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Sculpting Curl Gel

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Round Trip Curl Defining Serum

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Sculpting Curl Gel

Round Trip Curl Defining Serum

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

Round Trip Curl Defining Serum

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
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

Sculpting Curl Gel

Round Trip Curl Defining Serum

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 8	Water (aqua, eau), panthenol, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed corn starch, peg-12 dimethicone, hydroxyethylcellulose, polyquaternium-55, magnesium sulfate, ethylhexylglycerin, caprylyl glycol, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), acetyl cedrene, amyl salicylate, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, citrus aurantium peel oil, geraniol, geranyl acetate, hexamethylindanopyran, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, linalool, terpineol, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Total Number of ingredients = 27

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), panthenol, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed corn starch, peg-12 dimethicone, hydroxyethylcellulose, polyquaternium-55, magnesium sulfate, ethylhexylglycerin, caprylyl glycol, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), acetyl cedrene, amyl salicylate, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, citrus aurantium peel oil, geraniol, geranyl acetate, hexamethylindanopyran, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, linalool, terpineol, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes.

Notable ingredients

Sculpting Curl Gel

Round Trip Curl Defining Serum

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

Anti-microbial: Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Triethanolamine

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Benzyl benzoate, Hexylene glycol, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Sculpting Curl Gel

Round Trip Curl Defining Serum

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.