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Sculpting Foam

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Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

Product category and function

Sculpting Foam

Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

Foam & Mousse	Foam & Mousse
Lightweight products for volume and flexible styling.	Lightweight products for volume and flexible styling.
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Ingredient highlights

Sculpting Foam

Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

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

Sculpting Foam

Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

No. of common ingredients = 0
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 10	Aqua/water/eau, isobutane, propane, polyquaternium-11, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance, laureth-4, disodium edta, panthenol, methylparaben, cetrimonium chloride, caprylyl glycol, mentha arvensis leaf oil, benzyl salicylate, hexyl cinnamal, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, alpha-isomethyl ionone, linalool, citric acid, limonene, citronellol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 32

Total Number of ingredients = 21

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

Aqua/water/eau, isobutane, propane, polyquaternium-11, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance, laureth-4, disodium edta, panthenol, methylparaben, cetrimonium chloride, caprylyl glycol, mentha arvensis leaf oil, benzyl salicylate, hexyl cinnamal, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, alpha-isomethyl ionone, linalool, citric acid, limonene, citronellol

Notable ingredients

Sculpting Foam

Volumizing + Thickening Mousse

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Vanillin

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

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Sculpting Foam

Volumizing + Thickening 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.