To provide a transparent cosmetic stick, particularly a lipstick free of sweating and syneresis.

The characteristic of the subject lipstick is to compose it of about 15-70 wt.% of a gellant composed of a polyamide (UniClear 100) having an ester at the terminal of a gel fatty polyamide (Versamid 1655), a solvent composed of about 20-55 wt.% of a polyol fatty acid ester (caprylic/capric acid triglyceride) and about 1-35 wt.% of a solubilizer composed of a fatty acid.