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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 info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

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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 14	Water (aqua/eau), cetearyl alcohol, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tribehenin, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, beeswax (cera alba), pvp, glycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, ceteareth-20, tridecyl stearate, neopentyl glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, ceteareth-25, vinyl caprolactam/vp/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, tridecyl trimellitate, disodium edta, decylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, alcohol, amyl cinnamal, benzyl benzoate, citral, citronellol, limonene, eugenol, farnesol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, isoeugenol, linalool

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 35

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

Water (aqua/eau), cetearyl alcohol, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tribehenin, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, beeswax (cera alba), pvp, glycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, ceteareth-20, tridecyl stearate, neopentyl glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, ceteareth-25, vinyl caprolactam/vp/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, tridecyl trimellitate, disodium edta, decylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, alcohol, amyl cinnamal, benzyl benzoate, citral, citronellol, limonene, eugenol, farnesol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, isoeugenol, linalool

Notable ingredients

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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

Solvent: Water (aqua/eau), Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Phenoxyethanol

Astringent: Alcohol, Euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax

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Ingredients with their functions

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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.