Medium Hold Styling Cream - 100 ml
- Aqua Water, the base most formulas are built on. It dissolves the other ingredients
- Glycerin Humectants. The reference humectant. Cheap, proven, works at 3 to 10 percent.
- Octylacrylamide/Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer Thickeners and film formers. Antistatic, film forming, hair fixing
- Cetyl AlcoholPore-clogging 2/5 Emollients. Fatty alcohol thickener.
- Cetearyl OlivateFeeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Cetearyl olivate and sorbitan olivate, liquid-crystal emulsifier.
- Sorbitan Olivate
- Glyceryl StearateFeeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Workhorse non-ionic emulsifier.
- Isopropyl MyristatePore-clogging 5/5Feeds Malassezia Emollients. Penetration enhancer, classic comedogen.
- Sodium Hydroxide pH adjusters and chelators. Base for neutralising acids and carbomers.
- Capric/Caprylic triglycerideMalassezia borderline Emollients. Fractionated coconut triglyceride.
- Propanediol Humectants. Corn-derived glycol, solvent and humectant.
- Phenoxyethanol & Ethylhexylglycerin
- Polyquaternium-68 Thickeners and film formers. Film forming, hair fixing
- Polyquaternium-7 Thickeners and film formers. Antistatic, film forming
- Niacinamide Actives. Vitamin B3. Sebum, barrier, pigment transfer, at 2 to 5 percent.
- Panthenol Humectants. Provitamin B5, humectant and wound-healing support.
- Fragrance Fragrance, colour, solvents. Undisclosed fragrance blend.
- Benzophenone-4 Other ingredients. Uv absorber, uv filter
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Thickeners and film formers. Gel former that holds oils in suspension.
- Hyaluronic acid Humectants. Sits on the surface and holds water in a film.
- Argania Spinosa Kernel (Argan) Oil Emollients. Emollient, skin conditioning
Taken from Arata's product page, last checked 2026-10-25. Formulas change, so check the pack before you buy. Brands can send us a correction.