PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an external preparation for skin, which controls the separation of water from agar, is excellent in storage stability, and is also excellent in freshness and in the feeling of use.SOLUTION: The external preparation for the skin comprises the following ingredients (A) to (E): (A) 0.1 to 1 mass% of agar, (B) 0.1 to 2 mass% of an acrylic acid-based polymer, (C) 0.3 to 3 mass% of a saccharide, (D) 3 to 20 mass% of ethanol, and (E) 50 to 96.5 mass% of water, and is prepared by dispersing approximately spherical gel particles of the ingredient (A) in an aqueous phase comprising the ingredients (B), (C), (D) and (E).COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】寒天からの離水を抑制し、保存安定性に優れ、みずみずしく、使用感にも優れた皮膚外用剤を提供する。【解決手段】次の成分(A)~(E):(A)寒天 0.1~1質量%、(B)アクリル酸系ポリマー 0.1~2質量%、(C)糖類 0.3~3質量%、(D)エタノール 3~20質量%、(E)水 50~96.5質量%を含有し、成分(B)、(C)、(D)及び(E)を含む水相に、成分(A)の略球形状のゲル状粒子が分散されてなる皮膚外用剤。【選択図】なし
