The invention relates to the technical field of pharmaceutical nanoemulsion drug delivery systems and transdermal absorption, in particular relates to ginseng-containing whitening and anti-aging nanoemulsion essence and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to a new pharmaceutical technology and the field of study on new formulations applied to cosmetics. The nanoemulsion essence is characterized in that a natural or food-grade emulsifier and an oil phase are selected, wherein double distilled water containing fruit juice, vegetable juice or honey is used as an oil phase. The nanoemulsion essence comprises the following components in percent: 10.30 to 80.60% of emulsifier / co-emulsifier, 1.0 to 40.80% of oil phase, 0.10 to 14.0% of ginseng, and the balance of the water phase. The confocal microscopy result shows that the transdermal absorption mechanism of the essence is the mechanism of majorly dispersing among cells of cutaneous appendages at the beginning and then dispersing and penetrating through cytomembrane. The nanoemulsion essence has high absorption, is innocuous, unpoisonous and pollution-free, does not damage the skin, and can completely realize the green, health, whitening, anti-aging and beautifying makeup concept.