PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleansing agent for makeup cosmetics that has strong cleansing power and a good feeling of use and is free from the oily and sticky feeling after use.SOLUTION: The cleansing agent for makeup cosmetics is a block copolymer or graft copolymer formed by combining a plurality of polymer sections having a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of higher than 0°C and lower than 37°C with a hydrophilic polymer section, the cleansing agent for makeup cosmetics being characterized by containing a polymer compound of which the aqueous solution has a sol-gel transition temperature of higher than 0°C and lower than 37°C and water.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】クレンジング力や使用感がよく、しかも、使用後の油感やべたつきがないメイクアップ化粧料用クレンジング料を提供すること。【解決手段】0℃より高く37℃より低い下限臨界溶液温度(LCST)を有する複数の高分子部分と親水性高分子部分が結合したブロック共重合体またはグラフト共重合体であって、その水溶液が0℃より高く37℃より低い温度にゾル-ゲル転移温度を有する高分子化合物と、水とを含有することを特徴とするメイクアップ化粧料用クレンジング料。【選択図】なし