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Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

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Shape Up Aqua Gel

Product category and function

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Shape Up Aqua Gel

Gel, Custard, Pomade & Wax	Gel, Custard, Pomade & Wax
Strong-hold products for precise styling and texture.	Strong-hold products for precise styling and texture.
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Ingredient highlights

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Shape Up Aqua Gel

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
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 Enhancing Gel

Shape Up Aqua Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/eau/aqua, glycerin, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, avena sativa (oat/avoine) peptide, glycine soja (soybean) protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ethylhexylglycerin, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, maltodextrin, maltodextrin/vp copolymer, peg-6 caprylic/capric glycerides, polyquaternium-7, pvp, propylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, citric acid, benzoic acid, 1, 2-hexanediol, butylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance/parfum 11	Water (aqua), pvp, panthenol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, lentinus edodes (shiitake mushroom) extract, psidium guajava (guava) fruit extract, ribes nigrum (black currant) fruit extract, brassica oleracea acephala (kale) leaf extract, opuntia tuna (prickly pear) fruit extract, cucurbita pepo (pumpkin) seed extract, hydroxypropylgluconamide, hydroxypropylammonium gluconate, hydrolyzed hemp seed extract, hydrolyzed rice protein, carbomer, glycerin, ethylhexylglycerin, caprylyl glycol, tartaric acid, disodium edta, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, citric acid, aminomethyl propanol, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), benzyl alcohol, linalool, limonene, geraniol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Water/eau/aqua, glycerin, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, avena sativa (oat/avoine) peptide, glycine soja (soybean) protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ethylhexylglycerin, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, maltodextrin, maltodextrin/vp copolymer, peg-6 caprylic/capric glycerides, polyquaternium-7, pvp, propylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, citric acid, benzoic acid, 1, 2-hexanediol, butylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance/parfum

Water (aqua), pvp, panthenol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, lentinus edodes (shiitake mushroom) extract, psidium guajava (guava) fruit extract, ribes nigrum (black currant) fruit extract, brassica oleracea acephala (kale) leaf extract, opuntia tuna (prickly pear) fruit extract, cucurbita pepo (pumpkin) seed extract, hydroxypropylgluconamide, hydroxypropylammonium gluconate, hydrolyzed hemp seed extract, hydrolyzed rice protein, carbomer, glycerin, ethylhexylglycerin, caprylyl glycol, tartaric acid, disodium edta, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, citric acid, aminomethyl propanol, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), benzyl alcohol, linalool, limonene, geraniol

Notable ingredients

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Shape Up Aqua Gel

Solvent: Water/eau/aqua, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Propylene glycol

Absorbent: Maltodextrin

Anti-microbial: Hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Panthenol

Exfoliant: Tartaric acid

Solvent: Water (aqua), Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin, Limonene

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Ingredients with their functions

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Shape Up Aqua Gel

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.

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent