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Pillow Soft Curls Cream

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Pillow Soft Curls Cream

Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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Pillow Soft Curls Cream

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 cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

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Pillow Soft Curls Cream

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. 11	Water (aqua), emulsifying wax nf, glycerin, amodimethicone, behentrimonium chloride, methyl gluceth-20, hydroxyethylcellulose, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, blue 1 (ci 42090), fragrance (parfum), limonene, triticum vulgare (wheat) germ oil, safflower (carthamus tinctorius) oil, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citric acid, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, butylphenyl methylpropional, silk amino acids, hydrolyzed wheat protein/pvp crosspolymer, linalool, hexyl cinnamal, amyl cinnamal, citronellol, benzyl salicylate, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, hydroxycitronellal, urtica dioica (nettle) extract, equisetum arvense leaf extract, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, althaea officinalis root extract, agave americana leaf extract

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Total Number of ingredients = 37

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.

Water (aqua), emulsifying wax nf, glycerin, amodimethicone, behentrimonium chloride, methyl gluceth-20, hydroxyethylcellulose, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, blue 1 (ci 42090), fragrance (parfum), limonene, triticum vulgare (wheat) germ oil, safflower (carthamus tinctorius) oil, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citric acid, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, butylphenyl methylpropional, silk amino acids, hydrolyzed wheat protein/pvp crosspolymer, linalool, hexyl cinnamal, amyl cinnamal, citronellol, benzyl salicylate, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, hydroxycitronellal, urtica dioica (nettle) extract, equisetum arvense leaf extract, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, althaea officinalis root extract, agave americana leaf extract

Notable ingredients

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Pillow Soft Curls Cream

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

Absorbent: Maltodextrin

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

Soothing: Equisetum arvense leaf extract, Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, Urtica dioica (nettle) extract

Antioxidant: Safflower (carthamus tinctorius) oil, Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract

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Ingredients with their functions

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Pillow Soft Curls Cream

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