Patent ID: 7413745

Claim:
An oil-based cosmetic preparation comprising: (a) an oily gelling agent; (b) an oil-based ingredient; and (c) at least one selected from the group consisting of an ester compound represented by the following formula (I) which is a reaction product of ditrimethylolpropane with 2-ethylhexanoic acid, polycondensates of ditrimethylolpropane with a dibasic carboxylic acid having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, polycondensates of the ester compound of the following formula (I) with a dibasic carboxylic acid having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, polycondensates of a branched saturated fatty acid having 8 to 18 carbon atoms with the polycondensate of the ditrimethylolpropane with the dibasic carboxylic acid having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and polycondensates of ditrimethylolpropane, a branched saturated fatty acid having 8 to 18 carbon atoms and a dibasic carboxylic acid having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein R 1 to R 4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or 2-ethylhexanoic acid residue, provided that at least one of R 1 to R 4 represents 2-ethylhexanoic acid residue, wherein the component (c) has a hydroxyl value (OHV) of from 40 to 100.