-containing a hydroxy compound, or an ester of the hydroxystearic acid with cholesterol or phytosterol.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】塗布時の肌への伸びが滑らかであるとともに、塗布後はしなやかな膜感を有し、肌にハリ、弾力を与えることができる、低温域及び高温域での幅広い温度領域で優れた乳化安定性を有する乳化化粧料の提供。【解決手段】次の成分(A)並びに(B)、(A)グルタミン酸、アスパラギン酸、グリシン、アラニン、スレオニン、メチルアラニン、サルコシン、リジン及びアルギニンからなる群から選択される1種のアミノ酸に、炭素原子数8~22の飽和又は不飽和の直鎖又は分岐鎖の脂肪酸由来のアシル基が結合したN-アシルアミノ酸及び/又はその塩、並びに(B)ヒドロキシステアリン酸と炭素原子数1~22の飽和又は不飽和の直鎖又は分岐鎖の炭化水素基含有ヒドロキシ化合物とのエステル又はヒドロキシステアリン酸とコレステロール又はフィトステロールとのエステルを含有し、油相中に固形状油分を40質量%以上含有する乳化化粧料。【選択図】なし
