Patent ID: 8147854

Claim:
A cosmetic containing: a gelling agent comprising an organopolysiloxane having a silicon-bonded organic group (—Y) represented by general formula (1): wherein R 1 designates a group containing metal salt of a carboxylic acid represented by formula —COO − (M n+ ) 1/n (where M is a metal that has a valence of 1 or higher, and n is the valence of M); X's designate the same or different C 2 to C 14 bivalent hydrocarbon groups; and p designates an integer from 0 to 10, and a silicone oil, wherein a portion or all of the silicone oil is constituted by any one of linear organopolysiloxanes shown by the following general formula (10), cyclic organopolysiloxanes shown by the general formula (11), or branched organopolysiloxanes shown by the general formula (12) in general formulae (10) to (12), R 2 is a group selected from C 2˜30 monovalent fluorine-substituted alkyl groups, amino-substituted alkyl groups, and groups represented by (CH 3 ) 3 SiO{(CH 3 ) 2 SiO} h Si(CH 3 ) 2 CH 2 CH 2 , the subscript c is an integer of 0 to 1000, d is an integer of 0 to 1000, c+d is an integer of 1 to 2000, a is 0, 1, or 2, b is 0, 1 or 2, e is an integer of 0 to 8, f is an integer of 1 to 8, such that 3≦e+f≦8, g is an integer of 1 to 3, and h is an integer of 0 to 500.