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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

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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, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, persea gratissima oil (avocado oil), bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tocopheryl acetate, camelina sativa seed oil, phenoxyethanol, cetyl esters, sodium bicarbonate, isopropyl alcohol, parfum/fragrance, polyquaternium-4, pectin, squalane, simmondsia chinensis seed oil (jojoba seed oil), sucrose, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citronellol, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, linalool, tocopherol, helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract)

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Total Number of ingredients = 29

Total Number of ingredients = 28

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, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, persea gratissima oil (avocado oil), bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tocopheryl acetate, camelina sativa seed oil, phenoxyethanol, cetyl esters, sodium bicarbonate, isopropyl alcohol, parfum/fragrance, polyquaternium-4, pectin, squalane, simmondsia chinensis seed oil (jojoba seed oil), sucrose, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citronellol, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, linalool, tocopherol, helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract)

Notable ingredients

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Hydrating Curl Cream

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

Absorbent: Maltodextrin

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract), Sucrose

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract), Tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), Limonene, Isopropyl alcohol

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Ingredients with their functions

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Hydrating Curl 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