A liquid cosmetic container comprising: a container body comprising a storage portion enabling a liquid cosmetic to store; an application body (4; 14) provided at a top end of the container body and applying the liquid cosmetic to a part to be applied; a flow path connecting the application body and the storage portion of the container body, and enabling the liquid cosmetic to flow the storage portion to the application body; an operation portion provided on the side surface of the container body and adapted to be pressed from the outside; a valve seat member having a valve seat portion with an opening provided at the axial back end of said valve seat member in the container body, wherein an enlarged diameter hole portion is formed on the more front side of said opening with a hole more enlarged than the opening; a valve body movably in the axial direction in the container body is provided with an enlarged diameter portion, wherein the valve body is biased to close the flow path by seating on the valve seat portion, and opening the flow path by seating away from the valve seat portion; and a valve body pressing portion located on an inner surface of the container and being in contact with said enlarged diameter portion making the valve body to move in the axial direction and seat away by pressing said enlarged diameter portion from the outside; said valve body including a bar-shaped member formed in a round bar shape extending in the axial direction, a head portion on the front side thereof with a larger diameter than a bar-shaped member, which enters said enlarged diameter hole portion and is urged backward against the front side of the opening of the valve seat portion, wherein said enlarged diameter portion having a taper portion which is inclined in the axial direction so as to make the diameter gradually decrease as going backward from the front end; by pressing the operation portion from the outside, the valve body pressing portion presses the taper surface of enlarged diameter portion, moving the valve body frontward towards said application body (4; 14), so that the valve body is seated away. a container body comprising a storage portion enabling a liquid cosmetic to store; an application body (4; 14) provided at a top end of the container body and applying the liquid cosmetic to a part to be applied; a flow path connecting the application body and the storage portion of the container body, and enabling the liquid cosmetic to flow the storage portion to the application body; an operation portion provided on the side surface of the container body and adapted to be pressed from the outside; a valve seat member having a valve seat portion with an opening provided at the axial back end of said valve seat member in the container body, wherein an enlarged diameter hole portion is formed on the more front side of said opening with a hole more enlarged than the opening; a valve body movably in the axial direction in the container body is provided with an enlarged diameter portion, wherein the valve body is biased to close the flow path by seating on the valve seat portion, and opening the flow path by seating away from the valve seat portion; and a valve body pressing portion located on an inner surface of the container and being in contact with said enlarged diameter portion making the valve body to move in the axial direction and seat away by pressing said enlarged diameter portion from the outside; said valve body including a bar-shaped member formed in a round bar shape extending in the axial direction, a head portion on the front side thereof with a larger diameter than a bar-shaped member, which enters said enlarged diameter hole portion and is urged backward against the front side of the opening of the valve seat portion, wherein said enlarged diameter portion having a taper portion which is inclined in the axial direction so as to make the diameter gradually decrease as going backward from the front end; by pressing the operation portion from the outside, the valve body pressing portion presses the taper surface of enlarged diameter portion, moving the valve body frontward towards said application body (4; 14), so that the valve body is seated away.