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Almond & Avocado Curl Enhancing Mousse

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Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

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Almond & Avocado Curl Enhancing Mousse

Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

Foam & Mousse	Foam & Mousse
Lightweight products for volume and flexible styling.	Lightweight products for volume and flexible styling.
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Ingredient highlights

Almond & Avocado Curl Enhancing Mousse

Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

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

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Almond & Avocado Curl Enhancing Mousse

Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

No. of common ingredients = 0
Deionized water, polyquaternium-11, decyl glucoside, cetrimonium chloride, peg-12 dimethicone, methyl gluceth-10, polysorbate-20, fragrance, peg-75 lanolin, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, citric acid, hydrolyzed wheat protein, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) fruit extract, persea gratissima (avocado) fruit extract, butyrospermum parkii (shea) leaf extract, olea europaea (olive) fruit extract, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed extract, theobroma cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, aleurites moluccanus (kukui) seed fruit extract, panthenol, fd&c yellow (5), fd&c blue (5), benzyl benzoate, linalool 8	Aqua/water/eau, isobutane, propane, polyquaternium-11, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance, laureth-4, disodium edta, panthenol, methylparaben, cetrimonium chloride, caprylyl glycol, mentha arvensis leaf oil, benzyl salicylate, hexyl cinnamal, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, alpha-isomethyl ionone, linalool, citric acid, limonene, citronellol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 27

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Deionized water, polyquaternium-11, decyl glucoside, cetrimonium chloride, peg-12 dimethicone, methyl gluceth-10, polysorbate-20, fragrance, peg-75 lanolin, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, citric acid, hydrolyzed wheat protein, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) fruit extract, persea gratissima (avocado) fruit extract, butyrospermum parkii (shea) leaf extract, olea europaea (olive) fruit extract, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed extract, theobroma cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, aleurites moluccanus (kukui) seed fruit extract, panthenol, fd&c yellow (5), fd&c blue (5), benzyl benzoate, linalool

Aqua/water/eau, isobutane, propane, polyquaternium-11, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance, laureth-4, disodium edta, panthenol, methylparaben, cetrimonium chloride, caprylyl glycol, mentha arvensis leaf oil, benzyl salicylate, hexyl cinnamal, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, alpha-isomethyl ionone, linalool, citric acid, limonene, citronellol

Notable ingredients

Almond & Avocado Curl Enhancing Mousse

Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

Soothing: Persea gratissima (avocado) fruit extract, Panthenol

Solvent: Deionized water, Benzyl benzoate

Abrasive: Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed extract

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Almond & Avocado Curl Enhancing Mousse

Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

Deionized water

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-11

Function: Film forming

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

Decyl glucoside

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing, Emulsion stabilizing

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