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Activating Curl Talk Mousse

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Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

Product category and function

Activating Curl Talk Mousse

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

Foam & Mousse	Foam & Mousse
Lightweight products for volume and flexible styling.	Lightweight products for volume and flexible styling.
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Ingredient highlights

Activating Curl Talk Mousse

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

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

Activating Curl Talk Mousse

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 17	Total Number of ingredients = 21
Water (aqua), polyquaternium-46, isobutane, propane, propylene glycol, cetrimonium chloride, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, oleth-20, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, benzophenone-4, fragrance (parfum), linalool, citronellol, hydroxycitronellal 6	Deionized water, polyquaternium-11, decyl glucoside, cetrimonium dimethicone peg-8 olivate/succinate, polysorbate-20, cetrimonium chloride, chebe extract, african extract blend, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, peg-75 lanolin, fragrance, peg-12 dimethicone, citric acid, caramel liquid, hydrolyzed wheat protein, dl-panthenol, linalool, benzyl benzoate

Notable ingredients

Activating Curl Talk Mousse

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

Sunscreen/UV filter: Benzophenone-4

Solvent: Water (aqua), Hexylene glycol, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Dl-panthenol

Solvent: Deionized water, Benzyl benzoate

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate, Cetrimonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Activating Curl Talk Mousse

Strengthening & Curl Perfecting Mousse

Water (aqua)

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.

Polyquaternium-46

Function: Film forming

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

Isobutane

Function: Propellant

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