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Root Lifting Spray

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Big Swig Thickening Spray

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Root Lifting Spray

Big Swig Thickening Spray

Styling Sprays	Styling Sprays
Sprays for adding texture, volume, or hold.	Sprays for adding texture, volume, or hold.
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Root Lifting Spray

Big Swig Thickening Spray

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

Root Lifting Spray

Big Swig Thickening Spray

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water/eau, pvp, chitosan, polysorbate 20, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance, polysorbate 80, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, methylparaben, formic acid, disodium edta, panthenol, ethylhexylglycerin, mentha arvensis leaf oil, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, benzyl salicylate, hexyl cinnamal, alpha-isomethyl ionone, limonene, linalool, citronellol, citric acid, tocopherol 10	Aqua (water, eau), pisum sativum (pea) peptide, propanediol, heptyl glucoside, coconut oil glycereth-8 esters, panthenol, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, pvp, maltodextrin/vp copolymer, alaria esculenta extract, butylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, parfum (fragrance), isochrysis galbana extract, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, polysorbate 20, potassium hydroxide, sodium phytate, linalool, alpha-isomethyl ionone, alcohol, tocopherol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Total Number of ingredients = 23

Aqua/water/eau, pvp, chitosan, polysorbate 20, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance, polysorbate 80, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, methylparaben, formic acid, disodium edta, panthenol, ethylhexylglycerin, mentha arvensis leaf oil, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, benzyl salicylate, hexyl cinnamal, alpha-isomethyl ionone, limonene, linalool, citronellol, citric acid, tocopherol

Aqua (water, eau), pisum sativum (pea) peptide, propanediol, heptyl glucoside, coconut oil glycereth-8 esters, panthenol, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, pvp, maltodextrin/vp copolymer, alaria esculenta extract, butylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, parfum (fragrance), isochrysis galbana extract, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, polysorbate 20, potassium hydroxide, sodium phytate, linalool, alpha-isomethyl ionone, alcohol, tocopherol

Notable ingredients

Root Lifting Spray

Big Swig Thickening Spray

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Limonene

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Alcohol, Butylene glycol, Propanediol, Pentylene glycol

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Ingredients with their functions

Root Lifting Spray

Big Swig Thickening Spray

Aqua/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.