PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composition which is readily produceable and exhibits a cosmetic or medical effect stronger than conventional ones, and particularly to provide cosmetics.SOLUTION: The invention provides cosmetics consisting of water, acidic polysaccharide, and acid only. The acidic polysaccharide is carrageenan, and the acid is at least one kind of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and nitric acid, or the water and the acid are both acidic electrolytic water. The compounding amount of the acidic polysaccharide is 0.001-5% by weight to the total amount of the composition. The acidity is pH 2.0-6.0.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】製造が容易で従来品より強い美容、もしくは医療効果を発揮する組成物、特に化粧料の提供。【解決手段】水、酸性多糖および酸のみからなる化粧料であって、前記酸性多糖がカラギーナンであり、かつ前記酸が硫酸、塩酸および硝酸のうちの少なくとも1種、もしくは前記水および前記酸がともに酸性電気分解水であり、酸性多糖の配合量が、組成物全量に対して0.001~5重量%であり、酸性度がpH2.0~6.0である、化粧料。【選択図】なし