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Contours Protein Styling Gel

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Tea Tree Styling Gel

Product category and function

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Tea Tree 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

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Tea Tree 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

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Tea Tree Styling Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 13	Total Number of ingredients = 17
Aqua/water/eau, carbomer, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate-20, propylene glycol, fragrance, silanetriol, panthenol, tetrasodium edta 6	Water (aqua, eau), polyacrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid, carbomer, propylene glycol, vp/va copolymer, aminomethyl propanol, melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf water, laurtrimonium chloride, polysorbate 20, triethyl citrate, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, triethanolamine, fragrance (parfum), menthol, ci 19140 (yellow 5), ci 42090 (blue 1)

Notable ingredients

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Tea Tree Styling Gel

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Menthol

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Propylene glycol, Triethyl citrate

Anti-microbial: Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf water, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Tea Tree Styling 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.