The invention provides a water-based gel-like cosmetic. The water-based gel-like cosmetic contains astaxanthin 1ppm-100ppm, trimethylglycine trimethylglycocoll 1%-10% by weight and a compound shown in a general formula is 0.5% of weight and-5% of weight the total content of Na and K is more than 0.05% of weight in the general formula (1), R1: hydrocarbyl, R2,R4: hydrocarbyl, R3:h+1 hydrocarbyl, R5: hydrocarbyl, R6: hydrogen atom, more than m:2, h:1 k and n:0-1000. The general formula (1) R1-{(o-R2)k-OCONH-R3 [-NHCOO-(R4-O)n-R5]}m-R6.