To provide a hair styling cosmetic composition which is excellent in hair styling property and hair restyling property, even though being water-based and having a low viscosity, and is excellent in non-stickiness, smoothness, and light finish of the hair. A hair styling cosmetic composition comprising (a) (a1) a polyalkylene glycol polymer or (a2) a sugar alcohol that is solid at room temperature (25° C.), (b) a polyalkylene glycol polymer being liquid at room temperature (25° C.), and (c) a film-forming polymer, wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b) is from 1/0.2 to 1/10 (by mass), the ratio of component (b) to component (c) is from 1/0.1 to 1/1 (by mass), the total content of components (a) to (c) is at least 8% by mass, and the viscosity of the system is at most 10,000 mPa·s (at 25° C. with B-type viscometer).
