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Sculpting Foam

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Instant Lift Volumizing Mousse

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Product category and function

Sculpting Foam

Instant Lift Volumizing Mousse

Foam & Mousse	Foam & Mousse
Lightweight products for volume and flexible styling.	Lightweight products for volume and flexible styling.
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Sculpting Foam

Instant Lift Volumizing Mousse

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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

Sculpting Foam

Instant Lift Volumizing Mousse

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Water (aqua, eau), isobutane, polyquaternium-11, hedychium coronarium (white ginger) root extract, panthenol, aloe barbadensis extract, anthemis nobilis flower extract, rosmarinus officinalis leaf, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, ascophyllum nodosum extract, tocopherol, bisamino peg/ppg-41/3 aminoethyl pg-propyl dimethicone, caprylyl glycol, cetyl alcohol, citric acid, cocamidopropyl betaine, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, oleth-20, peg-12 dimethicone, polysorbate 20, propane, propylene glycol, stearyl alcohol, tetrasodium edta, cetrimonium bromide, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), benzyl alcohol, coumarin, limonene, vanillin 12	Water (aqua/eau), vp/va copolymer, isobutane, propane, stearyl alcohol, tocopheryl acetate, cetearamidoethyldiethonium succinoyl hydrolyzed pea protein, hypnea musciformis extract, glycerin, sargassum filipendula extract, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, mangifera indica (mango) seed butter, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, coco-glucoside, tocopherol, algin, carrageenan, chitosan, gelidiella acerosa extract, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, oleth-20, phenoxyethanol, polyquaternium-4, fragrance (parfum), cetyl alcohol, laureth-4, sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, cetrimonium bromide, ethylhexylglycerin, myristyl alcohol, silicone quaternium-3, arachidyl alcohol, trideceth-12, caprylic/capric triglyceride, sodium benzoate, polyurethane-14, sorbitol, amp-acrylates copolymer, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, sorbitan oleate, xanthan gum, aminomethyl propanol, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 32

Total Number of ingredients = 45

Water (aqua, eau), isobutane, polyquaternium-11, hedychium coronarium (white ginger) root extract, panthenol, aloe barbadensis extract, anthemis nobilis flower extract, rosmarinus officinalis leaf, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, ascophyllum nodosum extract, tocopherol, bisamino peg/ppg-41/3 aminoethyl pg-propyl dimethicone, caprylyl glycol, cetyl alcohol, citric acid, cocamidopropyl betaine, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, oleth-20, peg-12 dimethicone, polysorbate 20, propane, propylene glycol, stearyl alcohol, tetrasodium edta, cetrimonium bromide, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), benzyl alcohol, coumarin, limonene, vanillin

Water (aqua/eau), vp/va copolymer, isobutane, propane, stearyl alcohol, tocopheryl acetate, cetearamidoethyldiethonium succinoyl hydrolyzed pea protein, hypnea musciformis extract, glycerin, sargassum filipendula extract, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, mangifera indica (mango) seed butter, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, coco-glucoside, tocopherol, algin, carrageenan, chitosan, gelidiella acerosa extract, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, oleth-20, phenoxyethanol, polyquaternium-4, fragrance (parfum), cetyl alcohol, laureth-4, sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, cetrimonium bromide, ethylhexylglycerin, myristyl alcohol, silicone quaternium-3, arachidyl alcohol, trideceth-12, caprylic/capric triglyceride, sodium benzoate, polyurethane-14, sorbitol, amp-acrylates copolymer, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, sorbitan oleate, xanthan gum, aminomethyl propanol, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate

Notable ingredients

Sculpting Foam

Instant Lift Volumizing Mousse

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Vanillin

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

Soothing: Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract

Antioxidant: Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Water (aqua/eau), Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil

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Ingredients with their functions

Sculpting Foam

Instant Lift Volumizing Mousse

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.

Isobutane

Function: Propellant

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

Polyquaternium-11

Function: Film forming

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