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Men Pure-Formance Thickening Paste

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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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Men Pure-Formance Thickening Paste

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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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Men Pure-Formance Thickening Paste

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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

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Men Pure-Formance Thickening Paste

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, canola oil (huile de colza), hydrogenated castor oil, oryza sativa (rice) bran wax, c14-22 alcohols, glycerin, dimethicone, jojoba esters, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, cetearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, coco-glucoside, emblica officinalis (amla) fruit extract, orbignya oleifera (babassu) seed oil, boswellia serrata extract, scutellaria baicalensis root extract, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, yeast extract/faex/extrait de levure, calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, starch hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, hydrolyzed algin, malt extract, ursolic acid, tocopherol, glycine soja (soybean) oil, creatine, adenosine phosphate, acetyl carnitine hcl, glyceryl stearate, zea mays (corn) starch, silica, pvp, c12-20 alkyl glucoside, peg-100 stearate, simethicone, sodium chloride, fragrance (parfum), farnesol, eugenol, linalool, citronellol, citral, limonene, benzyl benzoate, coumarin, geraniol, isoeugenol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol 16	Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 51

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Water/aqua/eau, canola oil (huile de colza), hydrogenated castor oil, oryza sativa (rice) bran wax, c14-22 alcohols, glycerin, dimethicone, jojoba esters, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, cetearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, coco-glucoside, emblica officinalis (amla) fruit extract, orbignya oleifera (babassu) seed oil, boswellia serrata extract, scutellaria baicalensis root extract, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, yeast extract/faex/extrait de levure, calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, starch hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, hydrolyzed algin, malt extract, ursolic acid, tocopherol, glycine soja (soybean) oil, creatine, adenosine phosphate, acetyl carnitine hcl, glyceryl stearate, zea mays (corn) starch, silica, pvp, c12-20 alkyl glucoside, peg-100 stearate, simethicone, sodium chloride, fragrance (parfum), farnesol, eugenol, linalool, citronellol, citral, limonene, benzyl benzoate, coumarin, geraniol, isoeugenol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol

Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta

Notable ingredients

Men Pure-Formance Thickening Paste

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Soothing: Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, Scutellaria baicalensis root extract, Jojoba esters

Antioxidant: Calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, Tocopherol

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Alcohol denat, Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Limonene

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract

Solvent: Purified water, Alcohol denat, Benzyl benzoate, Butylene glycol, Limonene, Mineral oil

Abrasive: Polyethylene

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Ingredients with their functions

Men Pure-Formance Thickening Paste

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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.

Canola oil (huile de colza)

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning

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

Hydrogenated castor oil

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning

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