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Polishing Primer

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Paul Mitchell
Quick Slip Hair Styling Cream

Product category and function

Polishing Primer

Quick Slip Hair Styling Cream

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

Quick Slip Hair 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

Quick Slip Hair 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), dimethicone, isododecane, isohexadecane, polyquaternium-37, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, polyquaternium-11, dimethicone peg-8 meadowfoamate, cinnamidopropyltrimonium chloride, quaternium-91, cetearyl alcohol, cetrimonium methosulfate, dimethiconol, ppg-1 trideceth 6, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, phenyl trimethicone, trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone, glycerin, ethylhexylglycerin, c11-15 alketh-7, c12-16 alketh-9, trideceth-12, caprylyl glycol, tribehenin, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), hexyl cinnamal, linalool, hydroxycitronellal, benzyl salicylate, hexadecanolactone, geraniol, citrus aurantium peel oil, limonene, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, acetyl cedrene, citronellol, geranyl acetate, amyl salicylate, benzyl benzoate, terpineol, linalyl acetate, rose ketones

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 43

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), dimethicone, isododecane, isohexadecane, polyquaternium-37, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, polyquaternium-11, dimethicone peg-8 meadowfoamate, cinnamidopropyltrimonium chloride, quaternium-91, cetearyl alcohol, cetrimonium methosulfate, dimethiconol, ppg-1 trideceth 6, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, phenyl trimethicone, trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone, glycerin, ethylhexylglycerin, c11-15 alketh-7, c12-16 alketh-9, trideceth-12, caprylyl glycol, tribehenin, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), hexyl cinnamal, linalool, hydroxycitronellal, benzyl salicylate, hexadecanolactone, geraniol, citrus aurantium peel oil, limonene, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, acetyl cedrene, citronellol, geranyl acetate, amyl salicylate, benzyl benzoate, terpineol, linalyl acetate, rose ketones

Notable ingredients

Polishing Primer

Quick Slip Hair 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)

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Limonene, Isododecane, Isohexadecane

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate, Cetrimonium methosulfate, Phenoxyethanol

Deodorant: Caprylyl glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Limonene, Linalool

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Ingredients with their functions

Polishing Primer

Quick Slip Hair 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.