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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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Curl Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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

Curl Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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

Curl Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, behentrimonium methosulfate, wheat amino acids, benzyl alcohol, hydrolyzed silk, caryodendron orinocense seed oil, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, cetrimonium chloride, citric acid, hydroxyethylcellulose, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenethyl alcohol, caprylyl glycol, polysorbate 60, phenoxyethanol, disodium phosphate, sodium phosphate, sodium sulfite, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hexyl cinnamal, amyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, citronellol, limonene 12	Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 38

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Water/aqua/eau, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, behentrimonium methosulfate, wheat amino acids, benzyl alcohol, hydrolyzed silk, caryodendron orinocense seed oil, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, cetrimonium chloride, citric acid, hydroxyethylcellulose, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenethyl alcohol, caprylyl glycol, polysorbate 60, phenoxyethanol, disodium phosphate, sodium phosphate, sodium sulfite, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hexyl cinnamal, amyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, citronellol, limonene

Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta

Notable ingredients

Curl Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Soothing: Wheat amino acids, Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, Sodium sulfite

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Benzyl alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, Limonene

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract

Solvent: Purified water, Alcohol denat, Benzyl benzoate, Butylene glycol, Limonene, Mineral oil

Abrasive: Polyethylene

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Ingredients with their functions

Curl Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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.

Glycerin

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