To provide a cosmetic composition having excellent ultraviolet protection against
both UVB and UVA, causing neither unpleasant whitening to the applied skin nor
skin irritation, and ensuring good feeling on use and high safety and high stability
without causing decomposition of the ingredients blended in the cosmetic material,
such as organic ultraviolet absorber. A cosmetic composition obtained by using
fine particulate titanium oxide and fine particulate zinc oxide each surface-treated
with silica, alumina or alumina/silica and having a primary particle size of 0.01
to 0.2 m in combination and blending titanium oxide and zinc oxide at a
mass ratio of 1:4 to 2:3, wherein SPF is maintained as compared with the case where
the mass ratio of titanium oxide to zinc oxide is 1:0, and when applied to a thickness
of 10 m, the whiteness W value measured using the CIE color specification
system is 20 or less.