To provide a hair styling cosmetic composition which is excellent in hair styling property and hair restyling property, even though having a low viscosity, and is excellent in non-stickiness, smoothness, and light finish of the hair. A hair styling cosmetic composition comprising (a) one or more substances being solid at room temperature (25° C.) selected from among (a1) a sugar alcohol, (a2) a sugar, (a3) a polyalkylene glycol polymer, and (a4) an inorganic salt, in an amount of from 0.1 to 20 by mass, (b) a sugar derivative and/or a sugar alcohol derivative being liquid at room temperature in an amount of from 0.1 to 25 by mass, (c) one or more film-forming polymers selected from among acrylic and vinylic film-forming polymers (but excepting ampholytic polymers) and urethanic polymers, in an amount of from 0.1 to 12 by mass, and (d) an aqueous solvent, wherein the viscosity of the system is at most 10,000 mPa·s (at 25° C. with B-type viscometer).
