PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair cosmetic straightening the flow of the hair by amending the curl thereof while keeping the natural powdery feeling originally possessed by the hair, and sustaining the settled and glossy hair for a long time.SOLUTION: The hair cosmetic is obtained by formulating (A) a specific acrylic acid-based polymer exemplified by a polymer represented by general formula (1) (wherein, R1 is hydrogen or methyl R2 is hydrogen or -CH2OH and A is oxygen or -NH-) and composed of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylamide and acrylic acid, and (B) a specified amide-amine compound in a mass ratio (A)/(B) of 0.02-10. Preferably, the hair cosmetic contains a specified polyoxyalkylene compound besides them.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】毛髪本来の自然なサラサラ感を保ちつつ、クセを改善して毛流れを整え、まとまりとつやのある毛髪を長時間持続させる毛髪化粧料の提供。【解決手段】下記一般式(1)で表される2-ヒドロキシエチルアクリルアミドとアクリル酸からなるポリマーに代表される特定のアクリル酸系ポリマー(A)と、特定のアミドアミン化合物(B)とを(A)/(B)の質量比0.02~10で配合してなる毛髪化粧料。更に特定のポリオキシアルキレン化合物を含有することが好ましい。(式中、R1は水素原子又はメチル基を示し、R2は水素原子又は-CH2OH基を示し、Aは酸素原子又は-NH-を示す。)【選択図】なし