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In Shower Style Fixer

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Steady Grip Styling Gel

Product category and function

In Shower Style Fixer

Steady Grip Styling 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

In Shower Style Fixer

Steady Grip Styling Gel

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free vegan cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

In Shower Style Fixer

Steady Grip Styling Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua), polyquaternium-69, glycerin, fragrance (parfum), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice, selaginella lepidophylla (resurrection flower) extract, piper nigrum (black pepper) seed extract, carapa guaianensis (andiroba) seed oil, ocimum basilicum (basil) leaf extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract, carbomer, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, butylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, linalool, limonene 7	Aqua (water, eau), vp/va copolymer, pvp, propylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, polysorbate 20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, aminomethyl propanol, hexylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, triethyl citrate, tetrasodium edta, parfum (fragrance), linalool, citronellol, geraniol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Total Number of ingredients = 18

Water (aqua), polyquaternium-69, glycerin, fragrance (parfum), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice, selaginella lepidophylla (resurrection flower) extract, piper nigrum (black pepper) seed extract, carapa guaianensis (andiroba) seed oil, ocimum basilicum (basil) leaf extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract, carbomer, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, butylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, linalool, limonene

Aqua (water, eau), vp/va copolymer, pvp, propylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, polysorbate 20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, aminomethyl propanol, hexylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, triethyl citrate, tetrasodium edta, parfum (fragrance), linalool, citronellol, geraniol

Notable ingredients

In Shower Style Fixer

Steady Grip Styling Gel

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Solvent: Water (aqua), Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, Limonene

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Hexylene glycol, Propylene glycol, Triethyl citrate

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Aminomethyl propanol

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Ingredients with their functions

In Shower Style Fixer

Steady Grip Styling Gel

Water (aqua)

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.

Polyquaternium-69

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