To provide a hair styling cosmetic composition which is excellent in hair styling property and hair restyling property, even though being water-based and having a low viscosity, and is excellent in non-stickiness, smoothness, and light finish of the hair. A hair styling cosmetic composition comprising (a) a polyalkylene glycol polymer being solid at room temperature (25° C.), (b) one or more substances being liquid at room temperature (25° C.) selected from among (b-1) a di- to tetra-alcohol, (b-2) an alkylene oxide addition polymer of a mono- to tetra-alcohol or a mono- to tri-carboxylic acid, and (b-3) a polyalkylene glycol polymer, (c) a film-forming polymer, and (d) a sugar alcohol, wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b) is from 1/0.2 to 1/10 (by mass), the ratio of component (b) to component (c) is from 1/0.1 to 1/1 (by mass), the total content of components (a) to (d) is at least 10% by mass, and the viscosity of the system is at most 10,000 mPa·s (at 25° C. with B-type viscometer).
