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Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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CONUNDRUM Paste

Essential Style Up Hair 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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CONUNDRUM Paste

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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

Full ingredient list

CONUNDRUM Paste

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua/eau), cetearyl alcohol, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tribehenin, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, beeswax (cera alba), pvp, glycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, ceteareth-20, tridecyl stearate, neopentyl glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, ceteareth-25, vinyl caprolactam/vp/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, tridecyl trimellitate, disodium edta, decylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, alcohol, amyl cinnamal, benzyl benzoate, citral, citronellol, limonene, eugenol, farnesol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, isoeugenol, linalool 12	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

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 35

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Water (aqua/eau), cetearyl alcohol, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, tribehenin, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, beeswax (cera alba), pvp, glycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, ceteareth-20, tridecyl stearate, neopentyl glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, ceteareth-25, vinyl caprolactam/vp/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, tridecyl trimellitate, disodium edta, decylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, alcohol, amyl cinnamal, benzyl benzoate, citral, citronellol, limonene, eugenol, farnesol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, isoeugenol, linalool

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

Notable ingredients

CONUNDRUM Paste

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

Solvent: Water (aqua/eau), Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Phenoxyethanol

Astringent: Alcohol, Euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract

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

Abrasive: Polyethylene

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Ingredients with their functions

CONUNDRUM Paste

Essential Style Up Hair Wax

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