PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair cosmetic not sticky after being dried when applied onto hair, giving tension/stiffness and moisture to the hair to achieve glossy hair, and further giving to the hair a smooth feeling without creaking together with a settled feeling.SOLUTION: This hair cosmetic includes (A) a 0.4-4 mass% quaternary ammonium salt represented by formula 1, (B) a 1-8 mass% 14C-22C linear alcohol, (C) 0.5-8 mass% glycosyl trehalose, and (D) a 0.3-5 mass% polyalkylene glycol derivative represented by formula 2. (In the formula 1, R1 represents a 16C-24C linear alkyl group, R2 represents a 16C-24C linear alkyl group, a 1C-3C alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group, R3 and R4 represent each independently a 1C-3C alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group, and X represents a halogen atom). (In the formula 2, R5 and R6 represent the same or different hydrogen atom or a 12C-20C fatty acid residue, and the ratio of the 12C-20C fatty acid residue occupied in R5 and R6 is 0.65-0.95, and n is a value of 5-20).COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】毛髪に塗布した際に、乾燥後にべたつかず、毛髪にハリ・コシとうるおいを与え、艶のある髪に仕上げ、さらには、きしまず滑らかで、まとまり性のある毛髪にすることができる毛髪化粧料の提供。【解決手段】(A)式1で示される第4級アンモニウム塩を0.4~4質量%、(B)炭素数が14~22の直鎖のアルコールを1~8質量%、(C)グリコシルトレハロースを0.5~8質量%、(D)式2で示されるポリアルキレングリコール誘導体を0.3~5質量%を含有することを特徴とする毛髪化粧料。(式中、R5とR6は同一又は異なってもよい水素原子又は炭素数12~20の脂肪酸残基であり、R5およびR6に占める炭素数12~20の脂肪酸残基の割合は0.65~0.95である。nは、5~20の値である。)【選択図】なし