Rheology / Thickener

Carbomer

also on labels as Carbopol · Polyacrylic Acid

Synthetic cross-linked polymer that creates clear, smooth gel viscosity and suspends styling ingredients evenly.

Ingredients · as printedAunt Jackie's Flaxseed Don't Shrink Curling Gel

Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Carbomer, Aminomethyl Propanol, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil, Tocopherol, PVP, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, EDTA, Potassium Sorbate, Polysorbate 20, Parfum (Fragrance), Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Amyl Cinnamal, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Orange) Peel Oil, Hexamethylindanopyran.

Carbomer is 3rd, 3rd of 20.Dotted words have their own page.

Good to know

Water-soluble; can flake if layered over incompatible cationic leave-ins (do the palm-mix test).

Hair types

Notes for different hair

All hair types (functional base in styling gels).

General patterns from our research, not rules. Hair of the same type can respond differently, so your own results count most.

Found in these products

Labels list ingredients from most to least, down to about 1%. Below that, the order is free.

Cleanse 2 · Condition 0 · Leave-in 0 · Style 2 · Seal 0

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These are labels we've read by hand from brand sites and packaging, not a list of recommendations. We add more as we go.

Also film-former

Source: The Good Coil research · Ref ING-013Get this as data (JSON)How we write these