PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cosmetic having a high moisturizing effect and a use feeling of smoothness prepared by blending hyaluronic acid soluble in a cosmetic base of polyhydric alcohol, oil and fat, or the like with a low water-content cosmetic and a method for producing it.SOLUTION: This cosmetic, having a water content of 5 mass% or less, is characterized in that this cosmetic includes a modified hyaluronic acid and/or a salt thereof which contain a glycerin skeleton-containing group expressed by general formula (1) and that the number of the glycerin skeleton-containing groups contained in one constitutional unit of hyaluronic acid is 0.05 or more. General formula (1) is -O-CH2-CHOH-CH2-OR1 (In the formula, R1 is a linear or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group).COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】多価アルコールや油脂などの化粧品の基材に溶解可能なヒアルロン酸を、水分含有量の低い化粧料に配合した、保湿効果が高く、なめらかな使用感の化粧料及びその製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】水分含有量が5質量%以下の化粧料であって、下記一般式(1)で表されるグリセリン骨格含有基を含む、修飾ヒアルロン酸および/またはその塩を含有し、ヒアルロン酸1構成単位に含まれる前記グリセリン骨格含有基の数が0.05以上である化粧料。-O-CH2-CHOH-CH2-OR1・・・(1)(式中、R1は直鎖状または分岐状のアルキル基またはアルケニル基を表す。)【選択図】なし
