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BOOSTA Thickening Creme

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BOOSTA Thickening Creme

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Styling Creams	Styling Creams
Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.	Creams to smooth, define, and control hair.
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BOOSTA Thickening Creme

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Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free vegan cruelty-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

BOOSTA Thickening Creme

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, cetearyl alcohol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, cetearyl olivate, isododecane, dicaprylyl carbonate, alcohol, sorbitan olivate, vinyl caprolactam/vp/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, vp/va copolymer, fragrance/parfum, phenoxyethanol, decylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, citric acid, benzyl benzoate, citronellol, limonene, farnesol, geraniol, linalool 7	Water (aqua) (eau), polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoalkane, shea butter ethyl esters, polyquaternium-10, keratin amino acids, oryza sativa (rice) extract, acyl coenzyme a desaturase, lactobacillus/tomato fruit ferment extract, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, pg-hydroxyethylcellulose cocodimonium chloride, laureth-7, disodium edta, citric acid, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), linalool, limonene, hydroxycitronellal, citronellol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 23

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Water/aqua/eau, cetearyl alcohol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, behentrimonium chloride, cetearyl olivate, isododecane, dicaprylyl carbonate, alcohol, sorbitan olivate, vinyl caprolactam/vp/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, vp/va copolymer, fragrance/parfum, phenoxyethanol, decylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, citric acid, benzyl benzoate, citronellol, limonene, farnesol, geraniol, linalool

Water (aqua) (eau), polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoalkane, shea butter ethyl esters, polyquaternium-10, keratin amino acids, oryza sativa (rice) extract, acyl coenzyme a desaturase, lactobacillus/tomato fruit ferment extract, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, pg-hydroxyethylcellulose cocodimonium chloride, laureth-7, disodium edta, citric acid, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), linalool, limonene, hydroxycitronellal, citronellol

Notable ingredients

BOOSTA Thickening Creme

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Limonene, Isododecane

Anti-microbial: Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Phenoxyethanol

Astringent: Alcohol

Solvent: Water (aqua) (eau), C13-14 isoalkane, Limonene

Abrasive: Oryza sativa (rice) extract

Absorbent: Oryza sativa (rice) extract

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Ingredients with their functions

BOOSTA Thickening Creme

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

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.

Cetearyl alcohol

Also-called: Cetostearyl alcohol, cetylstearyl alcohol | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing