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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Rock Hard 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

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Rock Hard 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

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Rock Hard Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Purified water, alcohol denat., propylene glycol, pvp, glycerin, vp/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer, maltitol, hydrolyzed collagen, arginine/lysine polypeptide, citric acid, tromethamine, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, fragrance, tetrasodium edta, octyldodeceth-16, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, 1,2-hexanediol, sorbic acid, linalool, limonene, citronellol, hexyl cinnamal 10	Aqua/water/eau, propylene glycol, polyacrylate-2 crosspolymer, aminomethyl propanol, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, parfum/fragrance, argania spinosa kernel oil, tocopheryl acetate, hydrolyzed vegetable protein pg-propyl silanetriol, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed keratin, keratin, octyldodecyl ricinoleate, apigenin, acrylates/acrylamide copolymer, acrylamidopropyltrimonium chloride/acrylamide copolymer, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, oleanolic acid, biotinoyl tripeptide-1, polyquaternium-59, ppg-26-buteth-26, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, dimethicone peg-8 meadowfoamate, polysorbate 85, ethylhexylglycerin, butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, paraffinum liquidum/mineral oil/huile minerale, disodium edta, citric acid, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, citral

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Total Number of ingredients = 38

Purified water, alcohol denat., propylene glycol, pvp, glycerin, vp/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer, maltitol, hydrolyzed collagen, arginine/lysine polypeptide, citric acid, tromethamine, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, fragrance, tetrasodium edta, octyldodeceth-16, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, 1,2-hexanediol, sorbic acid, linalool, limonene, citronellol, hexyl cinnamal

Aqua/water/eau, propylene glycol, polyacrylate-2 crosspolymer, aminomethyl propanol, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, parfum/fragrance, argania spinosa kernel oil, tocopheryl acetate, hydrolyzed vegetable protein pg-propyl silanetriol, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed keratin, keratin, octyldodecyl ricinoleate, apigenin, acrylates/acrylamide copolymer, acrylamidopropyltrimonium chloride/acrylamide copolymer, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, oleanolic acid, biotinoyl tripeptide-1, polyquaternium-59, ppg-26-buteth-26, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, dimethicone peg-8 meadowfoamate, polysorbate 85, ethylhexylglycerin, butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, paraffinum liquidum/mineral oil/huile minerale, disodium edta, citric acid, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, citral

Notable ingredients

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Rock Hard Gel

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

Solvent: Purified water, 1,2-hexanediol, Alcohol denat, Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

Antioxidant: Apigenin, Tocopheryl acetate

Cell-signaling ingredient: Biotinoyl tripeptide-1

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Rock Hard Gel

Purified 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.

Alcohol denat.

Also-called: Alcohol denat | Function: Viscosity controlling, Astringent, Solvent, Anti-microbial