PREPARATION WHICH CONTAIN CHITOSAN AND PHOSPHOLIPID CONTENTS AND IS USED FOR MAKEUP AND DERMATOLOGY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject preparation which can be prescribed into a freely flowable preparation or a creamy preparation, has very good characteristics on makeup with respect to stickiness, has a good skin care performance, and is useful for skin care creams and so on by including specific chitosan and a phospholipid. SOLUTION: This preparation contains (A) chitosan having an average mol.wt. of 10,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol and a deacylation degree of 10 to 99%, and (B) one or more kinds of phospholipids (for example, lecithin). The component A especially has an average mol.wt. of 100,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol and a deacylation degree of 55 to 99%. The preparation preferably contains the component A in an amount of 0.01 to 50 wt.%, especially 0.25 to 2.5 wt.%, and the component B in an amount of 0.001 to 30 wt.%, especially 0.5 to 5 wt.%, based on the total weight of the preparation.