Patent ID: 8647649

Claim:
An emulsion composition comprising the following ingredients (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F): (A) from 0.05 to 7 wt. % of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of glyceryl monobehenate and monocetyl glyceryl ether; (B) from 0.05 to 7 wt. % of cetanol; (C) from 0.05 to 7 wt. % of at least one compound of the following formula (2): wherein R 1 represents a C4 to C30 linear, branched, or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group which may be substituted by a hydroxyl group, a carbonyl group, or an amino group; Z represents a methylene group, a methine group, or an oxygen atom; each of X 1 , X 2 , and X 3 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an acetoxy group; X 4 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, or a glyceryl group, or forms an oxo group together with the adjacent oxygen atom, wherein when Z is a methine group, one of X 1 and X 2 is a hydrogen atom, and the other is absent, and when X 4 forms an oxo group, X 3 is absent; each of R 2 and R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, or an acetoxymethyl group; R 4 represents a C5 to C60 linear, branched, or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group which may be substituted by a hydroxyl group, a carbonyl group, or an amino group and which may have an ether bond, an ester bond, or an amide bond in a backbone thereof; and R 5 represents a hydrogen atom, or a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group optionally having a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a hydroxyalkoxy group, an alkoxy group, and an acetoxy group and containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms in total; and the broken line represents an optional unsaturated bond; (D) from 0.01 to 7 wt. % of at least one compound selected form the group consisting of a stearoylglutamic acid salt and a sphingosine salt; (E) from 0.01 to 5 wt. % of xylitol; and (F) water, wherein a weight ratio (E)/(A)+(B)+(C) is from 0.01 to 3.