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Mitch High Hold Pomade

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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Product category and function

Mitch High Hold Pomade

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

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

Mitch High Hold Pomade

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

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

Mitch High Hold Pomade

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua, eau), ceteareth-25, glycerin, pvp, peg-75 shea butter glycerides, gluconolactone, calcium gluconate, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sorbic acid, chlorphenesin, sodium hydroxide, fragrance (parfum), alpha-isomethyl ionone, carvone, citronellol, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, coumarin, juniperus virginiana oil, lavandula oil (extract), limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate, mentha viridis (spearmint) leaf oil, menthol, pinene, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol, vanillin. 8	Purified water, alcohol denat., propylene glycol, pvp, glycerin, vp/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer, maltitol, hydrolyzed collagen, arginine/lysine polypeptide, citric acid, tromethamine, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, fragrance, tetrasodium edta, octyldodeceth-16, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, 1,2-hexanediol, sorbic acid, linalool, limonene, citronellol, hexyl cinnamal

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Water (aqua, eau), ceteareth-25, glycerin, pvp, peg-75 shea butter glycerides, gluconolactone, calcium gluconate, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sorbic acid, chlorphenesin, sodium hydroxide, fragrance (parfum), alpha-isomethyl ionone, carvone, citronellol, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, coumarin, juniperus virginiana oil, lavandula oil (extract), limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate, mentha viridis (spearmint) leaf oil, menthol, pinene, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol, vanillin.

Purified water, alcohol denat., propylene glycol, pvp, glycerin, vp/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer, maltitol, hydrolyzed collagen, arginine/lysine polypeptide, citric acid, tromethamine, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, fragrance, tetrasodium edta, octyldodeceth-16, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, 1,2-hexanediol, sorbic acid, linalool, limonene, citronellol, hexyl cinnamal

Notable ingredients

Mitch High Hold Pomade

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Soothing: Menthol

Antioxidant: Vanillin

Exfoliant: Gluconolactone

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

Solvent: Purified water, 1,2-hexanediol, Alcohol denat, Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat

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Ingredients with their functions

Mitch High Hold Pomade

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

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.

Ceteareth-25

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Glycerin

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