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Men Pure Formance Pomade

Product category and function

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Men Pure Formance Pomade

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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Men Pure Formance Pomade

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

Holding Gel

Men Pure Formance Pomade

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water, vp/va copolymer, sorbitol, alcohol denat., phenoxyethanol, ppg-5-ceteth-20, triethanolamine, peg-14 dimethicone, carbomer, parfum/fragrance, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, linalool, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, limonene, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol 9	Water/aqua/eau, peg-25 hydrogenated castor oil, oleth-10, oleth-20, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, diisopropyl dimer dilinoleate, peg-10 soy sterol, glycerin, pvp, caprylyl glycol, glycyrrhiza inflata root extract, ursolic acid, calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, hydrolyzed algin, yeast extract/faex/extrait de levure, sodium chloride, ethylhexylglycerin, hydroxypropyl bisstearyldimonium chloride, tocopherol, alcohol, fragrance (parfum), farnesol, eugenol, linalool, citronellol, citral, limonene, benzyl benzoate, geraniol, coumarin, isoeugenol, dehydroacetic acid, benzoic acid, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 18

Total Number of ingredients = 34

Aqua/water, vp/va copolymer, sorbitol, alcohol denat., phenoxyethanol, ppg-5-ceteth-20, triethanolamine, peg-14 dimethicone, carbomer, parfum/fragrance, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, linalool, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, limonene, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol

Water/aqua/eau, peg-25 hydrogenated castor oil, oleth-10, oleth-20, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, diisopropyl dimer dilinoleate, peg-10 soy sterol, glycerin, pvp, caprylyl glycol, glycyrrhiza inflata root extract, ursolic acid, calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, hydrolyzed algin, yeast extract/faex/extrait de levure, sodium chloride, ethylhexylglycerin, hydroxypropyl bisstearyldimonium chloride, tocopherol, alcohol, fragrance (parfum), farnesol, eugenol, linalool, citronellol, citral, limonene, benzyl benzoate, geraniol, coumarin, isoeugenol, dehydroacetic acid, benzoic acid, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Holding Gel

Men Pure Formance Pomade

Solvent: Aqua/water, Alcohol denat, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat, Phenoxyethanol

Astringent: Alcohol denat

Antioxidant: Calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, Tocopherol

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seed oil, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Holding Gel

Men Pure Formance Pomade

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.

Vp/va copolymer

Function: Film forming

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

Sorbitol

Function: Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer

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