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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

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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 9	Aqua/water/eau, sorbitol, glycerin, aminomethyl propanol, carbomer, octylacrylamide/acrylates/butylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, phenoxyethanol, panthenol, amodimethicone, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, parfum/fragrance, trideceth-12, mentha arvensis leaf oil, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, benzyl salicylate, cetrimonium chloride, hexyl cinnamal, citric acid, alpha-isomethyl ionone, limonene, linalool, citronellol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 36

Total Number of ingredients = 22

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

Aqua/water/eau, sorbitol, glycerin, aminomethyl propanol, carbomer, octylacrylamide/acrylates/butylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, phenoxyethanol, panthenol, amodimethicone, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, parfum/fragrance, trideceth-12, mentha arvensis leaf oil, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, benzyl salicylate, cetrimonium chloride, hexyl cinnamal, citric acid, alpha-isomethyl ionone, limonene, linalool, citronellol

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

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

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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