An oil-in-water type emulsion cosmetic is capable of stably maintaining large-sized oily particles having a diameter exceeding 50 μm in a well-dispersed state or achieving a well-dispersed state thereof merely by lightly shaking, without necessarily adding a water-soluble thickener such as carboxyvinyl polymer to the aqueous phase of the emulsion. The oil-in-water type emulsion cosmetic, wherein oily particles containing a solid fat component and a liquid oil component are dispersed in an aqueous phase, is characterized in that: the average particle diameter of the oily particles is 50 μm to 10 mm； and the difference between the specific gravity of the oily phase constituting the oily particles and the specific gravity of the aqueous phase [(specific gravity of oily phase)−；(specific gravity of aqueous phase)] is within the range of −；0.010 to +0.100.
