BODY COSMETIC FOR WET SKIN

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a body cosmetic intended to be applied to a wet skin such as a skin after taking a bath or the like, having high moisturizing effect and good spreadability on the skin in the whole body and therefore easy to apply to the skin. SOLUTION: The cosmetic is an oil-in-water type body cosmetic for a wet skin, which contains a water-soluble polymer. The body cosmetic comprises the following components (A) to (C): (A) an oily component which comprises (A1) a paste oil that takes a paste form at 25°C and (A2) a liquid polar oil that takes a liquid form at 25°C, in an amount of 20 to 50 mass% relative to the total amount of the cosmetic; (B) glycerol in an amount of 11 to 50 mass% relative to the total amount of the cosmetic; and (C) water in an amount of 20 to 60 mass% relative to the total amount of the cosmetic, wherein the paste oil (A1) is contained in an amount of 1 to 20 mass% relative to the total amount of the cosmetic, and the liquid polar oil (A2) is contained in an amount of 1 to 20 mass% relative to the total amount of the cosmetic. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT