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Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

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Polishing Primer

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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Polishing Primer

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

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

Full ingredient list

Polishing Primer

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (water/eau), prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, polyquaternium-37, cetearyl alcohol, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, vp/va copolymer, mel (honey/miel), propolis cera (propolis wax/cire de propolis), argania spinosa kernel oil, sodium benzoate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-1 trideceth-6, propylene glycol, parfum (fragrance), hydrolyzed wheat protein, panthenol, citric acid, dipropylene glycol, isopropyl myristate, benzalkonium chloride, triethyl citrate, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, limonene, linalool 10	Water/eau/aqua, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, tapioca starch, ppg-3 benzyl ether myristate, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, avena sativa (oat/avoine) peptide, hydrolyzed jojoba protein, panthenol, tocopherol, laurdimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, laurdimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat starch, cetrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, sorbic acid, ceteareth-20, laureth-4, ethyl macadamiate, aminomethyl propanol, propylene glycol, sodium benzoate, malic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, 1, 2 hexanediol, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, isopropyl alcohol, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, citronellol, coumarin antistatic agent/agent antistatique

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 36

Aqua (water/eau), prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, polyquaternium-37, cetearyl alcohol, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, vp/va copolymer, mel (honey/miel), propolis cera (propolis wax/cire de propolis), argania spinosa kernel oil, sodium benzoate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-1 trideceth-6, propylene glycol, parfum (fragrance), hydrolyzed wheat protein, panthenol, citric acid, dipropylene glycol, isopropyl myristate, benzalkonium chloride, triethyl citrate, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, limonene, linalool

Water/eau/aqua, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, tapioca starch, ppg-3 benzyl ether myristate, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, avena sativa (oat/avoine) peptide, hydrolyzed jojoba protein, panthenol, tocopherol, laurdimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, laurdimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat starch, cetrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, sorbic acid, ceteareth-20, laureth-4, ethyl macadamiate, aminomethyl propanol, propylene glycol, sodium benzoate, malic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, 1, 2 hexanediol, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, isopropyl alcohol, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, citronellol, coumarin antistatic agent/agent antistatique

Notable ingredients

Polishing Primer

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

Soothing: Panthenol, Mel (honey/miel)

Solvent: Aqua (water/eau), Benzyl benzoate, Dipropylene glycol, Limonene, Propylene glycol, Triethyl citrate

Anti-microbial: Benzalkonium chloride, Benzyl benzoate, Mel (honey/miel)

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tocopherol

Exfoliant: Malic acid

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Ingredients with their functions

Polishing Primer

Curl Corps Defining Cream For Curly Hair

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.

Prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil

Also-called: Sweet Almond Oil | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning

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

Polyquaternium-37

Function: Film forming

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