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Gel Sculpting Medium

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Thickening Gel

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Gel Sculpting Medium

Thickening Gel

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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Ingredient highlights

Gel Sculpting Medium

Thickening Gel

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

Full ingredient list

Gel Sculpting Medium

Thickening Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua\eau), polyacrylate-2 crosspolymer, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, disodium edta, fragrance (parfum), hexyl cinnamal, linalool, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, limonene, geraniol, butylphenyl methylpropional, potassium hydroxide, o-cymen-5-ol, phenoxyethanol 7	Aqua/water/eau, sorbitol, glycerin, aminomethyl propanol, carbomer, octylacrylamide/acrylates/butylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, phenoxyethanol, panthenol, amodimethicone, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, parfum/fragrance, trideceth-12, mentha arvensis leaf oil, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, benzyl salicylate, cetrimonium chloride, hexyl cinnamal, citric acid, alpha-isomethyl ionone, limonene, linalool, citronellol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 14

Total Number of ingredients = 22

Water (aqua\eau), polyacrylate-2 crosspolymer, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, disodium edta, fragrance (parfum), hexyl cinnamal, linalool, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, limonene, geraniol, butylphenyl methylpropional, potassium hydroxide, o-cymen-5-ol, phenoxyethanol

Aqua/water/eau, sorbitol, glycerin, aminomethyl propanol, carbomer, octylacrylamide/acrylates/butylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, phenoxyethanol, panthenol, amodimethicone, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, parfum/fragrance, trideceth-12, mentha arvensis leaf oil, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, benzyl salicylate, cetrimonium chloride, hexyl cinnamal, citric acid, alpha-isomethyl ionone, limonene, linalool, citronellol

Notable ingredients

Gel Sculpting Medium

Thickening Gel

Solvent: Water (aqua\eau), Limonene

Anti-microbial: O-cymen-5-ol, Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Potassium hydroxide

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Gel Sculpting Medium

Thickening Gel

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.

Polyacrylate-2 crosspolymer

Function: Film forming

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

Peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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