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Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

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Sculpting Foam

Product category and function

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

Sculpting Foam

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

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

Sculpting Foam

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

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

Sculpting Foam

No. of common ingredients = 0
Deionized water, polyquaternium-11, decyl glucoside, cetrimonium dimethicone peg-8 olivate/succinate, polysorbate-20, cetrimonium chloride, chebe extract, african extract blend, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, peg-75 lanolin, fragrance, peg-12 dimethicone, citric acid, caramel liquid, hydrolyzed wheat protein, dl-panthenol, linalool, benzyl benzoate 8	Water (aqua, eau), isobutane, polyquaternium-11, hedychium coronarium (white ginger) root extract, panthenol, aloe barbadensis extract, anthemis nobilis flower extract, rosmarinus officinalis leaf, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, ascophyllum nodosum extract, tocopherol, bisamino peg/ppg-41/3 aminoethyl pg-propyl dimethicone, caprylyl glycol, cetyl alcohol, citric acid, cocamidopropyl betaine, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, oleth-20, peg-12 dimethicone, polysorbate 20, propane, propylene glycol, stearyl alcohol, tetrasodium edta, cetrimonium bromide, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), benzyl alcohol, coumarin, limonene, vanillin

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Total Number of ingredients = 32

Deionized water, polyquaternium-11, decyl glucoside, cetrimonium dimethicone peg-8 olivate/succinate, polysorbate-20, cetrimonium chloride, chebe extract, african extract blend, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, peg-75 lanolin, fragrance, peg-12 dimethicone, citric acid, caramel liquid, hydrolyzed wheat protein, dl-panthenol, linalool, benzyl benzoate

Water (aqua, eau), isobutane, polyquaternium-11, hedychium coronarium (white ginger) root extract, panthenol, aloe barbadensis extract, anthemis nobilis flower extract, rosmarinus officinalis leaf, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, ascophyllum nodosum extract, tocopherol, bisamino peg/ppg-41/3 aminoethyl pg-propyl dimethicone, caprylyl glycol, cetyl alcohol, citric acid, cocamidopropyl betaine, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, oleth-20, peg-12 dimethicone, polysorbate 20, propane, propylene glycol, stearyl alcohol, tetrasodium edta, cetrimonium bromide, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), benzyl alcohol, coumarin, limonene, vanillin

Notable ingredients

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

Sculpting Foam

Soothing: Dl-panthenol

Solvent: Deionized water, Benzyl benzoate

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate, Cetrimonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Vanillin

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

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Ingredients with their functions

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

Sculpting Foam

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.