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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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Foaming Pommade

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Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free vegan cruelty-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) 10	Water (aqua, eau), paraffinum liquidum (mineral oil, huile minerale), petrolatum, disodium cocamido mipa-sulfosuccinate, isopentane, ammonium laureth sulfate, ethylhexylglycerin, polyquaternium-7, sodium sulfite, disodium edta, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), amyl cinnamal, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, cinnamyl alcohol, citronellol, eugenol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, linalyl acetate, terpineol, vanillin

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 27

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 (aqua, eau), paraffinum liquidum (mineral oil, huile minerale), petrolatum, disodium cocamido mipa-sulfosuccinate, isopentane, ammonium laureth sulfate, ethylhexylglycerin, polyquaternium-7, sodium sulfite, disodium edta, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), amyl cinnamal, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, cinnamyl alcohol, citronellol, eugenol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, linalyl acetate, terpineol, vanillin

Notable ingredients

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Foaming Pommade

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

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Chelating: Disodium edta

Antioxidant: Sodium sulfite, Vanillin

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Benzyl alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Paraffinum liquidum (mineral oil, huile minerale), Isopentane

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate, 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.

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.