PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair cosmetic that excels in luster, delicate comb, smooth feeling and non-sticky nature, and also excels in the persistence of those effects.SOLUTION: The hair cosmetic includes: (A) a dextrin fatty acid ester that is an esterification compound of dextrin and a fatty acid in which the average polymerization degree of the glucose of dextrin is 3-150, the fatty acid contains more than 50 mol% and at most 100 mol% of a 4-26C branch saturated fatty acid based on the total fatty acid, and at least 0 mol% and less than 50 mol% of one or two or more selected from the group consisting of a 2-22C straight chain saturated fatty acid, a 6-30C straight chain or branched unsaturated fatty acid, and a 6-30C cyclic saturated or unsaturated fatty acid based on the total fatty acid, and the degree of substitution of the fatty acid for each glucose unit is 1.0-3.0 (B) an oil agent having a sterol skeleton and (C) a nonionic surfactant.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】ツヤ、しなやかな櫛通り、なめらかな感触、べたつきの無さに優れ、それら効果の持続性にも優れる毛髪化粧料の提供。【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(B)ステロール骨格を有する油剤(C)非イオン性界面活性剤を含有することを特徴とする毛髪化粧料。【選択図】 なし