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Sculpting Curl Gel

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Curl Defining Gel

Product category and function

Sculpting Curl Gel

Curl Defining Gel

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

Sculpting Curl Gel

Curl Defining Gel

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

Sculpting Curl Gel

Curl Defining Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water/eau, propylene glycol, vp/acrylates/lauryl methacrylate copolymer, triethanolamine, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, phenoxyethanol, ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, chlorphenesin, parfum/fragrance, ricinus communis seed oil (castor seed oil), simmondsia chinensis seed oil (jojoba seed oil), trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, squalane, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citronellol, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, linalool 9	Water/aqua/eau, polyimide-1, acrylates/beheneth-25 methacrylate copolymer, glycerin, propanediol, vp/va copolymer, polyquaternium-68, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, fragrance/parfum, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-26-buteth-26, phenoxyethanol, hydroxyacetophenone, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, citronellol, citral, benzyl salicylate

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Total Number of ingredients = 23

Aqua/water/eau, propylene glycol, vp/acrylates/lauryl methacrylate copolymer, triethanolamine, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, phenoxyethanol, ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, chlorphenesin, parfum/fragrance, ricinus communis seed oil (castor seed oil), simmondsia chinensis seed oil (jojoba seed oil), trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, squalane, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citronellol, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, linalool

Water/aqua/eau, polyimide-1, acrylates/beheneth-25 methacrylate copolymer, glycerin, propanediol, vp/va copolymer, polyquaternium-68, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, fragrance/parfum, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-26-buteth-26, phenoxyethanol, hydroxyacetophenone, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, citronellol, citral, benzyl salicylate

Notable ingredients

Sculpting Curl Gel

Curl Defining Gel

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

Anti-microbial: Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Triethanolamine

Antioxidant: Hydroxyacetophenone

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Glycerin, Limonene, Propanediol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Sculpting Curl Gel

Curl Defining Gel

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.

Propylene glycol

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

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

Vp/acrylates/lauryl methacrylate copolymer

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