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Herbal Essences
Smooth Rose Hips Hair Smoothing Conditioner

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Effortless Waves Conditioner

Product category and function

Smooth Rose Hips Hair Smoothing Conditioner

Effortless Waves Conditioner

Conditioners	Conditioners
Moisturizing products to nourish and soften hair.	Moisturizing products to nourish and soften hair.
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Ingredient highlights

Smooth Rose Hips Hair Smoothing Conditioner

Effortless Waves Conditioner

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 cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

Smooth Rose Hips Hair Smoothing Conditioner

Effortless Waves Conditioner

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, stearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, rosa canina fruit extract, tocopheryl acetate, tocopherol, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, glutamic acid, bis-aminopropyl dimethicone, fragrance, benzyl alcohol, citric acid, edta, sodium chloride, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, yellow 5, red 33 7	Water (eau), cetearyl alcohol, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, ceramide ng, arginine, lysine hcl, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, behentrimonium chloride, glycerin, fragrance (parfum), acrylates copolymer, dipropylene glycol, lactic acid, dimethicone, sodium chloride, disodium edta, amodimethicone, cetrimonium chloride, peg-7 propylheptyl ether, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 19

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Water, stearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, rosa canina fruit extract, tocopheryl acetate, tocopherol, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, glutamic acid, bis-aminopropyl dimethicone, fragrance, benzyl alcohol, citric acid, edta, sodium chloride, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, yellow 5, red 33

Water (eau), cetearyl alcohol, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, ceramide ng, arginine, lysine hcl, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, behentrimonium chloride, glycerin, fragrance (parfum), acrylates copolymer, dipropylene glycol, lactic acid, dimethicone, sodium chloride, disodium edta, amodimethicone, cetrimonium chloride, peg-7 propylheptyl ether, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, limonene

Notable ingredients

Smooth Rose Hips Hair Smoothing Conditioner

Effortless Waves Conditioner

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Water, Benzyl alcohol

Astringent: Rosa canina fruit extract

Exfoliant: Lactic acid

Solvent: Water (eau), Dipropylene glycol, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride

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Ingredients with their functions

Smooth Rose Hips Hair Smoothing Conditioner

Effortless Waves Conditioner

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.

Stearyl alcohol

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing