A HAIR COSMETIC CHARACTERIZED BY COMPRISING 0.1 TO 2% BY WEIGHT OF AN ACRYLIC POLYMER (A), 0.1 TO 3% BY WEIGHT OF A NONIONIC SURFACTANT HAVING AN HLB VALUE OF 14 TO 18 (B), 0.5 TO 5% BY WEIGHT OF A CATIONIC SURFACTANT (C), AND 0.5 TO 10% BY WEIGHT OF A LINEAR SATURATED ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL (D), WHEREIN A WEIGHT RATIO REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA (A)/(B) IS 0.05 TO 18.00, (A) THE ACRYLIC POLYMER COMPRISING 70 TO 95 MOL% OF A MONOMER UNIT REPRESENTED BY GENERAL FORMULA (1) AND 5 TO 30 MOL% OF A MONOMER UNIT REPRESENTED BY GENERAL FORMULA (2) [IN THE FORMULAE, R1 REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A METHYL GROUP R2 REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A GROUP -CH2OH A REPRESENTS AN OXYGEN ATOM OR -NH- R3 REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A METHYL GROUP AND M REPRESENTS A HYDROGEN ATOM, AN ALKALI METAL ATOM, AN AMMONIUM OR AN AMINE].
