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Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

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Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

Hydrating Curl Cream

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

Hydrating Curl Cream

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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

Hydrating Curl Cream

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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 10	Aqua/water/eau, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, persea gratissima oil (avocado oil), bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tocopheryl acetate, camelina sativa seed oil, phenoxyethanol, cetyl esters, sodium bicarbonate, isopropyl alcohol, parfum/fragrance, polyquaternium-4, pectin, squalane, simmondsia chinensis seed oil (jojoba seed oil), sucrose, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citronellol, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, linalool, tocopherol, helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 36

Total Number of ingredients = 28

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/eau, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, persea gratissima oil (avocado oil), bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tocopheryl acetate, camelina sativa seed oil, phenoxyethanol, cetyl esters, sodium bicarbonate, isopropyl alcohol, parfum/fragrance, polyquaternium-4, pectin, squalane, simmondsia chinensis seed oil (jojoba seed oil), sucrose, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citronellol, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, linalool, tocopherol, helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract)

Notable ingredients

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

Hydrating Curl Cream

Soothing: Panthenol

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

Exfoliant: Malic acid

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract), Sucrose

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract), Tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), Limonene, Isopropyl alcohol

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Ingredients with their functions

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

Hydrating Curl Cream

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