The present invention presents a hair cosmetic composition, which contains (A) equal to or higher than 0.01 mass % and equal to or lower than 20 mass % of a quaternary ammonium or its salt (B) equal to or higher than 0.01 mass % and equal to or lower than to 20 mass % of ether-type tertiary amine or its salt (C) equal to or higher than 0.005 mass % and equal to or lower than 6 mass % of branched aliphatic acid or its salt and (D) equal to or higher than 0.05 mass % and equal to or lower than 10 mass % of aromatic sulfonate and water, in which the mass ratio of the component (C) and the component (D) being (C)/(D) is 0.05 to 1.