Patent ID: 8865191

Claim:
A method for producing a lipid composition suitable for use in cosmetics consisting of components (A) and (B), and optionally at least one member selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactant, polyhydric alcohol, water and ethanol, wherein the total amount of component (B) is 0.5 to 10 times by weight the total amount of component (A) and the lipid composition has an excellent compatibility at 90° C. or less, the method comprising heating and melting said components (A) and (B) at 80 to 110° C., said component (A) being at least one ceramide represented by Formula (1): where R 1 is a straight hydrocarbon group having 9 to 17 carbon atoms which may have a hydroxyl group and/or a double bonds, R 2 is an acyl group having 14 to 30 carbon atoms which may have a hydroxyl group; and said component (B) being at least one member (B−1) selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol and behenyl alcohol, and at least one member (B-2) selected from cambesterol, stigmasterol, citrosterol and cholesterol.