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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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Paul Mitchell
Construction Paste Flexible Styling Paste

Product category and function

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Construction Paste Flexible Styling Paste

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

Construction Paste Flexible Styling Paste

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 Wax

Construction Paste Flexible Styling Paste

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 13	Water/aqua/eau, propylene glycol, ceteareth-25, petrolatum, cetearyl alcohol, vp/va copolymer, polysorbate 60, ozokerite, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, ceteareth-20, peg-45m, pvp, dimethicone, ppg-1 trideceth-6, polyquaternium-37, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, phenoxyethanol, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, laurtrimonium chloride, fragrance (parfum), acetyl cedrene, beta-caryophyllene, camphor, citronellol, geraniol, lavandula oil/extract, limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate, pelargonium graveolens flower oil, pinene, pogostemon cablin oil, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Total Number of ingredients = 36

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/eau, propylene glycol, ceteareth-25, petrolatum, cetearyl alcohol, vp/va copolymer, polysorbate 60, ozokerite, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, ceteareth-20, peg-45m, pvp, dimethicone, ppg-1 trideceth-6, polyquaternium-37, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, phenoxyethanol, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, laurtrimonium chloride, fragrance (parfum), acetyl cedrene, beta-caryophyllene, camphor, citronellol, geraniol, lavandula oil/extract, limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate, pelargonium graveolens flower oil, pinene, pogostemon cablin oil, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes

Notable ingredients

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Construction Paste Flexible Styling Paste

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract

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

Abrasive: Polyethylene

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Deodorant: Limonene, Linalool

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Construction Paste Flexible Styling Paste

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/eau

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.

Propylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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

Ceteareth-25

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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