DISCLOSED IS A COSMETIC PREPARATION CHARACTERIZED BY CONTAINING (A) AN AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANT OR AN ANIONIC SURFACTANT, AND (B) AN ACRYLIC POLYMER WHICH CONTAINS, AS CONSTITUTIONAL UNITS, 70-95% BY MOLE OF A MONOMER UNIT REPRESENTED BY GENERAL FORMULA (1) AND 5-30% BY MOLE OF A MONOMER UNIT REPRESENTED BY GENERAL FORMULA (2). THE COSMETIC PREPARATION IS ALSO CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE RATIO (A)/(B) BY WEIGHT IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF 0.1-50.0. (IN THE FORMULAE, R¹ IS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A 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.)
