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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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On Lock High Hold Hair Wax

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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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On Lock High Hold Hair Wax

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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

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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/eau/aqua, synthetic beeswax, vp/va copolymer, c12-15 alkyl benzoate, glycerin, pvp, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) cera/euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, butyrospermum parkii (shea/karite) butter, stearic acid, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, cetearyl alcohol, ceteareth-20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium chloride, laurtrimonium chloride, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol 12	Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Water/eau/aqua, synthetic beeswax, vp/va copolymer, c12-15 alkyl benzoate, glycerin, pvp, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) cera/euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, butyrospermum parkii (shea/karite) butter, stearic acid, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, cetearyl alcohol, ceteareth-20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium chloride, laurtrimonium chloride, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol

Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta

Notable ingredients

On Lock High Hold Hair Wax

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Solvent: Water/eau/aqua, Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate, C12-15 alkyl benzoate, Hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Sodium hydroxide

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract

Solvent: Purified water, Alcohol denat, Benzyl benzoate, Butylene glycol, Limonene, Mineral oil

Abrasive: Polyethylene

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Ingredients with their functions

On Lock High Hold Hair Wax

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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.

Synthetic beeswax

Function: Viscosity controlling, Emulsion stabilizing

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Vp/va copolymer

Function: Film forming

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.