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Hair Gel

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Contours Protein Styling Gel

Product category and function

Hair Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

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

Hair Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

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

Hair Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 12	Total Number of ingredients = 13
Purified water, vp/va copolymer, panthenol, peg-45 palm kernel glycerides, 1,2-hexanediol, peg-14, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, peg-33, caprylyl glycol, peg-8 dimethicone, aminomethyl propanol, tetrasodium edta 4	Aqua/water/eau, carbomer, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycereth-2 cocoate, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate-20, propylene glycol, fragrance, silanetriol, panthenol, tetrasodium edta

Notable ingredients

Hair Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Purified water, 1,2-hexanediol, Peg-14, Peg-33

Buffering: Aminomethyl propanol

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Hair Gel

Contours Protein Styling Gel

Purified 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.

Vp/va copolymer

Function: Film forming

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

Panthenol

Also-called: Pro-Vitamin B5 | Function: Soothing, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer

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