PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide vegetable based analogs of vaseline which achieve improved skin feel aesthetics and impart to skin a healthy luster.SOLUTION: A cosmetic composition comprises: about 10 to about 60% by weight of a triglyceride; about 5 to about 40% by weight of a castor oil; 10 to 50% by weight of glycerin; and about 0.5 to about 10% by weight of a polyglyceryl ricinoleate. Preferably, the polyglyceryl ricinoleate has 2 to 20 glycerol repeating units, more preferably 4 to 10 glycerol repeat units, and particularly preferably polyglyceryl 6 ricinoleate.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT