A cosmetic composition is disclosed comprising i)hinokitiol; ii)a metal oxide or metal salt wherein the metal is selected from manganese, stannum and barium; and iii) a cationic polymer selected from cationic galactomannans, dialkyldiallylammonium halide homopolymers and copolymers, cationic cellulose, (meth)acrylamidopropyl trialkylammonium halide homopolymers and copolymers, trialkylammonioethyl (meth)acrylate homopolymers and copolymers; wherein the weight ratio of the metal oxide or metal salt to hinokitiol is from 1:10 to 20:1.