Patent ID: 8563493

Claim:
An oil composition for cosmetics, comprising: 1 to 30 percent by weight of a medium-chain polyglycerol monoalkyl ether represented by following Formula (1): R 1 O—(C 3 H 6 O 2 ) n 1 -H (1) wherein R 1 represents a linear aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, or a branched-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms; and n 1 denotes an average degree of glycerol polymerization and is from 1.5 to 4; 1 to 30 percent by weight of a long-chain polyglycerol monoalkyl ether represented by following Formula (2): R 2 O—(C 3 H 6 O 2 ) n 2 -H (2) wherein R 2 represents a linear aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 14 to 18 carbon atoms, or a branched-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 16 to 22 carbon atoms; and n 2 denotes an average degree of glycerol polymerization and is from 1.5 to 4; and 40 to 98 percent by weight of at least one oily ingredient selected from the group consisting of silicone oils, ester oils, avocado oil, camellia oil, turtle oil, macadamia nut oil, corn oil, mink oil, olive oil, rapeseed oil, yolk oil, sesame oil, persic oil, wheat germ oil, sasanqua oil, castor oil, linseed oil, safflower oil, cotton seed oil, perilla oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, tea seed oil, torreya oil, rice bran oil, Chinese tung oil, Japanese tung oil, jojoba oil, germ oil, glyceryl trioctanoate, glyceryl triisopalmitate, liquid paraffin, squalene, squalane, pristane, oleic acid, tall oil and isostearic acid.