PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin external preparation which provides good use feeling by effectively reducing sticky feeling while keeping an effect of giving a comfortable cooling feeling by menthol and has excellent low temperature storage stability.SOLUTION: There is provided a skin external preparation which comprises the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) 2 mass% or more and 10 mass% or less of menthol, (B) 2 mass% or more and 17 mass% or less of an oil containing an ester oil which is liquid at 20°C and (C) 50 mass% or more and 95 mass% or less of water, wherein the content of ethanol is 12 mass% or less, the mass ratio ((A)/(B)) of the content of the component (A) to the content of the component (B) is 0.2 or more and 1.5 or less, the mass ratio (ethanol/(B)) of the content of ethanol to the content of the component (B) is 2.5 or less and the content of a powder containing a metal or a metal salt as a constituting component is 0.2 mass% or less.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】メントールによる快適な冷感付与効果を持続させながら、べたつき感を有効に低減して良好な使用感をもたらし、低温保存安定性にも優れる皮膚外用剤に関する。【解決手段】次の成分(A)、(B)及び(C): (A)メントール 2質量%以上10質量%以下 (B)エステル油を含む20℃で液体の油 2質量%以上17質量%以下、 (C)水 50質量%以上95質量%以下を含有し、エタノールの含有量が12質量%以下であり、かつ 成分(A)の含有量と成分(B)の含有量との質量比((A)/(B))が0.2以上1.5以下であり、エタノールの含有量と成分(B)の含有量との質量比(エタノール/(B))が2.5以下であり、金属又は金属塩を構成成分とする粉体の含有量が0.2質量%以下である皮膚外用剤。【選択図】なし
