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Tea Tree Styling Gel

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Contours Protein Styling Gel

Product category and function

Tea Tree Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling 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

Tea Tree Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling 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

Tea Tree Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 17	Total Number of ingredients = 13
Water (aqua, eau), polyacrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid, carbomer, propylene glycol, vp/va copolymer, aminomethyl propanol, melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf water, laurtrimonium chloride, polysorbate 20, triethyl citrate, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, triethanolamine, fragrance (parfum), menthol, ci 19140 (yellow 5), ci 42090 (blue 1) 6	Aqua/water/eau, carbomer, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate-20, propylene glycol, fragrance, silanetriol, panthenol, tetrasodium edta

Notable ingredients

Tea Tree Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Soothing: Menthol

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Propylene glycol, Triethyl citrate

Anti-microbial: Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf water, Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Tea Tree Styling Gel

Contours Protein Styling 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.

Polyacrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid

Function: Film forming

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

Carbomer

Function: Viscosity controlling, Gel forming, Emulsion stabilizing

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