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Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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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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No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, vp/va copolymer, glycerin, propanediol, c14-22 alcohols, caprylyl glycol, decyl glucoside, hydrolyzed wheat protein, adansonia digitata seed oil, orbignya oleifera (babassu) seed oil, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, laurtrimonium chloride, glyceryl stearate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-100 stearate, c12-20 alkyl glucoside, hydroxyethylcellulose, polyquaternium-4, maltodextrin, fragrance (parfum), eugenol, linalool, citronellol, citral, limonene, geraniol, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol. 9	Aqua (water/eau), prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, polyquaternium-37, cetearyl alcohol, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, vp/va copolymer, mel (honey/miel), propolis cera (propolis wax/cire de propolis), argania spinosa kernel oil, sodium benzoate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-1 trideceth-6, propylene glycol, parfum (fragrance), hydrolyzed wheat protein, panthenol, citric acid, dipropylene glycol, isopropyl myristate, benzalkonium chloride, triethyl citrate, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, limonene, linalool

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Water/aqua/eau, vp/va copolymer, glycerin, propanediol, c14-22 alcohols, caprylyl glycol, decyl glucoside, hydrolyzed wheat protein, adansonia digitata seed oil, orbignya oleifera (babassu) seed oil, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, laurtrimonium chloride, glyceryl stearate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-100 stearate, c12-20 alkyl glucoside, hydroxyethylcellulose, polyquaternium-4, maltodextrin, fragrance (parfum), eugenol, linalool, citronellol, citral, limonene, geraniol, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol.

Aqua (water/eau), prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, polyquaternium-37, cetearyl alcohol, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, vp/va copolymer, mel (honey/miel), propolis cera (propolis wax/cire de propolis), argania spinosa kernel oil, sodium benzoate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-1 trideceth-6, propylene glycol, parfum (fragrance), hydrolyzed wheat protein, panthenol, citric acid, dipropylene glycol, isopropyl myristate, benzalkonium chloride, triethyl citrate, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, limonene, linalool

Notable ingredients

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Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Glycerin, Limonene, Propanediol

Absorbent: Maltodextrin

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Panthenol, Mel (honey/miel)

Solvent: Aqua (water/eau), Benzyl benzoate, Dipropylene glycol, Limonene, Propylene glycol, Triethyl citrate

Anti-microbial: Benzalkonium chloride, Benzyl benzoate, Mel (honey/miel)

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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.

Vp/va copolymer

Function: Film forming

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

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent