The invention provides a preparation method of a traditional Chinese medicine composition for skin care and an extractive thereof, the composition having multiple effects on skin-whitening, antioxidation, ultraviolet radiation absorption and so on. The composition comprises, by weight, 10 parts of rhizoma bletillae, 10 parts of pericarpium granati, 10 parts of semen benincasae, and 10 parts of rhizoma typhonii. The invention also provides the application of the traditional Chinese medicine composition in skin care. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is natural, green, healthy and safe. The extractive of the composition can inhibit activity of tyrosinase and melanogenesis effectively, has multiple effects on scavenging free radicals, absorbing ultraviolet radiation and so on, is safe to skin and free of stimulation, can be used as a multifunctional additive of skin care products for preparing various skin care products, and has wide application value.