Provided is a hair cosmetic composition containing (A) an amidoamine (1) or an etheramine (2), or a salt thereof, (B) a branched fatty acid (3) or a salt thereof, (C) a silicone, and water: in the formula (1), R1 represents an aliphatic C11-23 hydrocarbon group, R2 represents H or a C1-4 alkyl group, and m stands for a number from 2 to 4; in the formula (2), R3 represents a C6-24 alkyl or alkenyl group, and R4 and R5 each represents a C1-6 alkyl group or a group -(AO)nH, in which A represents a C2-4 alkylene group and n stands for a number from 1 to 6; and in the formula (3), R6 represents a methyl or ethyl group, and p stands for a number from 3 to 36.