To provide a novel gel-like hair cosmetic composition which can be stably sprayed in the form of mist and has high hair-arranging ability and excellent feeling of use (sense of light finish) for serving as a hair cosmetic composition, without causing flaking, said hair cosmetic composition having transparent appearance. A non-emulsion gel-like hair cosmetic composition which contains, in an aqueous solvent, (a) a specific cationic polymer, (b) a non-stringy anionic polymer (such as a carboxyvinyl polymer) that has a thickening effect, (c) an adhesive polymer that has an adhesiveness as showing a ball number of 1-30 in an inclined ball tack test (inclination angle of 30 DEG , at 25 DEG C, at a humidity of 50%) in accordance with JIS Z-0237 and/or (d) one or more substances that are selected from at least one group among (d-1) sugar alcohols and sugar alcohol derivatives, (d-2) sugars and sugar derivatives and (d-3) polyalkylene glycols. The non-emulsion gel-like hair cosmetic composition has a viscosity of 500-3,000 mPas (measured with a B-type viscometer at 30 DEG C), and is sprayed in the form of mist when in use.
