Provided is a hair cosmetic containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) a compound represented by general formula (1) or a salt thereof [In the formula, the broken line indicates the presence or absence of a pi bond. R1 represents a hydroxyl group or an acetoxy group. R2 represents a hydrogen atom or -COOR (R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group). R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group or an ethyl group.]； (B) a cationic surfactant； and (C) polyoxyethylene non-ionic surfactant. The mass ratio (B)/(A) of component (B) with respect to component (A) is at least 1.0, the mass ratio (C)/(A) of component (C) with respect to component (A) is at least 1.0, and the number of moles of added oxyethylene in the component that constitutes (C) with respect to component (A) is at least 5, and the pH at 25 DEG C falls within the range of 8.0 to 12.0, inclusive.本發明之毛髮化妝料含有以下成分(A)～(C)：(A)下述通式(1)所表示之化合物或其鹽[式中，虛線表示存在或不存在π鍵；R1表示羥基或乙醯氧基；R2表示氫原子或-COOR(R為氫原子、甲基或乙基)；R3表示氫原子、乙醯基、甲基或乙基](B)陽離子性界面活性劑(C)聚氧乙烯加成型非離子性界面活性劑，成分(B)相對於成分(A)之質量比(B)/(A)為1.0以上，成分(C)相對於成分(A)之質量比(C)/(A)為1.0以上，構成成分(C)之成分中之氧乙烯加成莫耳數為5以上之成分相對於成分(A)之質量比滿足特定條件，且該毛髮化妝料於25℃下之pH值為8.0以上且12.0以下。
