The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic capable of giving good finger combability and manageability with no oily feeling to the hair treated therewith and dried, and to a method for producing the hair cosmetic. The hair cosmetic contains a cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose (A), an oil (B) of which the amount of dissolution in 100 g of water at 20°C is from 0 to 1 g, and a surfactant (C), wherein the cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose (A) has an anhydroglucose-derived main chain and has a degree of substitution with cationized ethyleneoxy group of from 0.01 to 2.9 and a degree of substitution with propyleneoxy group of from 0.1 to 4.0, and the production method is for producing the hair cosmetic.
