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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

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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

Full ingredient list

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No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water/eau, butylene glycol, steareth-20, cetearyl alcohol, pvp, ppg-5-ceteth-20, peg-100 stearate, glyceryl stearate, dimethicone, propylene glycol ceteth-3 acetate, phenoxyethanol, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, parfum/fragrance, methylparaben, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ethylparaben, peg-90m, disodium edta, hexyl cinnamal, benzyl salicylate, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, limonene, linalool, benzyl alcohol, butylphenyl methylpropional, citronellol, geraniol, coumarin, ci 42090 (blue 1), ci 17200 (red 33) 11	Water/eau/aqua, lanolin wax, cetearyl alcohol, tribehenin, pvp, glycerin, tridecyl stearate, tridecyl trimellitate, ceteareth-25, peg-8 beeswax, peg-40 castor oil, dipentaerythrityl hexacaprylate/hexacaprate, hydroxyacetophenone,fragrance/parfum, ethylhexylglycerin, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, disodium edta, aminomethyl propanol, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) seed oil, tocopherol, ethylhexyl palmitate, isopropyl myristate, peg-45m, propylene glycol, panthenol, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, ceteareth-20, silica, bht, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, chlorphenesin, sorbic acid, butylphenyl methylpropional, limonene, hydroxycitronellal, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, citronellol, coumarin, titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 40

Aqua/water/eau, butylene glycol, steareth-20, cetearyl alcohol, pvp, ppg-5-ceteth-20, peg-100 stearate, glyceryl stearate, dimethicone, propylene glycol ceteth-3 acetate, phenoxyethanol, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, parfum/fragrance, methylparaben, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ethylparaben, peg-90m, disodium edta, hexyl cinnamal, benzyl salicylate, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, limonene, linalool, benzyl alcohol, butylphenyl methylpropional, citronellol, geraniol, coumarin, ci 42090 (blue 1), ci 17200 (red 33)

Water/eau/aqua, lanolin wax, cetearyl alcohol, tribehenin, pvp, glycerin, tridecyl stearate, tridecyl trimellitate, ceteareth-25, peg-8 beeswax, peg-40 castor oil, dipentaerythrityl hexacaprylate/hexacaprate, hydroxyacetophenone,fragrance/parfum, ethylhexylglycerin, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, disodium edta, aminomethyl propanol, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) seed oil, tocopherol, ethylhexyl palmitate, isopropyl myristate, peg-45m, propylene glycol, panthenol, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, ceteareth-20, silica, bht, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, chlorphenesin, sorbic acid, butylphenyl methylpropional, limonene, hydroxycitronellal, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, citronellol, coumarin, titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Notable ingredients

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

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Chelating: Disodium edta

Sunscreen/UV filter: Titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Bht, Tocopherol

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Ingredients with their functions

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Heist Molding Blend

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.

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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

Steareth-20

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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