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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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Biotin Damage Care Essence Wax

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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Biotin Damage Care Essence Wax

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

Biotin Damage Care Essence Wax

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

Biotin Damage Care Essence Wax

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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 12	Water, cyclopentasiloxane, dipropylene glycol, ceteareth-30, cetearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., polyacrylate-13, isopropyl myristate, polysorbate 60, butylene glycol, polyisobutene, glyceryl stearate, phenyl trimethicone, vp/methacrylamide/vinyl imidazole copolymer, glycerin, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance (parfum), triethanolamine, carbomer, peg-8, polysorbate, sorbitan isostearate, disodium edta, argania spinosa kernel oil, camellia japonica seed oil, biotin, corylus americana (hazel) seed oil, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Total Number of ingredients = 31

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, cyclopentasiloxane, dipropylene glycol, ceteareth-30, cetearyl alcohol, alcohol denat., polyacrylate-13, isopropyl myristate, polysorbate 60, butylene glycol, polyisobutene, glyceryl stearate, phenyl trimethicone, vp/methacrylamide/vinyl imidazole copolymer, glycerin, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance (parfum), triethanolamine, carbomer, peg-8, polysorbate, sorbitan isostearate, disodium edta, argania spinosa kernel oil, camellia japonica seed oil, biotin, corylus americana (hazel) seed oil, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein

Notable ingredients

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Biotin Damage Care Essence Wax

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract

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

Abrasive: Polyethylene

Solvent: Water, Alcohol denat, Butylene glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dipropylene glycol, Glycerin, Peg-8

Anti-microbial: Alcohol denat, Phenoxyethanol

Astringent: Alcohol denat

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Biotin Damage Care Essence Wax

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

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.

Cyclopentasiloxane

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent

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

Dipropylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Solvent

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