PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing an external preparation for skin based on an objective evaluation by digitizing "a feeling familiar to the skin", "a feeling of penetration", and "a feeling of stickiness".SOLUTION: There is provided a method for producing an external preparation for skin which is prepared so that the residual rate in thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) when left to stand at 35°C for 30 minutes under a nitrogen atmosphere is 25% or less and the peel force after 120 seconds in a compression testing machine is 100 gf/cmor less.SELECTED DRAWING: None