A process for preparing a base formulation for a dermatological sunscreen composition comprising base formulations comprising oil and water phases and containing a plurality of UV-absorbing substances and at least one amphiphilic substance which forms lamellar structures.

A skin care composition that includes an emulsifier, a fatty amphiphile, a humectant, an emollient, and an aqueous carrier. The emulsifier includes an anionic surfactant and a non-ionic surfactant and at least a portion of the anionic surfactant, non-ionic surfactant, and fatty amphiphile form a lamellar gel network structure. The skin care composition can optionally include a polymer, such as an Caesalpinia spinosa Gum/Ammonium AMPS Crosspolymer.

A liquid-crystal composition containing a liquid crystal having an Fd-3m structure, wherein the liquid-crystal composition is formed by blending a surfactant (a), an oil agent (b), and water (c); the surfactant (a) is a surfactant that is capable of forming at least one structural body (x) selected from a hexagonal structural body and a pre-hexagonal structural body when mixed with the water (c); the oil agent (b) is an oil agent that does not convert all of the structural body (x) into a lamellar structural body, when mixed with the structural body (x); and a ratio between the surfactant (a) and the water (c) constituting the liquid-crystal composition is a ratio that forms the structural body (x) when mixing the surfactant (a) and the water (c).

The presently claimed invention relates to liquid crystal lipid particles. The presently claimed invention relates to liquid crystal lipid particles which are used in topical composition which has high moisturization efficacy, excellent skin feel, skin softness, and skin smoothness benefits.