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Steady Grip Styling Gel

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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

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Steady Grip Styling Gel

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

Steady Grip Styling Gel

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

Steady Grip Styling Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (water, eau), vp/va copolymer, pvp, propylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, polysorbate 20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, aminomethyl propanol, hexylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, triethyl citrate, tetrasodium edta, parfum (fragrance), linalool, citronellol, geraniol 9	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 = 18

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Aqua (water, eau), vp/va copolymer, pvp, propylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, polysorbate 20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, aminomethyl propanol, hexylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, triethyl citrate, tetrasodium edta, parfum (fragrance), linalool, citronellol, geraniol

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

Steady Grip Styling Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Hexylene glycol, Propylene glycol, Triethyl citrate

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Aminomethyl propanol

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

Steady Grip Styling Gel

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Aqua (water, 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.

Vp/va copolymer

Function: Film forming

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

Pvp

Function: Film forming, Viscosity controlling, Emulsion stabilizing

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