amika curl corps | defining cream for curly hair

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Ingredients

Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.

Ingredient overview

36ingredients found

31 · 86.1%ingredients grouped by use

9types of use

Hydration2

Skin conditioning8

Skin softening3

Moisture retention3

Antioxidants2

UV filters1

Texture · feel10

Preservation · stability9

Fragrance12

Counts show formula structure, not concentration, clinical efficacy, or a safety score.

What the ingredients do

Draws in moisture

Glycerin

Pulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.

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Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT: Glycerin
Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT: Glycerin

Softens the skin

Cetearyl Alcohol · PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate · Caprylyl Glycol

Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.

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Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT: Cetearyl Alcohol · PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate · Caprylyl Glycol

Skin conditioning

Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Agrousier) Fruit/Seed Oil · Hydrolyzed Jojoba Protein · Panthenol · Tocopherol · Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein · Caprylyl Glycol · Ethyl Macadamiate · Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes

CosIng's broadest category. On its own it does not say what the ingredient does.

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Keeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONING: Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Agrousier) Fruit/Seed Oil · Hydrolyzed Jojoba Protein · Panthenol · Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein · Caprylyl Glycol · Ethyl Macadamiate
Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS: Tocopherol · Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes

Keeps moisture in

Glycerin · Tapioca Starch · Tocopherol

Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.

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Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING: Glycerin · Tapioca Starch
Forms a film that stops moisture lossSKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE: Tocopherol

Slows oxidation

Tocopherol · Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate

In CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.

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Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT: Tocopherol · Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate

Blocks UV

PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate

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Absorbs UV (including to protect the product)UV ABSORBER: PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate

Exfoliates

Tapioca Starch

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Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE: Tapioca Starch

Cleanses

Cetearyl Alcohol · Ceteareth-20 · Laureth-4

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Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING: Cetearyl Alcohol · Ceteareth-20 · Laureth-4
Boosts latherSURFACTANT - FOAM BOOSTING: Cetearyl Alcohol
Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING: Ceteareth-20

Mixes oil and water

Cetearyl Alcohol · Cetrimonium Chloride · Ceteareth-20 · Laureth-4

Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.

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Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING: Cetearyl Alcohol · Cetrimonium Chloride · Ceteareth-20 · Laureth-4
Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING: Cetearyl Alcohol

Texture and feel

Cetearyl Alcohol · Glycerin · Tapioca Starch · PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate · Ceteareth-20 · Benzyl Alcohol · Isopropyl Alcohol · Benzyl Benzoate · Limonene