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Curl Cream

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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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Curl Cream

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

Full ingredient list

Curl Cream

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No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water/eau, stearyl alcohol, behenamidopropyl dimethylamine, behentrimonium chloride, glycerin, cetyl alcohol, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, citric acid, isopropyl alcohol, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, parfum/fragrance, ethylhexylglycerin, butylene glycol, polyquaternium-37, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, myristyl alcohol, sorbitan oleate, benzalkonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl cinnamate, benzyl salicylate, butylphenyl methylpropional, citronellol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamic aldehyde, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, linalool 9	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 = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Aqua/water/eau, stearyl alcohol, behenamidopropyl dimethylamine, behentrimonium chloride, glycerin, cetyl alcohol, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, citric acid, isopropyl alcohol, vp/dmapa acrylates copolymer, parfum/fragrance, ethylhexylglycerin, butylene glycol, polyquaternium-37, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, myristyl alcohol, sorbitan oleate, benzalkonium chloride, phenoxyethanol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl cinnamate, benzyl salicylate, butylphenyl methylpropional, citronellol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamic aldehyde, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, 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

Curl Cream

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Limonene, Isopropyl alcohol

Anti-microbial: Benzalkonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Citric acid

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

Curl Cream

Curl Talk Defining Curl Cream

Aqua/water/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.

Stearyl alcohol

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing