PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a powdery cosmetic material excellent in refresh feeling and having good usability and stability with keeping usability as the powdery cosmetic material, as many conventional powdery cosmetic materials have some defects such as insufficient refresh feeling, unsatisfied usability and feeling in use, unstable powdery states and the like.SOLUTION: The powdery cosmetic material comprises petaloid powder having 1.0-30.0 &mum average particle size and 5-65 mass% water based on the whole powdery cosmetic material and has 0.4-5.5 mass ratio of the water over the petaloid powder [the water/the powder (mass ratio)].COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】従来の粉末化粧料は清涼感が充分でなかったり、化粧料の使用性、使用感が満足できないものが多く、さらに粉末状態が不安定である等、いずれも何らかの欠点を有していた。そこで、粉末化粧料としての使用性を保ちながら、清涼感に優れ、使用感、安定性の良好な粉末化粧料を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】平均粒子径1.0~30.0μmの花弁状粉体及び粉末化粧料全量中5~65質量%の水を含有する粉末化粧料であって、前記水と花弁状粉体の質量比(水/花弁状粉体(質量比))が0.4~5.5である前記粉末化粧料。【選択図】なし