Abstract: This oily moisturizer is composed of either an esterified product of a component A that is ditrimethylolpropane, and a component B that is one fatty acid, or two or more fatty acids, selected from among saturated fatty acids of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an esterified product of the component A, the component B, and a component C that is one fatty acid, or two or more fatty acids, selected from among fatty acids of 13 to 28 carbon atoms, wherein the hydroxyl value of the esterified product is not more than 140 mgKOH/g, and the mass ratio between fatty acid residues derived from the component B and fatty acid residues derived from the component C within the fatty acid residues that constitute the esterified product of the component A, the component B and the component C is within a range from 99.9:0.1 to 60:40.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition that has an excellent hardness adjustment action, can be used as a solidifying agent for various cosmetics, and when added to cosmetics, can impart those cosmetics with excellent shape retention properties, an oil oozing suppression effect during use, a favorable texture and good storage stability, and also provides an oily solid cosmetic to which the composition has been added. Specifically, the invention provides a solid wax composition containing a component (A): candelilla wax, and a component (B): a monoester having a total of 40 to 48 carbon atoms, wherein the mass ratio between the component (A) and the component (B) in the solid wax composition satisfies component (A):component (B)=45:55 to 95:5, and the monoester is a monoester of a monovalent fatty acid and a monohydric alcohol.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oily moisturizer composed of an esterified product of a component A and a component B, or an esterified product of the component A, the component B and a component C, wherein the hydroxyl value of the esterified product is within a range from 0 to 180 mgKOH/g, and the mass ratio between fatty acid residues derived from the component B and fatty acid residues derived from the component C within the fatty acid residues that constitute the esterified product of the component A, the component B and the component C is within a range from 99.9:0.1 to 25:75. The invention also provides a topical skin composition containing the oily moisturizer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oily moisturizer composed of an esterified product of a component A and a component B, or an esterified product of the component A, the component B and a component C, wherein the hydroxyl value of the esterified product is within a range from 0 to 160 mgKOH/g, and the mass ratio between fatty acid residues derived from the component B and fatty acid residues derived from the component C within the fatty acid residues that constitute the esterified product of the component A, the component B and the component C is within a range from 99.9:0.1 to 45:55. The invention also provides a topical skin composition containing the oily moisturizer.

Abstract: This oily moisturizer is composed of either an esterified product of a component A that is ditrimethylolpropane, and a component B that is one fatty acid, or two or more fatty acids, selected from among saturated fatty acids of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an esterified product of the component A, the component B, and a component C that is one fatty acid, or two or more fatty acids, selected from among fatty acids of 13 to 28 carbon atoms, wherein the hydroxyl value of the esterified product is not more than 140 mgKOH/g, and the mass ratio between fatty acid residues derived from the component B and fatty acid residues derived from the component C within the fatty acid residues that constitute the esterified product of the component A, the component B and the component C is within a range from 99.9:0.1 to 60:40.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition that has an excellent hardness adjustment action, can be used as a solidifying agent for various cosmetics, and when added to cosmetics, can impart those cosmetics with excellent shape retention properties, an oil oozing suppression effect during use, a favorable texture and good storage stability, and also provides an oily solid cosmetic to which the composition has been added. Specifically, the invention provides a solid wax composition containing a component (A):candelilla wax, and a component (B): a monoester having a total of 40 to 48 carbon atoms, wherein the mass ratio between the component (A) and the component (B) in the solid wax composition satisfies component (A):component (B)=45:55 to 95:5, and the monoester is a monoester of a monovalent fatty acid and a monohydric alcohol.

Abstract: A water-based cosmetic including: agar having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 60,000 (component (A)); xanthan gum (component (B)); and a water-soluble polymer excluding the component (A) or (B) (component (C)).

Abstract: A water-based cosmetic including: agar having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 60,000 (component (A)); xanthan gum (component (B)); and a water-soluble polymer excluding the component (A) or (B) (component (C)).

Abstract: A composition for external use on skin that can be spread evenly on the skin, does not produce a liquid residue as a result of temperature change, and can suppress a feeling of sliminess of xanthan gum is provided. There are provided a composition for external use on skin containing 0.1% by mass to 10% by mass of a component (A) (a water-soluble polymer obtained by mixing agar with xanthan gum) and 30% by mass or more of a component (D) (water); the composition for external use on skin containing 0.5% by mass to 40% by mass of a divalent polyol as a component (B); the composition for external use on skin according to any one of the above compositions, which contains moisturizers as a component (C); and the composition for external use on skin according to any one of the above compositions, which contains oil as a component (E).

Abstract: A composition for external use on skin that can be spread evenly on the skin, does not produce a liquid residue as a result of temperature change, and can suppress a feeling of sliminess of xanthan gum is provided. There are provided a composition for external use on skin containing 0.1% by mass to 10% by mass of a component (A) (a water-soluble polymer obtained by mixing agar with xanthan gum) and 30% by mass or more of a component (D) (water); the composition for external use on skin containing 0.5% by mass to 40% by mass of a divalent polyol as a component (B); the composition for external use on skin according to any one of the above compositions, which contains moisturizers as a component (C); and the composition for external use on skin according to any one of the above compositions, which contains oil as a component (E).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vaseline-like composition, comprising one type or two or more types of components selected from the following components (C), (D) and (E) at 5% by weight to 20% by weight, the following component (A) at 40% by weight to 90% by weight, and the following component (B) at 5% by weight to 50% by weight, and to a cosmetic containing the vaseline-like composition: component (A): one or more types of ester compounds selected from diisostearyl malate and diglyceryl triisostearate; component (B): a hydrocarbon wax having a melting point of 70° C. to 130° C.; component (C): a poly(12-hydroxystearic acid) having an average degree of polymerization of 3 to 20; component (D): a poly(12-hydroxystearic acid) derivative obtained by esterifying a poly(12-hydroxystearic acid) having an average degree of polymerization of 3 to 20 and a polyvalent alcohol having a valence of 5 or more; and, component (E): a dimer dilinoleic acid derivative.

Abstract: A fine particle dispersant containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of ester compounds of the following general formula (I) of ditrimethylolpropane and a fatty acid(s), polycondensates of ditrimethylolpropane and a polyvalent carboxylic acid(s), polycondensates of the ester compound of the following general formula (I) and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s), polycondensates of an ester compound of ditrimethylolpropane and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s) and the fatty acid(s), and polycondensates of ditrimethylolpropane, the fatty acid(s) and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s). wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a fatty acid residue, with the proviso that at least one of them is a hydrogen atom. This fine particle dispersant is excellent in fine particle dispersibility and the properties (smell and color) thereof are scarcely deteriorated in heat stability tests.

Abstract: A W/O/W emulsion composition having high emulsion stability, which can be prepared extremely easily and for which the production efficiency of the W/O/W emulsion product is favorable, and a method of producing such a W/O/W emulsion composition. The W/O/W emulsion composition of the present invention includes 0.001 to 60% by mass of a component (A) described below and 0.001 to 10% by mass of a component (B) described below; wherein, a mass ratio between the component (A) and the component (B) is within a range from 1:0.01 to 1:1.4. Component (A): a sugar fatty acid ester composition obtained by esterifying a sugar and a fatty acid of 8 to 28 carbon atoms, in which a hydroxyl value of said sugar fatty acid ester composition is within a range from 20 to 220. Component (B): a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of not less than 7.

Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion preparation for external use on the skin, characterized in that the oil phase comprises a mixture of an ester compound obtained by esterifying the following ingredients (A), (B) and (C); an ester oil; a surfactant; and an oil other than ester oil and that the aqueous phase comprises an aqueous solution of a water-soluble inorganic salt: (A) a polyhydric alcohol, (B) a fatty acid and/or hydroxy fatty acid each having 8 to 30 carbon atoms and (C) a dibasic carboxylic acid having 12 to 30 carbon atoms. This water-in-oil emulsion preparation for external use on the skin is excellent in moisture-confining properties, use touch and stability.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a fine particle dispersant containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of ester compounds of the following general formulae (I) and/or (II) obtained from erythritol and/or its condensate and a fatty acid(s), polycondensates of erythritol and/or its condensate and a polyvalent carboxylic acid(s), polycondensates of erythritol and/or its condensate, the ester compounds and a polyvalent carboxylic acid(s), polycondensates of an ester compound of erythritol and/or its condensate and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s) and the fatty acid(s), and polycondensates of erythritol and/or its condensate and the fatty acid(s) and/or the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s). wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fatty acid residue or a polyvalent carboxylic acid residue, R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fatty acid residue or a polyvalent carboxylic acid residue.

Abstract: A fine particle dispersant containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of ester compounds of the following general formula (I) of ditrimethylolpropane and a fatty acid(s), polycondensates of ditrimethylolpropane and a polyvalent carboxylic acid(s), polycondensates of the ester compound of the following general formula (I) and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s), polycondensates of an ester compound of ditrimethylolpropane and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s) and the fatty acid(s), and polycondensates of ditrimethylolpropane, the fatty acid(s) and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s). wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a fatty acid residue, with the proviso that at least one of them is a hydrogen atom. This fine particle dispersant is excellent in fine particle dispersibility and the properties (smell and color) thereof are scarcely deteriorated in heat stability tests.