Cosmetic composition with skin tightening effect

A cosmetic composition having a skin-tightening effect, in a form selected from a gel, a lotion, a suspension, an oil-in-water emulsion, a water-in-oil emulsion, a solid form, a stick form, a patch form, a dry form, or a powder form, said composition comprising a mixture consisting essentially of

• 20 to 55% by weight of a polysaccharide having a molecular weight of less than 600,000 Daltons selected from the group consisting of a pectin, a carrageenan, a galactomanane, a xanthan and alginate,
• 40 to 75% by weight of a polyhydroxylated agent selected from the group consisting of glucose, sorbitol, mannitol, and galactitol,
• 3 to 15% by weight of poly(vinyl alcohol) or polyvinylpyrrolidone, and
• 1 to 8% by weight of a cellulose component selected from cellulose carboxymethylcellulose and hydroxymethylcellulose.

An anti-wrinkle cosmetic composition in emulsion form having a tightening effect constituted of:

• 0.8 weight % of a mixture having a tightening effect comprising 64.68 weight % of sorbitol, 22 weight % of alginate, 9.15 weight % of polyvinyl alcohol and 4.17 weight % of carboxymethylcellulose;
• 0.5 weight % of an extract of tormentilla;
• 19 weight % of fatty phase;
• and
• Qs 100 weight % of a gellified aqueous phase.