PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cosmetic used for eyelashes or eyebrows excellent in effects of clearing the cast of the eyes and the eyebrows by showing the eyelashes and eyebrows vividly in three-dimensionally to make each one of them conspicuously.SOLUTION: This cosmetic used for the eyelashes or eyebrows is obtained by blending (A) a compounded powdery material obtained by covering flake like substrates with black No.401 and (B) a covering film-forming component. As the black No.401 in the component (A), the black No.401 in a state of being fixed to hydrotalcite type stratified double hydroxide inorganic flake particles is preferable. Also, the flake like substrates in the component (A) preferably have 1 to 100 &mum mean particle diameter, 0.001 to 10 &mum thickness and &ge30 aspect ratio (the longer diameter/the thickness), also the flake like substrates in the component (A) preferably have an interference reflection light and further, the flake like substrates in the component (A) preferably have a colored layer and/or light-scattering layer on its surface.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】睫毛や眉毛を鮮やかに立体的に見せて一本一本を際だたせることで、目元や眉毛をはっきりさせる効果に優れた睫毛用又は眉毛用化粧料を提供する。【解決手段】(A)薄片状基材を黒色401号で被覆した複合粉体、及び(B)被膜形成性成分を配合した睫毛用又は眉毛用化粧料である。上記の成分(A)における黒色401号は、ハイドロタルサイト型層状複水酸化物無機フレーク粒子に固着された状態にある黒色401号が好ましい。また、上記の成分(A)における薄片状基材は、平均粒径1~100μm、厚み0.001~10μm、アスペクト比(長径/厚み)30以上であるものが好ましく、また、成分(A)の薄片状基材は、干渉反射光を有するものが好ましい。更に、成分(A)における薄片状基材は、表面に着色層及び/又は光散乱層を有する薄片状基材が好ましい。【選択図】なし