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Curls Styling Cream

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The Cream Conditioning Styling Cream

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Curls Styling Cream

The Cream Conditioning Styling Cream

Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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Curls Styling Cream

The Cream Conditioning Styling Cream

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

Full ingredient list

Curls Styling Cream

The Cream Conditioning Styling Cream

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Water, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, cetearyl alcohol, polysorbate 60, hydroxyethylcellulose, hydrolyzed wheat protein/pvp crosspolymer, fragrance, gardenia tahitensis flower extract, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, macrocystis pyrifera (sea kelp) extract, aleurites moluccana (kukui) nut extract, musa sapientum (banana) fruit extract, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, mineral oil, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin. 9	Aqua (water, eau), glycerin, pvp, methyl gluceth-10, cetearyl alcohol, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, stearalkonium chloride, hedychium coronarium (white ginger) root extract, panthenol, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, yeast extract (extrait de levure), alcohol, amodimethicone, behentrimonium methosulfate, bht, bisamino peg/ppg-41/3 aminoethyl pg-propyl dimethicone, butylene glycol, c11-15 pareth-7, caprylyl glycol, cetyl alcohol, citric acid, disodium edta, disodium phosphate, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, hexylene glycol, hydroxyethylcellulose, laureth-9, peg-12 dimethicone, polyquaternium-59, polysorbate 60, sodium phosphate, trideceth-12, phenoxyethanol, polyaminopropyl biguanide, potassium sorbate, parfum (fragrance), limonene

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 18

Total Number of ingredients = 39

Water, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, cetearyl alcohol, polysorbate 60, hydroxyethylcellulose, hydrolyzed wheat protein/pvp crosspolymer, fragrance, gardenia tahitensis flower extract, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, macrocystis pyrifera (sea kelp) extract, aleurites moluccana (kukui) nut extract, musa sapientum (banana) fruit extract, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, mineral oil, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin.

Aqua (water, eau), glycerin, pvp, methyl gluceth-10, cetearyl alcohol, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, stearalkonium chloride, hedychium coronarium (white ginger) root extract, panthenol, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, yeast extract (extrait de levure), alcohol, amodimethicone, behentrimonium methosulfate, bht, bisamino peg/ppg-41/3 aminoethyl pg-propyl dimethicone, butylene glycol, c11-15 pareth-7, caprylyl glycol, cetyl alcohol, citric acid, disodium edta, disodium phosphate, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, hexylene glycol, hydroxyethylcellulose, laureth-9, peg-12 dimethicone, polyquaternium-59, polysorbate 60, sodium phosphate, trideceth-12, phenoxyethanol, polyaminopropyl biguanide, potassium sorbate, parfum (fragrance), limonene

Notable ingredients

Curls Styling Cream

The Cream Conditioning Styling Cream

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

Soothing: Aleurites moluccana (kukui) nut extract

Solvent: Water, Glycerin, Mineral oil

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Bht, Carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil

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Ingredients with their functions

Curls Styling Cream

The Cream Conditioning Styling Cream

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.

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent