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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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In Shower Style Fixer

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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

In Shower Style Fixer

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 Wax

In Shower Style Fixer

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 Wax

In Shower Style Fixer

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta 11	Water (aqua), polyquaternium-69, glycerin, fragrance (parfum), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice, selaginella lepidophylla (resurrection flower) extract, piper nigrum (black pepper) seed extract, carapa guaianensis (andiroba) seed oil, ocimum basilicum (basil) leaf extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract, carbomer, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, butylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, linalool, limonene

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, potassium sorbate, beeswax, alpha-isomethyl ionone, stearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., pvp, methylparaben, eugenol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, butylphenyl methylpropional, purified water, polysorbate 60, sorbitan sesquioleate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, palmitic acid, camellia sinensis leaf extract, geraniol, fragrance, dimethicone, acorus gramineus root/stem extract, polyethylene, hydrolyzed wheat protein, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, stearic acid, sodium benzoate, propylparaben (volume wave) purified water, cetostearyl alcohol, peg-100 stearate, carnauba wax, carbomer, butylene glycol, linalool, microcrystalline wax, limonene, benzyl benzoate, hydrolyzed silk, disodium edta

Water (aqua), polyquaternium-69, glycerin, fragrance (parfum), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice, selaginella lepidophylla (resurrection flower) extract, piper nigrum (black pepper) seed extract, carapa guaianensis (andiroba) seed oil, ocimum basilicum (basil) leaf extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract, carbomer, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, butylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, linalool, limonene

Notable ingredients

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

In Shower Style Fixer

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract

Solvent: Purified water, Alcohol denat, Benzyl benzoate, Butylene glycol, Limonene, Mineral oil

Abrasive: Polyethylene

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Solvent: Water (aqua), Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, Limonene

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

In Shower Style Fixer

Aloe barbadensis leaf juice

Also-called: Aloe Vera, Aloe Vera Juice, Aloe barbadensis juice | Function: Skin conditioning

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Potassium sorbate

Function: Preservative

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Beeswax

Also-called: Beeswax, Cera Alba/Beeswax/Cire D'abeille | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Film forming, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Water (aqua)

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.

Polyquaternium-69

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Glycerin

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