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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

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Mitch High Hold Pomade

Product category and function

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Mitch High Hold Pomade

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

Mitch High Hold Pomade

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

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Mitch High Hold Pomade

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 8	Water (aqua, eau), ceteareth-25, glycerin, pvp, peg-75 shea butter glycerides, gluconolactone, calcium gluconate, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sorbic acid, chlorphenesin, sodium hydroxide, fragrance (parfum), alpha-isomethyl ionone, carvone, citronellol, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, coumarin, juniperus virginiana oil, lavandula oil (extract), limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate, mentha viridis (spearmint) leaf oil, menthol, pinene, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol, vanillin.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Total Number of ingredients = 29

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

Water (aqua, eau), ceteareth-25, glycerin, pvp, peg-75 shea butter glycerides, gluconolactone, calcium gluconate, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sorbic acid, chlorphenesin, sodium hydroxide, fragrance (parfum), alpha-isomethyl ionone, carvone, citronellol, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, coumarin, juniperus virginiana oil, lavandula oil (extract), limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate, mentha viridis (spearmint) leaf oil, menthol, pinene, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol, vanillin.

Notable ingredients

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Mitch High Hold Pomade

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

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

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat

Soothing: Menthol

Antioxidant: Vanillin

Exfoliant: Gluconolactone

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Mitch High Hold Pomade

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