Provided is a hair cosmetic containing components (A)-(C) below, wherein the mass ratio of component (C) to component (A), i.e., (C)/(A) is 0.7-10. (A) is a compound represented by general formula (1) or a salt thereof (in the formula, the dashed 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 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group), and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group)； (B) is a cationic polymer； and (C) is an amphoteric polymer having a predetermined cationic constitutional unit and a predetermined anionic constitutional unit.本發明係一種毛髪化妝粧料，其含有下述成分(A)～(C)，且成分(C)相對於成分(A)之質量比(C)/(A)為0.7以上且10以下。(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)陽離子性聚合物(C)具有特定之陽離子性結構單元及陰離子性結構單元之兩性聚合物
