PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin cosmetic in which an active ingredient has high residual sustainability on the skin, and which maintains an efficacy of the active ingredient for a long time, without stickiness.SOLUTION: A skin cosmetic contains the following component (A)-(E): (A) 0.005-1 mass% of nonionic surfactant which is a liquid at 25°C, having a glyceryl group with an HLB value of 4-7 (B) 0.01-10 mass% of polyethylene glycol having a number average molecular weight of 2000-200000 (C) 5-50 mass% of ethanol (D) one or more kinds of active ingredients selected from a cool feeling agent, a warm feeling agent, a bactericide, an antiperspirant, an astringent, a deodorizer, a whitening agent, ceramides, an anti-inflammatory agent, a circulation accelerator, an ultraviolet light protective agent, an anti-oxidant, and powders and (E) water.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】有効成分の肌上での残留・持続性が高く、有効成分の効果が長時間持続し、かつべたつきのない皮膚化粧料を提供する。【解決手段】次の成分(A)~(E):(A)HLB値が4~7であり、25℃で液状で、グリセリル基を有する非イオン性界面活性剤 0.005~1質量%、(B)数平均分子量2000~200000のポリエチレングリコール 0.01~10質量%、(C)エタノール 5~50質量%、(D)冷感剤、温感剤、殺菌剤、制汗剤、収斂剤、消臭剤、美白剤、セラミド類、抗炎症剤、血行促進剤、紫外線防御剤、酸化防止剤及び粉体から選ばれる1種又は2種以上の有効成分、(E)水を含有する皮膚化粧料。【選択図】なし