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Polishing Primer

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Paul Mitchell
Clean Cut Styling Cream

Product category and function

Polishing Primer

Clean Cut Styling Cream

Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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Ingredient highlights

Polishing Primer

Clean Cut Styling Cream

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 vegan cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

Polishing Primer

Clean Cut Styling Cream

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 11	Water (aqua, eau), petrolatum, ozokerite, cetearyl alcohol, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, ceteareth-25, carnauba wax (copernicia cerifera cera, cire de carnauba), mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum, huile minerale), propylene glycol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, diethylhexyl malate, ceteareth-20, c32-36 isoalkyl stearate, vp/va copolymer, polyhydroxystearic acid, pvp, caprylhydroxamic acid, glycerin, methylpropanediol, polyglyceryl-3 stearate, polysorbate 60, sorbic acid, stearyl behenate, laurtrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, bht, fragrance (parfum), alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, limonene, linalool, acetyl cedrene, amyl salicylate, citrus aurantium peel oil, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, hexamethylindanopyran, linalyl acetate, terpineol, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 41

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 (aqua, eau), petrolatum, ozokerite, cetearyl alcohol, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, ceteareth-25, carnauba wax (copernicia cerifera cera, cire de carnauba), mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum, huile minerale), propylene glycol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, diethylhexyl malate, ceteareth-20, c32-36 isoalkyl stearate, vp/va copolymer, polyhydroxystearic acid, pvp, caprylhydroxamic acid, glycerin, methylpropanediol, polyglyceryl-3 stearate, polysorbate 60, sorbic acid, stearyl behenate, laurtrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, bht, fragrance (parfum), alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, limonene, linalool, acetyl cedrene, amyl salicylate, citrus aurantium peel oil, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, hexamethylindanopyran, linalyl acetate, terpineol, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol.

Notable ingredients

Polishing Primer

Clean Cut Styling Cream

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)

Antioxidant: Bht

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Glycerin, Limonene, Mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum, huile minerale), Propylene glycol, Methylpropanediol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Polishing Primer

Clean Cut Styling Cream

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.