The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic composition including a surfactant and a cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose, wherein the cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose contains a main chain derived from an anhydroglucose represented by the following general formula (1) and has a cationized ethyleneoxy group substitution degree of from 0.01 to 2.5 and a propyleneoxy group substitution degree of from 0.1 to 2.8, wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently a substituent group including a cationized ethyleneoxy group and a propyleneoxy group and n represents an average polymerization degree of the anhydroglucose and is a number of from 50 to 5000. The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention exhibits a less stickiness after use and is capable of imparting excellent run fingers through hair, coating feel and manageability to hair.本發明提供一種毛髮化粧料,其係含有界面活性劑及陽離子化羥丙基纖維素者,並且該陽離子化羥丙基纖維素具有下述通式(1)所表示之來源於脫水葡萄糖之主鏈,且陽離子化伸乙氧基之取代度為0.01~2.5,伸丙氧基之取代度為0.1~2.8,該毛髮化粧料並無使用後之黏膩感,且可賦予優異之手指梳順性、塗覆感、整齊感。(式中,R1、R2及R3表示具有陽離子化伸乙氧基及伸丙氧基之取代基,n表示脫水葡萄糖的平均聚合度,為50~5000)
