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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Product category and function

Defining Gel

Essential Style Up Hair 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

Defining Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

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

Full ingredient list

Defining Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua, eau), vp/va copolymer, hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ppg-24-glycereth-24, propylene glycol, macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) extract, gelidiella acerosa extract, palmaria palmata extract, chondrus crispus extract, laminaria digitata extract, sargassum filipendula extract, himanthalia elongata extract, hydrolyzed rhodophyceae extract, hypnea musciformis extract, enteromorpha compressa extract, ascophyllum nodosum extract, undaria pinnatifida extract, pelvetia canaliculata extract, laminaria saccharina extract, polyquaternium-4, phenoxyethanol, citric acid, methyl gluceth-20, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-12 dimethicone, ethylhexylglycerin, tetrasodium edta, titanium dioxide (ci 77891), glycerin, mica, dimethicone peg-7 phosphate, sorbic acid, benzoic acid, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, fragrance (parfum) 10	Purified water, alcohol denat., propylene glycol, pvp, glycerin, vp/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer, maltitol, hydrolyzed collagen, arginine/lysine polypeptide, citric acid, tromethamine, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, fragrance, tetrasodium edta, octyldodeceth-16, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, 1,2-hexanediol, sorbic acid, linalool, limonene, citronellol, hexyl cinnamal

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 39

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Water (aqua, eau), vp/va copolymer, hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ppg-24-glycereth-24, propylene glycol, macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) extract, gelidiella acerosa extract, palmaria palmata extract, chondrus crispus extract, laminaria digitata extract, sargassum filipendula extract, himanthalia elongata extract, hydrolyzed rhodophyceae extract, hypnea musciformis extract, enteromorpha compressa extract, ascophyllum nodosum extract, undaria pinnatifida extract, pelvetia canaliculata extract, laminaria saccharina extract, polyquaternium-4, phenoxyethanol, citric acid, methyl gluceth-20, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-12 dimethicone, ethylhexylglycerin, tetrasodium edta, titanium dioxide (ci 77891), glycerin, mica, dimethicone peg-7 phosphate, sorbic acid, benzoic acid, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, fragrance (parfum)

Purified water, alcohol denat., propylene glycol, pvp, glycerin, vp/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer, maltitol, hydrolyzed collagen, arginine/lysine polypeptide, citric acid, tromethamine, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, fragrance, tetrasodium edta, octyldodeceth-16, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, 1,2-hexanediol, sorbic acid, linalool, limonene, citronellol, hexyl cinnamal

Notable ingredients

Defining Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Sunscreen/UV filter: Titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Glycerin, Limonene, Ppg-24-glycereth-24, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

Solvent: Purified water, 1,2-hexanediol, Alcohol denat, Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat

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Ingredients with their functions

Defining Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Water (aqua, eau)

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.

Vp/va copolymer

Function: Film forming

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

Hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride

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