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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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

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Aqua/water, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, dimethicone, petrolatum, vp/va copolymer, stearyl alcohol, c20-40 alkyl stearate, ppg-5-ceteth-20, tribehenin, butylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, potato starch modified, parfum/fragrance, sorbic acid, methylparaben, propylparaben, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, disodium edta, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, benzyl benzoate, linalool, limonene, peg-90m, benzyl alcohol, citronellol, fumaric acid, coumarin, geraniol, bht. 12	Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Aqua/water, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, dimethicone, petrolatum, vp/va copolymer, stearyl alcohol, c20-40 alkyl stearate, ppg-5-ceteth-20, tribehenin, butylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, potato starch modified, parfum/fragrance, sorbic acid, methylparaben, propylparaben, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, disodium edta, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, benzyl benzoate, linalool, limonene, peg-90m, benzyl alcohol, citronellol, fumaric acid, coumarin, geraniol, bht.

Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta

Notable ingredients

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Antioxidant: Bht

Solvent: Aqua/water, Benzyl alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Butylene glycol, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate, Phenoxyethanol

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract

Solvent: Purified water, Alcohol denat, Benzyl benzoate, Butylene glycol, Limonene, Mineral oil

Abrasive: Polyethylene

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Ingredients with their functions

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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.

Dimethicone

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning

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