PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair wax having excellent hair-fixing properties and capable of suppressing generation of a hair bundle.SOLUTION: The hair wax is characterized by blending (A) a solid wax and/or solid hydrocarbon, (B) a nonionic surfactant, (C) solid higher fatty acid and/or salt thereof, and (D) &alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid and/or salt thereof, and has pH of 6.0 or less.