PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic which has an excellent feeling of use with a fresh feeling, good skin compatibility and without a sticky feeling, and concurrently has high occlusiveness.SOLUTION: The invention provides an oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic containing (A) alkyl glucoside, (B) higher alcohol which is solid at normal temperature, (C) a kind of wax, and (D) amphiphilic polymer.