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Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

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Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

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Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

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Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

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Water/eau/aqua, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, tapioca starch, ppg-3 benzyl ether myristate, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, avena sativa (oat/avoine) peptide, hydrolyzed jojoba protein, panthenol, tocopherol, laurdimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, laurdimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat starch, cetrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, sorbic acid, ceteareth-20, laureth-4, ethyl macadamiate, aminomethyl propanol, propylene glycol, sodium benzoate, malic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, 1, 2 hexanediol, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, isopropyl alcohol, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, citronellol, coumarin antistatic agent/agent antistatique 9	Aqua/water, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl esters, amodimethicone, behentrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance, sorbitol, isopropyl alcohol, trideceth-6, hydrolyzed soy protein, moringa oleifera seed oil, hydrolyzed vegetable protein pg-propyl silanetriol, arginine, citric acid, cetrimonium chloride, chlorhexidine dihydrochloride, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, limonene, coumarin, benzyl alcohol.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 36

Total Number of ingredients = 23

Water/eau/aqua, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, tapioca starch, ppg-3 benzyl ether myristate, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, avena sativa (oat/avoine) peptide, hydrolyzed jojoba protein, panthenol, tocopherol, laurdimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, laurdimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat starch, cetrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, sorbic acid, ceteareth-20, laureth-4, ethyl macadamiate, aminomethyl propanol, propylene glycol, sodium benzoate, malic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, 1, 2 hexanediol, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, isopropyl alcohol, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, citronellol, coumarin antistatic agent/agent antistatique

Aqua/water, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl esters, amodimethicone, behentrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance, sorbitol, isopropyl alcohol, trideceth-6, hydrolyzed soy protein, moringa oleifera seed oil, hydrolyzed vegetable protein pg-propyl silanetriol, arginine, citric acid, cetrimonium chloride, chlorhexidine dihydrochloride, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, limonene, coumarin, benzyl alcohol.

Notable ingredients

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

Curl Refiner

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tocopherol

Exfoliant: Malic acid

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

Solvent: Aqua/water, Benzyl alcohol, Limonene, Isopropyl alcohol

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride, Chlorhexidine dihydrochloride, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

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Water/eau/aqua

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Cetearyl alcohol

Also-called: Cetostearyl alcohol, cetylstearyl alcohol | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing