Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for making up the eyelashes and the eyebrows, consisting of a fatty phase based on wax(es) of melting point between 50.degree. and 110.degree. C. and of an aqueous phase based on water-soluble film-forming polymer(s) in solution, containing as emulsifying agent and agent for inhibiting the growth of microorganisms, a mixture comprising at least one oxyethylenated glyceryl (C.sub.10 -C.sub.20) acylate and at least a second oxyethylenated glyceryl (C.sub.10 -C.sub.20) acylate or a non-oxyethylenated glyceryl acylate, which are chosen such that the final HLB, in the Griffin sense, of the said mixture is between 6 and 15, and containing from 0 to 14% by weight of wax(es) I having a needle penetration at 25%, according to the Reinhold standard, between 1 and 7.5 and from 2 to 40% by weight of wax(es) II having a needle penetration at 25%, according to the Reinhold standard, between 7.5 and 217; the wax(es) I/wax(es) II weight ratio being less than 2.