A moisturizing composition and an application thereof in the preparation of a moisturizing cosmetic product; each component in the formulation cooperates with the others to jointly provide the effects of increasing the moisture content of the skin and reducing the loss of moisture of the skin; compared with the efficiency of using a single component or several components alone, the efficiency of the present invention is significantly increased, indicating that compounding each component at a proper ratio produces a synergistic effect, thereby improving moisturizing efficiency.