An object of the present invention is to provide a gel that is not destroyed by a change in pH or by the addition of a salt into the gel, gives a feeling of use equivalent to that of a gel produced using an alkali thickening type gelling agent, and can be used for a cosmetic preparation. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a gel-like composition for a cosmetic preparation including 0. 05 part by mass to 3 parts by mass of a compound represented by the following general formula (1) with respect to 100 parts by mass of water. (Where, R 1 and R 2 each represent an alkyl group having 28 to 36 carbon atoms, R 3 and R 4 each represent a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 13 carbon atoms, m and n each represent a number from 10 to 500, x represents a number from 1 to 1,000, and y represents a number from 0 to 10.)
