PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair cosmetic which can impart sufficient smooth touch, flexibility, smoothness and oily touch to hair from the time of coating the hair with the hair cosmetic to the time for rinsing off the hair cosmetic, and can impart sufficient smoothness and combability to the hair, after dried.SOLUTION: Provided is the hair cosmetic obtained by compounding a tertiary amine represented by formula (1), [wherein, R5 is an 8 to 30C alkyl group A is an amide group or ether group (m) is 0 or 1 when A is the amide group, R6 is a 2 to 4C alkylene group or hydroxyalkylene group when A is the ether group, R6 is a 2 to 4C alkylene group R7 is a 8 to 30C straight chain or branched chain alkyl group or alkenyl group which may be divided with an amide group or an ether group, or a 1 to 3C straight chain or branched chain alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group R8 is a 1 to 3C straight chain or branched chain alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group], a pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, and a higher alcohol.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】毛髪に塗布してから洗い流す濯ぎ時に亘って、充分な滑らか感、柔軟性や平滑性、さらに油性感を付与し、また乾燥後の毛髪に充分な滑らかさ、櫛通りのよさを付与できる毛髪化粧料の提供。【解決手段】式(1)で表される3級アミン、ピロリドンカルボン酸、および高級アルコールを配合してなる、毛髪化粧料。(式(1)中、R5はC数8~30のアルキル基、Aはアミド基又はエーテル基、mは0又は1、Aがアミド基のときR6はC数2~4のアルキレン基又はヒドロキシアルキレン基、Aがエーテル基のときR6はC数2~4のアルキレン基、R7はアミド基又はエーテル基で分断されていてもよいC数8~30の直鎖もしくは分岐鎖のアルキル基又はアルケニル基、あるいはC数1~3の直鎖もしくは分岐鎖のアルキル基又はヒドロキシアルキル基、R8はC数1~3の直鎖もしくは分岐鎖のアルキル基又はヒドロキシアルキル基。)【選択図】なし