DISCLOSED IS A HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION CHARACTERIZED BY CONTAINING (A) AN ACRYLIC POLYMER DESCRIBED BELOW AND (B) A NONIONIC POLYMER. THE HAIR COSMETIC PREPARATION IS ALSO CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE WEIGHT RATIO (A)/(B) IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF 0.1 TO 10.0. (A) AN ACRYLIC POLYMER WHICH CONTAINS, AS CONSTITUTIONAL UNITS, 70 TO 95% BY MOLE OF A MONOMER UNIT REPRESENTED BY GENERAL FORMULA (1) AND 5 TO 30% BY MOLE OF A MONOMER UNIT REPRESENTED BY GENERAL FORMULA (2) (IN THE FORMULAE, R1 IS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR METHYL GROUP； R2 IS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A –CH2OH GROUP； A IS AN OXYGEN ATOM OR AN –NH- GROUP； R3 IS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A METHYL GROUP； AND M IS A HYDROGEN ATOM, AN ALKALI METAL ATOM, AN AMMONIUM OR AN AMINE).
