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Herbal Essences
Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

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Shine Gel

Product category and function

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

Shine 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

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

Shine Gel

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

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

Shine Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 12	Total Number of ingredients = 15
Water/eau, pvp, chitosan, lactic acid, polysorbate 20, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, phenoxyethanol, fragrance/parfum, polysorbate 80, peg-60 almond glycerides, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin 5	Water (aqua), polyquaternium-69, glycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, humulus lupulus (hops) extract, jasminum officinale (jasmine) flower extract, citrus limon (lemon) peel extract, carbomer, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, butylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate

Notable ingredients

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

Shine Gel

Exfoliant: Lactic acid

Solvent: Water/eau

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Solvent: Water (aqua), Butylene glycol, Glycerin

Anti-microbial: Humulus lupulus (hops) extract, Phenoxyethanol

Antiperspirant: Humulus lupulus (hops) extract

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Ingredients with their functions

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

Shine Gel

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.

Pvp

Function: Film forming, Viscosity controlling, Emulsion stabilizing

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

Chitosan

Function: Film forming

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