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Gloss Drops Shine Serum

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Essential Damage Care Hair Essense

Product category and function

Gloss Drops Shine Serum

Essential Damage Care Hair Essense

Hair Serums	Hair Serums
Concentrated treatments for smoothing and protecting hair.	Concentrated treatments for smoothing and protecting hair.
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Ingredient highlights

Gloss Drops Shine Serum

Essential Damage Care Hair Essense

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

Gloss Drops Shine Serum

Essential Damage Care Hair Essense

No. of common ingredients = 0
Dimethicone, isododecane, phenyl trimethicone, cyclopentasiloxane, alcohol denat, (sd alcohol 40-b), ascophyllum nodosum extract, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, anthemis nobilis flower extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) leaf extract, hedychium coronarium (white ginger) root extract, cyclohexasiloxane, bisamino peg/ppg-41/3 aminoethyl pg-propyl dimethicone, peg-12 dimethicone, aqua (water, eau), phenoxyethanol, parfum (fragrance), limonene, benzyl salicylate, geraniol, hydroxycitronellal, benzyl benzoate, hexyl cinnamal, citronellol 9	Purified water, glycerin, mineral oil, propylene glycol, alcohol denat., dimethicone, isopropyl myristate, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, coconut oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, caprylyl glycol, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, dimethiconol, carbomer, xanthan gum, tromethamine, tetrasodium edta, fragrance, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, citronellol, coumarin, limonene, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, linalool

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Dimethicone, isododecane, phenyl trimethicone, cyclopentasiloxane, alcohol denat, (sd alcohol 40-b), ascophyllum nodosum extract, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, anthemis nobilis flower extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) leaf extract, hedychium coronarium (white ginger) root extract, cyclohexasiloxane, bisamino peg/ppg-41/3 aminoethyl pg-propyl dimethicone, peg-12 dimethicone, aqua (water, eau), phenoxyethanol, parfum (fragrance), limonene, benzyl salicylate, geraniol, hydroxycitronellal, benzyl benzoate, hexyl cinnamal, citronellol

Purified water, glycerin, mineral oil, propylene glycol, alcohol denat., dimethicone, isopropyl myristate, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, coconut oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, caprylyl glycol, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, dimethiconol, carbomer, xanthan gum, tromethamine, tetrasodium edta, fragrance, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, citronellol, coumarin, limonene, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, linalool

Notable ingredients

Gloss Drops Shine Serum

Essential Damage Care Hair Essense

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Alcohol denat, Benzyl benzoate, Cyclohexasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Limonene, (sd alcohol 40-b), Isododecane

Antioxidant: Carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil

Solvent: Purified water, Alcohol denat, Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, Limonene, Mineral oil, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat, Benzyl benzoate

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Ingredients with their functions

Gloss Drops Shine Serum

Essential Damage Care Hair Essense

Dimethicone

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning

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

Isododecane

Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

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

Phenyl trimethicone

Function: Skin conditioning

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

Purified water

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