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Curl Defining Gel

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CONUNDRUM Paste

Product category and function

Curl Defining Gel

CONUNDRUM Paste

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

Curl Defining Gel

CONUNDRUM Paste

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

Curl Defining Gel

CONUNDRUM Paste

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, polyimide-1, acrylates/beheneth-25 methacrylate copolymer, glycerin, propanediol, vp/va copolymer, polyquaternium-68, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, fragrance/parfum, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-26-buteth-26, phenoxyethanol, hydroxyacetophenone, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, citronellol, citral, benzyl salicylate 11	Water (aqua/eau), cetearyl alcohol, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tribehenin, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, beeswax (cera alba), pvp, glycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, ceteareth-20, tridecyl stearate, neopentyl glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, ceteareth-25, vinyl caprolactam/vp/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, tridecyl trimellitate, disodium edta, decylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, alcohol, amyl cinnamal, benzyl benzoate, citral, citronellol, limonene, eugenol, farnesol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, isoeugenol, linalool

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 23

Total Number of ingredients = 35

Water/aqua/eau, polyimide-1, acrylates/beheneth-25 methacrylate copolymer, glycerin, propanediol, vp/va copolymer, polyquaternium-68, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, fragrance/parfum, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-26-buteth-26, phenoxyethanol, hydroxyacetophenone, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, citronellol, citral, benzyl salicylate

Water (aqua/eau), cetearyl alcohol, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tribehenin, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, beeswax (cera alba), pvp, glycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, ceteareth-20, tridecyl stearate, neopentyl glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, ceteareth-25, vinyl caprolactam/vp/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, tridecyl trimellitate, disodium edta, decylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, alcohol, amyl cinnamal, benzyl benzoate, citral, citronellol, limonene, eugenol, farnesol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, isoeugenol, linalool

Notable ingredients

Curl Defining Gel

CONUNDRUM Paste

Antioxidant: Hydroxyacetophenone

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Glycerin, Limonene, Propanediol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Solvent: Water (aqua/eau), Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Phenoxyethanol

Astringent: Alcohol, Euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax

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Ingredients with their functions

Curl Defining Gel

CONUNDRUM Paste

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.

Polyimide-1

Function: Film forming

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

Acrylates/beheneth-25 methacrylate copolymer

Function: Viscosity controlling

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