PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide hair shampoo which suppresses entwining of the hair under shampooing, provides smooth feeling and is free from the stickiness after drying.SOLUTION: The hair shampoo contains (A) a polyoxyethylene sulfate salt-type anionic surfactant, (B) a cationic crosslinked vinyl copolymer and (C) a branched fatty acid represented by general formula (1) (wherein, R1 is a methyl group or an ethyl group and n is an integer of 3-36), or a salt thereof.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】洗髪中の毛髪のからまりを抑制し、乾燥後べたつかずなめらかな感触の得られる毛髪洗浄剤の提供【解決手段】成分(A)~(C)を含有する毛髪洗浄剤。(A) ポリオキシエチレン硫酸塩型アニオン界面活性剤(B) カチオン性架橋ビニル共重合体(C) 一般式(1)で表される分岐脂肪酸又はその塩〔式中、R1はメチル基又はエチル基を示し、nは3~36の整数を示す。〕【選択図】なし