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Contours Protein Styling Gel

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Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Product category and function

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Curl Corps Enhancing 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

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Curl Corps Enhancing 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

Full ingredient list

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water/eau, carbomer, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate-20, propylene glycol, fragrance, silanetriol, panthenol, tetrasodium edta 6	Water/eau/aqua, glycerin, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, avena sativa (oat/avoine) peptide, glycine soja (soybean) protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ethylhexylglycerin, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, maltodextrin, maltodextrin/vp copolymer, peg-6 caprylic/capric glycerides, polyquaternium-7, pvp, propylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, citric acid, benzoic acid, 1, 2-hexanediol, butylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance/parfum

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 13

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Aqua/water/eau, carbomer, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate-20, propylene glycol, fragrance, silanetriol, panthenol, tetrasodium edta

Water/eau/aqua, glycerin, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, avena sativa (oat/avoine) peptide, glycine soja (soybean) protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ethylhexylglycerin, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, maltodextrin, maltodextrin/vp copolymer, peg-6 caprylic/capric glycerides, polyquaternium-7, pvp, propylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, citric acid, benzoic acid, 1, 2-hexanediol, butylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance/parfum

Notable ingredients

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Solvent: Water/eau/aqua, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Propylene glycol

Absorbent: Maltodextrin

Anti-microbial: Hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Curl Corps Enhancing Gel

Aqua/water/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.

Carbomer

Function: Viscosity controlling, Gel forming, Emulsion stabilizing

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

Phenoxyethanol

Function: Preservative, Anti-microbial

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