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Color Protect Conditioner

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Nutritive Lait Vital Conditioner

Product category and function

Color Protect Conditioner

Nutritive Lait Vital Conditioner

Conditioners	Conditioners
Moisturizing products to nourish and soften hair.	Moisturizing products to nourish and soften hair.
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Ingredient highlights

Color Protect Conditioner

Nutritive Lait Vital Conditioner

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

Full ingredient list

Color Protect Conditioner

Nutritive Lait Vital Conditioner

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua, eau), cetyl alcohol, dicetyldimonium chloride, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, panthenol, hydrolyzed wheat protein, wheat amino acids, triticum vulgare starch, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein pg-propyl silanetriol, cetrimonium chloride, isopropyl alcohol, polyquaternium-37, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, cinnamidopropyltrimonium chloride, ppg-1 trideceth-6, butylene glycol, trisodium hedta, phenoxyethanol, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, magnesium chloride, magnesium nitrate, fragrance (parfum), benzyl alcohol, linalool, hexyl cinnamal, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, geraniol, hexamethylindanopyran, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes 14	Aqua / water / eau, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, cetyl alcohol, behentrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, ceteareth-33, hydroxypropyl guar, octyldodecanol, cetrimonium chloride, isopropyl alcohol, amodimethicone, sodium pca, panthenol, niacinamide, ascorbyl glucoside, butylene glycol, linalool, benzyl alcohol, hydroxycitronellal, hexyl cinnamal, citronellol, trideceth-6, coumarin, alpha-isomethyl ionone, geraniol, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, iris florentina root extract, citric acid, parfum / fragrance

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 34

Total Number of ingredients = 32

Water (aqua, eau), cetyl alcohol, dicetyldimonium chloride, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, panthenol, hydrolyzed wheat protein, wheat amino acids, triticum vulgare starch, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein pg-propyl silanetriol, cetrimonium chloride, isopropyl alcohol, polyquaternium-37, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, cinnamidopropyltrimonium chloride, ppg-1 trideceth-6, butylene glycol, trisodium hedta, phenoxyethanol, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, magnesium chloride, magnesium nitrate, fragrance (parfum), benzyl alcohol, linalool, hexyl cinnamal, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, geraniol, hexamethylindanopyran, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes

Aqua / water / eau, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, cetyl alcohol, behentrimonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, ceteareth-33, hydroxypropyl guar, octyldodecanol, cetrimonium chloride, isopropyl alcohol, amodimethicone, sodium pca, panthenol, niacinamide, ascorbyl glucoside, butylene glycol, linalool, benzyl alcohol, hydroxycitronellal, hexyl cinnamal, citronellol, trideceth-6, coumarin, alpha-isomethyl ionone, geraniol, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, iris florentina root extract, citric acid, parfum / fragrance

Notable ingredients

Color Protect Conditioner

Nutritive Lait Vital Conditioner

Soothing: Panthenol, Wheat amino acids

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Benzyl alcohol, Butylene glycol, Isopropyl alcohol

Abrasive: Triticum vulgare starch

Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Soothing: Niacinamide, Panthenol

Skin brightening: Niacinamide

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Ingredients with their functions

Color Protect Conditioner

Nutritive Lait Vital Conditioner

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.

Cetyl alcohol

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