PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an excellently safe cosmetic powder having spreadability on the skin at coating and compatible feeling to the skin, and imparting powdery and moist feeling to the skin after coating.SOLUTION: The cosmetic powder contains a basic N-(mono long-chain acyl)amino acid and a specific &alpha-aminolactam.COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT【課題】塗布時の肌への伸びと肌へのなじみ感、塗布後の肌のさらさら感と肌のしっとり感を与え、しかも安全性にも優れた化粧用粉体を提供すること。【解決手段】N-モノ長鎖アシル塩基性アミノ酸と特定のα-アミノラクタム誘導体を含有してなる化粧用粉体。【選択図】なし