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Salty Waves Beach Hair Balm

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Paul Mitchell
Clean Beauty Styling Cream

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Salty Waves Beach Hair Balm

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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Salty Waves Beach Hair Balm

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

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

Full ingredient list

Salty Waves Beach Hair Balm

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

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Aqua, cetrimonium chloride, cetyl alcohol, hydrolyzed soy protein, ascophyllum nodosum (kelp) extract, chlorella pyrenoidosa (algae) extract, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, panthenol (vitamin b), behentrimonium methosulfate, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, potassium sorbate, soy lecithin, allantoin, citric acid, phenyl trimethicone, moringa pterygosperma seed extract, passiflora edulis seed oil, oriza sativa (rice) bran oil, euterpe oleracea fruit oil, musa sapientum (banana) fruit extract, glycerin, salvia hispanica (chia) seed extract, sodium benzoate, ethylhexylglycerin, parfum (natural) 9	Aqua (water, eau), cetearyl alcohol, cyclopentasiloxane, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, polyquaternium-37, behentrimonium methosulfate, propylene glycol, dimethicone, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed extract, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, ferulic acid, hydrolyzed olive fruit, alcohol denat, ppg-20 methyl glucose ether, caprylyl glycol, panthenol, cetrimonium chloride, citric acid, glycerin, disodium edta, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, benzalkonium chloride, potassium sorbate, parfum (fragrance), benzyl alcohol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Total Number of ingredients = 27

Aqua, cetrimonium chloride, cetyl alcohol, hydrolyzed soy protein, ascophyllum nodosum (kelp) extract, chlorella pyrenoidosa (algae) extract, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, panthenol (vitamin b), behentrimonium methosulfate, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, potassium sorbate, soy lecithin, allantoin, citric acid, phenyl trimethicone, moringa pterygosperma seed extract, passiflora edulis seed oil, oriza sativa (rice) bran oil, euterpe oleracea fruit oil, musa sapientum (banana) fruit extract, glycerin, salvia hispanica (chia) seed extract, sodium benzoate, ethylhexylglycerin, parfum (natural)

Aqua (water, eau), cetearyl alcohol, cyclopentasiloxane, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, polyquaternium-37, behentrimonium methosulfate, propylene glycol, dimethicone, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed extract, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, ferulic acid, hydrolyzed olive fruit, alcohol denat, ppg-20 methyl glucose ether, caprylyl glycol, panthenol, cetrimonium chloride, citric acid, glycerin, disodium edta, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, benzalkonium chloride, potassium sorbate, parfum (fragrance), benzyl alcohol

Notable ingredients

Salty Waves Beach Hair Balm

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

Soothing: Allantoin, Panthenol (vitamin b)

Solvent: Aqua, Glycerin

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Ferulic acid, Hydrolyzed olive fruit

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Alcohol denat, Benzyl alcohol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Propylene glycol

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Ingredients with their functions

Salty Waves Beach Hair Balm

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

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.

Cetrimonium chloride

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing, Preservative, Anti-microbial

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

Cetyl alcohol

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing