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

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Water (aqua, eau), lanolin wax (lanolin cera, cire de lanoline), pvp, petrolatum, ethylhexyl palmitate, mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum, huile minerale), vp/va copolymer, ceteareth-25, propylene glycol, ozokerite, cetearyl alcohol, sd alcohol 40-b (alcohol denat.), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, pelvetia canaliculata extract, laminaria digitata extract, himanthalia elongata extract, enteromorpha compressa extract, ascophyllum nodosum extract, hydrolyzed rhodophyceae extract, hypnea musciformis extract, palmaria palmata extract, undaria pinnatifida extract, macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) extract, gelidiella acerosa extract, chondrus crispus extract, laminaria saccharina extract, sargassum filipendula extract, phenoxyethanol, cholesterol, diazolidinyl urea, ethylhexylglycerin, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, polyquaternium-11, chitosan, dimethicone peg-7 phosphate, glycerin, benzoic acid, sorbic acid, benzyl salicylate, geraniol, hydroxycitronellal, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, limonene, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, fragrance (parfum). 13	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 = 46

Total Number of ingredients = 35

Water (aqua, eau), lanolin wax (lanolin cera, cire de lanoline), pvp, petrolatum, ethylhexyl palmitate, mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum, huile minerale), vp/va copolymer, ceteareth-25, propylene glycol, ozokerite, cetearyl alcohol, sd alcohol 40-b (alcohol denat.), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, pelvetia canaliculata extract, laminaria digitata extract, himanthalia elongata extract, enteromorpha compressa extract, ascophyllum nodosum extract, hydrolyzed rhodophyceae extract, hypnea musciformis extract, palmaria palmata extract, undaria pinnatifida extract, macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) extract, gelidiella acerosa extract, chondrus crispus extract, laminaria saccharina extract, sargassum filipendula extract, phenoxyethanol, cholesterol, diazolidinyl urea, ethylhexylglycerin, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, polyquaternium-11, chitosan, dimethicone peg-7 phosphate, glycerin, benzoic acid, sorbic acid, benzyl salicylate, geraniol, hydroxycitronellal, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, limonene, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, fragrance (parfum).

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

Transforming Paste

CONUNDRUM Paste

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Glycerin, Limonene, Mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum, huile minerale), Propylene glycol, Sd alcohol 40-b (alcohol denat.)

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Astringent: Sd alcohol 40-b (alcohol denat.)

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 (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.

Lanolin wax (lanolin cera, cire de lanoline)

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning

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

Pvp

Function: Film forming, Viscosity controlling, Emulsion stabilizing

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