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Kristin Ess Hair
Fragrance Free Soft Shine Grooming Cream

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Paul Mitchell
Clean Cut Styling Cream

Product category and function

Fragrance Free Soft Shine Grooming Cream

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

Fragrance Free Soft Shine Grooming Cream

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

Fragrance Free Soft Shine Grooming Cream

Clean Cut Styling Cream

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua/eau), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, diheptyl succinate, stearyl alcohol, c32-36 isoalkyl stearate, polyhydroxystearic acid, ppg-5-ceteth-20, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, tribehenin, butylene glycol, stearyl behenate, vp/va copolymer, hydrogenated castor oil, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, cetearyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, polyglyceryl-3 stearate, peg-6 caprylic/capric glycerides, sorbic acid, capryloyl glycerin/sebacic acid copolymer, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, polysorbate 60, laurtrimonium chloride, tocopherol 12	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 = 25

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Water (aqua/eau), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, diheptyl succinate, stearyl alcohol, c32-36 isoalkyl stearate, polyhydroxystearic acid, ppg-5-ceteth-20, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, tribehenin, butylene glycol, stearyl behenate, vp/va copolymer, hydrogenated castor oil, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, cetearyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, polyglyceryl-3 stearate, peg-6 caprylic/capric glycerides, sorbic acid, capryloyl glycerin/sebacic acid copolymer, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, polysorbate 60, laurtrimonium chloride, tocopherol

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

Fragrance Free Soft Shine Grooming Cream

Clean Cut Styling Cream

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Water (aqua/eau), Butylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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

Fragrance Free Soft Shine Grooming Cream

Clean Cut Styling Cream

Water (aqua/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.

Peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Diheptyl succinate

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning

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