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Miss Jessie’s
Multicultural Clear Curl Styling Gel

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Contours Protein Styling Gel

Product category and function

Multicultural Clear Curl Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling 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

Multicultural Clear Curl Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling 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

Multicultural Clear Curl Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 13	Total Number of ingredients = 13
Water, polysorbate 20, glycerin, carbomer, pvp, aminomethyl propanol, dmdm hydantoin, fragrance, disodium edta, butane, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, hydrolyzed wheat protein, sodium benzoate. 4	Aqua/water/eau, carbomer, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate-20, propylene glycol, fragrance, silanetriol, panthenol, tetrasodium edta

Notable ingredients

Multicultural Clear Curl Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Solvent: Water, Glycerin

Buffering: Aminomethyl propanol

Chelating: Disodium edta

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Multicultural Clear Curl Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

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.

Polysorbate 20

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent