A liquid cosmetic comprising: (a) 10 to 40% by mass of one or more moisturizing agents, wherein the one or more moisturizing agents include polyols, polyether compounds obtained by addition-polymerizing 2 to 100 mole of propylene oxide and 50 mole or less of ethylene oxide to a polyhydric alcohol core having three or more hydroxyl groups in the molecule, ethyl gluceth-10, chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid, mucoitin sulfuric acid, caronic acid, atelocollagen, cholesteryl-12-hydroxystearate, bile acid monosalt, dl-pyrrolidone carboxylic acid monosalt, short-chain soluble collagen, Rosa roxburghii extract, Achillea millefolium extract, sugars, and polypropyleneglycol-polyethylene glycol copolymers and dimethylethers thereof, (b) 0.01 to 3% by mass of one or more oil components, wherein the one or more oil components include camellia oil, macadamia nut oil, olive oil, castor oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, teaseed oil, cacao butter, coconut oil, hydrogenated coconut oil, palm oil, Japan wax, hydrogenated castor oil, beeswax, candelilla wax, carnauba wax, lanolin, liquid lanolin, jojoba wax, hard lanolin, polyoxyethylene lanolin alcohol ether, polyoxyethylene cholesterol ether, hydrocarbon oils and fats, synthetic oil components, silicones and higher fatty acids having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, (c) 0.01 to 5% by mass of a hydrophilic surfactant having an HLB of 13 or higher, wherein the hydrophilic surfactant includes POE-hydrogenated castor oil, and (d) 0.001 to 0.3% by mass of polyacrylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, wherein the polyacrylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof includes sodium salts and potassium salts of a polyacrylic acid and the polyacrylic acid has a number-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 250,000, wherein an average emulsified particle size is 500 nm or less, with the proviso that the liquid cosmetic does not comprise a POE phytosterol ether. (a) 10 to 40% by mass of one or more moisturizing agents, wherein the one or more moisturizing agents include polyols, polyether compounds obtained by addition-polymerizing 2 to 100 mole of propylene oxide and 50 mole or less of ethylene oxide to a polyhydric alcohol core having three or more hydroxyl groups in the molecule, ethyl gluceth-10, chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid, mucoitin sulfuric acid, caronic acid, atelocollagen, cholesteryl-12-hydroxystearate, bile acid monosalt, dl-pyrrolidone carboxylic acid monosalt, short-chain soluble collagen, Rosa roxburghii extract, Achillea millefolium extract, sugars, and polypropyleneglycol-polyethylene glycol copolymers and dimethylethers thereof, (b) 0.01 to 3% by mass of one or more oil components, wherein the one or more oil components include camellia oil, macadamia nut oil, olive oil, castor oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, teaseed oil, cacao butter, coconut oil, hydrogenated coconut oil, palm oil, Japan wax, hydrogenated castor oil, beeswax, candelilla wax, carnauba wax, lanolin, liquid lanolin, jojoba wax, hard lanolin, polyoxyethylene lanolin alcohol ether, polyoxyethylene cholesterol ether, hydrocarbon oils and fats, synthetic oil components, silicones and higher fatty acids having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, (c) 0.01 to 5% by mass of a hydrophilic surfactant having an HLB of 13 or higher, wherein the hydrophilic surfactant includes POE-hydrogenated castor oil, and (d) 0.001 to 0.3% by mass of polyacrylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, wherein the polyacrylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof includes sodium salts and potassium salts of a polyacrylic acid and the polyacrylic acid has a number-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 250,000, wherein an average emulsified particle size is 500 nm or less, with the proviso that the liquid cosmetic does not comprise a POE phytosterol ether. wherein an average emulsified particle size is 500 nm or less, with the proviso that the liquid cosmetic does not comprise a POE phytosterol ether. <EOS>