PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nail cosmetic composition which can be removed by one other than an enamel remover mainly composed of acetone, can maintain a cosmetic film even in daily life and has excellent drying speed.SOLUTION: There is provided a nail cosmetic composition which comprises (A) 5 to 80 mass% of a dextrin fatty acid ester which is an esterified product of a dextrin and a fatty acid in which the degree of substitution of the fatty acid per glucose unit is 1.0 to 3.0, wherein the dextrin has an average degree of glucose polymerization of 3 to 150 and the fatty acid contains 50 mol% or more and 100 mol% or less of one or two or more branched saturated fatty acids having 4 to 26 carbon atoms and 0 mol% or more and less than 50 mol% of one or two or more selected from the group consisting of linear saturated fatty acids having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, linear or branched unsaturated fatty acids having 6 to 30 carbon atoms and cyclic saturated or unsaturated fatty acids having 6 to 30 carbon atoms based on the total fatty acids.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】アセトンを主体とするエナメルリムーバー以外のもので除去が可能であり、且つ、日常生活の中でも化粧膜を維持でき、乾燥速度にも優れる爪用化粧料を提供すること。【解決手段】(A)デキストリンと脂肪酸とのエステル化物であって、デキストリンのグルコースの平均重合度が3~150であり、脂肪酸が炭素数4~26の分岐飽和脂肪酸の1種又は2種以上を全脂肪酸に対して50mol%より多く100mol%以下、及び、炭素数2~22の直鎖飽和脂肪酸、炭素数6~30の直鎖又は分岐の不飽和脂肪酸及び炭素数6~30の環状の飽和又は不飽和脂肪酸よりなる群から選ばれる1種又は2種以上を全脂肪酸に対して0mol%以上50mol%未満を含有し、グルコース単位当たりの脂肪酸の置換度が1.0~3.0であるデキストリン脂肪酸エステルを5~80質量%含有する爪用化粧料を提供するものである。【選択図】なし