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Hair Sculpting Lotion

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Not Your Mother’s
Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

Product category and function

Hair Sculpting Lotion

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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Hair Sculpting Lotion

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

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

Hair Sculpting Lotion

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua, eau), polyquaternium-11, polysorbate 20, panthenol, ethylhexylglycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, propylene glycol, glycerin, citric acid, sodium chloride, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), terpineol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, limonene, linalyl acetate, citrus aurantium peel oil 8	Water (aqua) (eau), polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoalkane, shea butter ethyl esters, polyquaternium-10, keratin amino acids, oryza sativa (rice) extract, acyl coenzyme a desaturase, lactobacillus/tomato fruit ferment extract, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, pg-hydroxyethylcellulose cocodimonium chloride, laureth-7, disodium edta, citric acid, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), linalool, limonene, hydroxycitronellal, citronellol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 19

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Water (aqua, eau), polyquaternium-11, polysorbate 20, panthenol, ethylhexylglycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, propylene glycol, glycerin, citric acid, sodium chloride, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), terpineol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, limonene, linalyl acetate, citrus aurantium peel oil

Water (aqua) (eau), polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoalkane, shea butter ethyl esters, polyquaternium-10, keratin amino acids, oryza sativa (rice) extract, acyl coenzyme a desaturase, lactobacillus/tomato fruit ferment extract, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, pg-hydroxyethylcellulose cocodimonium chloride, laureth-7, disodium edta, citric acid, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), linalool, limonene, hydroxycitronellal, citronellol

Notable ingredients

Hair Sculpting Lotion

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Solvent: Water (aqua) (eau), C13-14 isoalkane, Limonene

Abrasive: Oryza sativa (rice) extract

Absorbent: Oryza sativa (rice) extract

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Ingredients with their functions

Hair Sculpting Lotion

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

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.

Polyquaternium-11

Function: Film forming

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

Polysorbate 20

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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