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Cream Pomade

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Cream Pomade

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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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Ingredient highlights

Cream Pomade

Straightening Ultragel

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

Full ingredient list

Cream Pomade

Straightening Ultragel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, stearyl alcohol, tribehenin, pvp, petrolatum, hydrogenated olive oil stearyl esters, polyacrylamide, dimethicone, oleth-10 phosphate, phenoxyethanol, c13-14 isoparaffin, parfum/fragrance, sorbic acid, chlorphenesin, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, laureth-7, panthenol, disodium edta, potassium hydroxide, linalool, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, limonene, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, bht, citric acid 10	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 = 28

Total Number of ingredients = 35

Aqua/water, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, stearyl alcohol, tribehenin, pvp, petrolatum, hydrogenated olive oil stearyl esters, polyacrylamide, dimethicone, oleth-10 phosphate, phenoxyethanol, c13-14 isoparaffin, parfum/fragrance, sorbic acid, chlorphenesin, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, laureth-7, panthenol, disodium edta, potassium hydroxide, linalool, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, limonene, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, 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

Cream Pomade

Straightening Ultragel

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Bht

Solvent: Aqua/water, 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

Cream Pomade

Straightening Ultragel

Aqua/water

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.

Peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Stearyl alcohol

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