A hair cosmetic contains (A) a side chain amino-modified organopolysiloxane having long chain alkyl at both ends at 0.01 to 15 weight%, (B) one type or two or more types of cationic surfactant selected from tertiary amine compounds at 0.1 to 15 weight%, (C) a higher alcohol having 12 to 28 carbon atoms and one hydroxy group at 0.1 to 20 weight%, (D) a polydimethylsiloxane at 0.01 to 15 weight%, and (E) water, the side chain amino-modified organopolysiloxane having long chain alkyl at both ends having a nitrogen atom content of 0.31 to 2 weight%.