Provided is a manicure composition which is applied as a top coat on a manicure coated on a whole part of a nail and is turned into a transparent coating film after drying and which is top-coated to thereby provide the coating film with a satisfactory lasting property and endows it with glossy cracked patterns. The manicure composition is a cosmetic applied on a dried coating film of a nail cosmetic comprising at least nitrocellulose, acetic acid ester and a plasticizer, and it comprises at least water, an acryl resin emulsion having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50°C or higher and 2.5 to 11 % by mass of a film formation aid.