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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

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Cream Pomade

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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Cream 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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Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Cream 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

Full ingredient list

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Cream 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	Aqua/water, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, stearyl alcohol, tribehenin, pvp, petrolatum, hydrogenated olive oil stearyl esters, polyacrylamide, dimethicone, oleth-10 phosphate, phenoxyethanol, c13-14 isoparaffin, parfum/fragrance, sorbic acid, chlorphenesin, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, laureth-7, panthenol, disodium edta, potassium hydroxide, linalool, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, limonene, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, bht, citric acid

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Total Number of ingredients = 28

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, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, stearyl alcohol, tribehenin, pvp, petrolatum, hydrogenated olive oil stearyl esters, polyacrylamide, dimethicone, oleth-10 phosphate, phenoxyethanol, c13-14 isoparaffin, parfum/fragrance, sorbic acid, chlorphenesin, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, laureth-7, panthenol, disodium edta, potassium hydroxide, linalool, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, limonene, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, bht, citric acid

Notable ingredients

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Cream Pomade

Sunscreen/UV filter: Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate

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

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Bht

Solvent: Aqua/water, C13-14 isoparaffin, Limonene

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential Style Up Hair Gel

Cream 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