FIELD: cosmetology. SUBSTANCE: composition for skin care as an aqueous liquid includes: (a) a lipid composition containing two components D and E, where D is a molecule consisted of one C8-24-hydrocarbon chain and hydrophilic terminal group, and E is a substance including, at least, one of the compounds taken out of 3β-sterine; squalane, squalene; saponins or sapogenins of plant steroid type or triterpenoid type; di- and triterpenes, for example, phytol, retinol and amyrin, and their mixtures, where the content of D and E ranges within 0.1-10 and 0.2- 12 wt.%, correspondingly against the total weight of the composition; (b) a surface-active substance chosen out of anionic, nonionic, cationic, zwitterion, amphoteric surface-active substances, soaps and their mixtures; and (c) a precipitation-favoring preparation, moreover, the composition contain no molecule which have, at least, two hydrocarbon chains and polar terminal group which meets the ratio (1): 
(1), where V is volume of hydrocarbon chains; lc is critical length of hydrocarbon chains; and a0 is optimal area of polar terminal group The composition could be as a shower gel or facial cleaner for temporary application upon skin followed by their removal with a napkin or a rinser. The composition prevents water loss and/or favors to restore damaged aqueous barrier layer in horny skin layer. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 8 cl, 6 tbl
