The invention provides a gel-form hair cosmetic composition, which contains components (a) to (c) emulsified in an aqueous component, and which exhibits an endothermic peak temperature of from 40° C. to 75° C. as measured through DSC, wherein the components are (a) a polyalkyleneimine derivative or a salt thereof, the polyalkyleneimine derivative being formed of a polyalkyleneimine having a weight average molecular weight of from 3,300 to 50,000, in which one of the substituents of R1—CO—, R2—(CH2)n—CHX—CH2—, and R3—NH—CO— [R1 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, or the like； R2 is H, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl or the like； n is 0 or 1； X is H or OH； R3 is H, alkyl, or alkenyl； at least one of R1 to R3 has 13 or more carbon atoms； and the entirety of R1, R2, and R3 has an average number of carbon atoms of 9 or more and a linear group content of 30 mol % or more] is bonded to 40 mol % or more of the nitrogen atoms of the polyalkyleneimine； (b) a C12 to C28 saturated aliphatic alcohol； and (c) a cationic surfactant.
