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Clean Beauty Styling Cream

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Polishing Primer

Product category and function

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

Polishing Primer

Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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Ingredient highlights

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

Polishing Primer

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

Full ingredient list

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

Polishing Primer

No. of common ingredients = 0
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 10	Aqua (water/eau), prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, polyquaternium-37, cetearyl alcohol, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, vp/va copolymer, mel (honey/miel), propolis cera (propolis wax/cire de propolis), argania spinosa kernel oil, sodium benzoate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-1 trideceth-6, propylene glycol, parfum (fragrance), hydrolyzed wheat protein, panthenol, citric acid, dipropylene glycol, isopropyl myristate, benzalkonium chloride, triethyl citrate, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, limonene, linalool

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 27

Total Number of ingredients = 30

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

Aqua (water/eau), prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, polyquaternium-37, cetearyl alcohol, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, vp/va copolymer, mel (honey/miel), propolis cera (propolis wax/cire de propolis), argania spinosa kernel oil, sodium benzoate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-1 trideceth-6, propylene glycol, parfum (fragrance), hydrolyzed wheat protein, panthenol, citric acid, dipropylene glycol, isopropyl myristate, benzalkonium chloride, triethyl citrate, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, limonene, linalool

Notable ingredients

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

Polishing Primer

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Ferulic acid, Hydrolyzed olive fruit

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

Soothing: Panthenol, Mel (honey/miel)

Solvent: Aqua (water/eau), Benzyl benzoate, Dipropylene glycol, Limonene, Propylene glycol, Triethyl citrate

Anti-microbial: Benzalkonium chloride, Benzyl benzoate, Mel (honey/miel)

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Ingredients with their functions

Clean Beauty Styling Cream

Polishing Primer

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.

Cetearyl alcohol

Also-called: Cetostearyl alcohol, cetylstearyl alcohol | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing