PROVIDED IS A HAIR COSMETIC MATERIAL HAVING A GOOD CONDITIONING EFFECT, ESPECIALLY A HAIR COSMETIC MATERIAL WHICH LATHERS WELL AND GIVES A GOOD TOUCH IN FINGER-COMBING IN RINSING AND WHICH IS EFFECTIVE FOR MAKING HAIR HAVE A GOOD FEEL AFTER DRIED. A HAIR COSMETIC MATERIAL COMPRISING FROM 0.1 TO 40% BY MASS OF AN ANIONIC SURFACTANT (A), FROM 0.01 TO 5.0% BY MASS OF A WATER SOLUBLE RESIN (B) HAVING A STRUCTURE CORRESPONDING TO A COPOLYMER OF A MONOMER MIXTURE THAT CONTAINS A VINYLIC MONOMER (A) HAVING A HYDROXYL GROUP AND AN AMIDO BOND AND A VINYLIC MONOMER (B) HAVING A CATIONIC GROUP, AND FROM 0.1 TO 10% BY MASS OF A NONIONIC AND/OR AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANT (C).