POWDER COMPOSITION FOR COSMETIC PREPARATION OR SKIN EXTERNAL

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a powder composition which can be used as a plastic powder such as a nylon powder, an acrylic powder, or a urethane powder, and which can be used as a cosmetic or an external preparation for the skin. Provided is a powder composition which contains (A) an acyl lysine and (B) a cellulose and/or starch, and in which the median diameter of the volume-based distribution of the (A) acyl lysine is 9 [mu] m or less, the content of (A) being 2-40% by mass and the content of (B) being 3-95% by mass when the total amount of the powder composition is 100% by mass. The total amount of (A) and (B) is 10 mass% or more. 本发明的目的在于提供可用于化妆品或皮肤外用剂的代替尼龙粉体、丙烯酸系粉体、氨基甲酸酯粉体等塑料粉体的粉体组合物。本发明提供一种组合物，其是包含(A)酰基赖氨酸、以及(B)纤维素和/或淀粉、并且(A)酰基赖氨酸的体积基准分布的中值粒径为9μm以下的粉末组合物，将粉末组合物整体设为100质量％时，所述(A)的含量为2～40质量％，所述(B)的含量为3～95质量％，所述(A)和所述(B)的总量为10质量％以上。