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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

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Men Pure Formance Pomade

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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

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Men Pure Formance Pomade

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Water (aqua) (eau), ceteareth-25, glycerin, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, propylene glycol, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, mauritia flexuosa fruit oil, sclerocarya birrea seed oil, glycereth-2 cocoate, tocopherol, fragrance (parfum), citronellol, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, linalool, benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin 10	Water/aqua/eau, peg-25 hydrogenated castor oil, oleth-10, oleth-20, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, diisopropyl dimer dilinoleate, peg-10 soy sterol, glycerin, pvp, caprylyl glycol, glycyrrhiza inflata root extract, ursolic acid, calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, hydrolyzed algin, yeast extract/faex/extrait de levure, sodium chloride, ethylhexylglycerin, hydroxypropyl bisstearyldimonium chloride, tocopherol, alcohol, fragrance (parfum), farnesol, eugenol, linalool, citronellol, citral, limonene, benzyl benzoate, geraniol, coumarin, isoeugenol, dehydroacetic acid, benzoic acid, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 20

Total Number of ingredients = 34

Water (aqua) (eau), ceteareth-25, glycerin, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, propylene glycol, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, mauritia flexuosa fruit oil, sclerocarya birrea seed oil, glycereth-2 cocoate, tocopherol, fragrance (parfum), citronellol, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, linalool, benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin

Water/aqua/eau, peg-25 hydrogenated castor oil, oleth-10, oleth-20, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, diisopropyl dimer dilinoleate, peg-10 soy sterol, glycerin, pvp, caprylyl glycol, glycyrrhiza inflata root extract, ursolic acid, calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, hydrolyzed algin, yeast extract/faex/extrait de levure, sodium chloride, ethylhexylglycerin, hydroxypropyl bisstearyldimonium chloride, tocopherol, alcohol, fragrance (parfum), farnesol, eugenol, linalool, citronellol, citral, limonene, benzyl benzoate, geraniol, coumarin, isoeugenol, dehydroacetic acid, benzoic acid, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

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Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Water (aqua) (eau), Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Antioxidant: Calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, Tocopherol

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

Anti-microbial: Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

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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.

Ceteareth-25

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