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Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

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Iron Grip Strong Hold Gel

Product category and function

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Iron Grip Strong Hold 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

Iron Grip Strong Hold 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 vegan cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Iron Grip Strong Hold 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 8	Water (aqua, eau), polyquaternium-69, pvp, alcohol denat., sorbitol, acrylates/steareth-20 methacrylate crosspolymer, propylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, aminomethyl propanol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ethylhexylglycerin, sorbic acid, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium benzoate, fragrance (parfum), linalool, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, coumarin, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, juniperus virginiana oil, lavandula oil/extract, linalyl acetate, pinene, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Total Number of ingredients = 25

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, eau), polyquaternium-69, pvp, alcohol denat., sorbitol, acrylates/steareth-20 methacrylate crosspolymer, propylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, aminomethyl propanol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ethylhexylglycerin, sorbic acid, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium benzoate, fragrance (parfum), linalool, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, coumarin, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, juniperus virginiana oil, lavandula oil/extract, linalyl acetate, pinene, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes

Notable ingredients

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Iron Grip Strong Hold Gel

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

Absorbent: Maltodextrin

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

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Alcohol denat, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat, Phenoxyethanol

Astringent: Alcohol denat

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Ingredients with their functions

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Iron Grip Strong Hold 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