A hair cosmetic that contains, at a specific ratio, (A) a tertiary amine compound or a salt thereof, (B) an aliphatic alcohol having 12 to 26 carbon atoms, (C) a cationic group-containing copolymer obtainable by radical polymerization of a specific nonionic group-containing vinyl monomer, a specific cationic group-containing vinyl monomer, and a specific crosslinkable vinyl monomer as essential, and water.本發明之毛髮化妝料以特定之比例含有:(A)三級胺化合物或其鹽;(B)碳數12~26之脂肪族醇;(C)以特定之含非離子性基之乙烯基單體、特定之含陽離子性基之乙烯基單體、特定之交聯性乙烯基單體作為必需成分,並藉由自由基聚合而獲得之含陽離子性基之共聚物;及水。
