ProblemTo provide a hair styling cosmetic composition which is excellent in hair styling property, hair restyling property and hair set retention property, even though being water-based and having a low viscosity, and is excellent in non-stickiness, smoothness, and light finish of the hair.Means for ResolutionA hair styling cosmetic composition comprising (a) a surfactant being solid at room temperature (25°C) in an amount of from 1.5 to 12% by mass, (b) a polyalkylene glycol polymer being liquid at room temperature, and (c) a film-forming polymer, wherein the viscosity of the system is at most 10,000 mPa·s (at 25°C with B-type viscometer).