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Curl Scrunch Controlling Gel

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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Product category and function

Curl Scrunch Controlling Gel

Essential Style Up Hair 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

Curl Scrunch Controlling Gel

Essential Style Up Hair 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

Curl Scrunch Controlling Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water, pvp, propylene glycol, alcohol denat., oleth-20, phenoxyethanol, triethanolamine, carbomer, parfum/fragrance, polyquaternium-11, peg/ppg-22/24 dimethicone, ethylhexylglycerin, pentasodium pentetate, limonene, benzophenone-4, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, peg-70 mango glycerides, butyrospermum parkii butter/shea butter, amyl cinnamal 8	Purified water, alcohol denat., propylene glycol, pvp, glycerin, vp/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer, maltitol, hydrolyzed collagen, arginine/lysine polypeptide, citric acid, tromethamine, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, fragrance, tetrasodium edta, octyldodeceth-16, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, 1,2-hexanediol, sorbic acid, linalool, limonene, citronellol, hexyl cinnamal

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 20

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Aqua/water, pvp, propylene glycol, alcohol denat., oleth-20, phenoxyethanol, triethanolamine, carbomer, parfum/fragrance, polyquaternium-11, peg/ppg-22/24 dimethicone, ethylhexylglycerin, pentasodium pentetate, limonene, benzophenone-4, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, peg-70 mango glycerides, butyrospermum parkii butter/shea butter, amyl cinnamal

Purified water, alcohol denat., propylene glycol, pvp, glycerin, vp/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer, maltitol, hydrolyzed collagen, arginine/lysine polypeptide, citric acid, tromethamine, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, fragrance, tetrasodium edta, octyldodeceth-16, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, 1,2-hexanediol, sorbic acid, linalool, limonene, citronellol, hexyl cinnamal

Notable ingredients

Curl Scrunch Controlling Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Sunscreen/UV filter: Benzophenone-4

Solvent: Aqua/water, Alcohol denat, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat, Phenoxyethanol

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

Solvent: Purified water, 1,2-hexanediol, Alcohol denat, Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat

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Ingredients with their functions

Curl Scrunch Controlling Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Aqua/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.

Pvp

Function: Film forming, Viscosity controlling, Emulsion stabilizing

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

Propylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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