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Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

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Paul Mitchell
Steady Grip Styling Gel

Product category and function

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Steady Grip Styling 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

Steady Grip Styling 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

Steady Grip Styling 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 7	Aqua (water, eau), vp/va copolymer, pvp, propylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, polysorbate 20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, aminomethyl propanol, hexylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, triethyl citrate, tetrasodium edta, parfum (fragrance), linalool, citronellol, geraniol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Total Number of ingredients = 18

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

Aqua (water, eau), vp/va copolymer, pvp, propylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, polysorbate 20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, aminomethyl propanol, hexylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, triethyl citrate, tetrasodium edta, parfum (fragrance), linalool, citronellol, geraniol

Notable ingredients

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Steady Grip Styling Gel

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

Absorbent: Maltodextrin

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

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Hexylene glycol, Propylene glycol, Triethyl citrate

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Aminomethyl propanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Steady Grip Styling 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