Sprayable hair-setting composition containing a sulfonate containing hydrophilic copolymer

A sprayable hair-setting composition which comprises a hydrophilic copolymer and a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) aliphatic alcohol, dioxane, methylethyl ketone, acetone, tetrahydrofuran, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether and mixtures thereof and a propellant, said hydrophilic copolymer having 3-95 per cent by weight of a structural unit of the formula ##EQU8## wherein R is H or methyl and c is an integer from 1 to 3 and 97 to 5% by weight of at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.20) alkyl acrylate, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.20) alkyl methacrylate, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) hydroxyalkyl acrylate, and a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, said hydrophilic copolymer being present in an amount effective to set hair.