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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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Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free

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No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua / water / eau, stearyl alcohol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, tribehenin, pvp, petrolatum, dimethicone, hydrogenated olive oil stearyl esters, vp/va copolymer, polyacrylamide, oleth-10 phosphate, phenoxyethanol, c13-14 isoparaffin, peg/ppg-17/18 dimethicone, parfum (fragrance), caprylyl glycol, potassium hydroxide, sorbic acid, laureth-7, tocopherol, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, butylene glycol, benzyl alcohol, helianthus annuus seed extract (sunflower seed extract), benzyl salicylate, linalool, butyrospermum parkii butter ( shea butter), benzophenone-4, coumarin, citronellol, limonene, eugenol, benzyl benzoate, anise alcohol, bht, citric acid 11	Propylene glycol, water (aqua, eau), cyclopentasiloxane, dimethicone, dimethiconol, macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) extract, gelidiella acerosa extract, laminaria digitata extract, chondrus crispus extract, sargassum filipendula extract, hydrolyzed rhodophyceae extract, palmaria palmata extract, himanthalia elongata extract, ascophyllum nodosum extract, enteromorpha compressa extract, hypnea musciformis extract, undaria pinnatifida extract, pelvetia canaliculata extract, laminaria saccharina extract, polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoparaffin, diazolidinyl urea, laureth-7, glycerin, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, phenoxyethanol, sorbic acid, benzoic acid, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, limonene, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, fragrance (parfum)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 36

Total Number of ingredients = 35

Aqua / water / eau, stearyl alcohol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, tribehenin, pvp, petrolatum, dimethicone, hydrogenated olive oil stearyl esters, vp/va copolymer, polyacrylamide, oleth-10 phosphate, phenoxyethanol, c13-14 isoparaffin, peg/ppg-17/18 dimethicone, parfum (fragrance), caprylyl glycol, potassium hydroxide, sorbic acid, laureth-7, tocopherol, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, butylene glycol, benzyl alcohol, helianthus annuus seed extract (sunflower seed extract), benzyl salicylate, linalool, butyrospermum parkii butter ( shea butter), benzophenone-4, coumarin, citronellol, limonene, eugenol, benzyl benzoate, anise alcohol, bht, citric acid

Propylene glycol, water (aqua, eau), cyclopentasiloxane, dimethicone, dimethiconol, macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) extract, gelidiella acerosa extract, laminaria digitata extract, chondrus crispus extract, sargassum filipendula extract, hydrolyzed rhodophyceae extract, palmaria palmata extract, himanthalia elongata extract, ascophyllum nodosum extract, enteromorpha compressa extract, hypnea musciformis extract, undaria pinnatifida extract, pelvetia canaliculata extract, laminaria saccharina extract, polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoparaffin, diazolidinyl urea, laureth-7, glycerin, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, phenoxyethanol, sorbic acid, benzoic acid, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, limonene, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, fragrance (parfum)

Notable ingredients

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Sunscreen/UV filter: Benzophenone-4

Antioxidant: Bht, Tocopherol

Solvent: Benzyl alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Butylene glycol, C13-14 isoparaffin, Limonene

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), C13-14 isoparaffin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Deodorant: Limonene, Linalool

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Ingredients with their functions

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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.

Stearyl alcohol

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing