Style + Protect Lock It Down Hairspray - 11.0 oz

In the US, ingredients above 1% are listed from most to least. Below 1% they can appear in any order. Each note keeps three things apart: what the ingredient generally does, its role in this type of product, and what its position can tell you.

• 1 Alcohol Denat.
  General function

  Fast-drying alcohol used to make sprays set quickly. In leave-on products it can leave hair feeling dry, especially in high position on the list.

  Role in this product type

  In hairspray, denatured alcohol acts as a fast-evaporating solvent that carries the styling polymers and helps distribute them in a fine spray. As it evaporates, the polymers remain on the hair to form the hold film.

  Leading ingredient

  Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

  May suitFine or easily flattened hair

  May suit hair that needs a fast-drying, lightweight spray base rather than an oil- or wax-led finish.

  May not suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair

  Porous hair gives water up easily as it is; a fast-evaporating solvent high on the list accelerates that.

  DependsVery dry or highly damaged hair

  Consider if hair is very dry or highly damaged: when alcohol is this prominent, the fast-evaporating base may leave the hair feeling drier.

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  • drying alcohol
  • solvent
• 2 Hydrofluorocarbon 152a
  General function

  A non-flammable aerosol propellant used in dry shampoos and finishing sprays.

  Leading ingredient

  Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

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  • propellant
• 3 Octylacrylamide/Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer
  General function

  A firm hold polymer used in hairsprays and gels. It holds well in humidity and brushes out.

  Leading ingredient

  Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

  May suitClimate-sensitive or frizz-prone hair

  A set polymer film is a physical barrier to humidity, so a style keeps its shape longer in damp conditions.

  May suitMaximum-hold styling

  Synthetic film formers dry into a continuous film, which is what holds a shape against movement and against humid air.

  DependsBuild-up-sensitive routines

  Some acrylate copolymers rinse with water and some need a detergent; the label alone does not say which one a formula used.

  • film former
  • polymer
• ▾Below about here, the order stops meaning much. These are usually used at 1% or less.
• 4 Aminomethyl Propanol
  General function

  A base used in trace amounts to neutralise acidic hold polymers so they thicken and set properly.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  DependsFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair

  pH adjusters are how a formula is brought to a chosen acidity, and an acidic formula keeps the cuticle lying flatter than an alkaline one. Which way this one moves the pH depends on the formula, and the finished pH is not on the label.

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  • pH adjuster
• 5 Benzyl Alcohol
  General function

  A preservative and solvent that also occurs naturally in some essential oils.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

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  • preservative
  • solvent
• 6 Benzyl Salicylate
  General function

  A soft floral fragrance component listed separately as a recognised allergen.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May not suitFragrance-sensitive routines

  One of the 26 scent components the EU requires to be named individually above a threshold. It is named because it is a known contact allergen, not because it is unusual.

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  • fragrance
  • named fragrance allergen
• 7 Linalool
  General function

  A floral fragrance component listed separately as a recognised contact allergen.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May not suitFragrance-sensitive routines

  One of the 26 scent components the EU requires to be named individually above a threshold. It is named because it is a known contact allergen, not because it is unusual.

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  • fragrance
  • named fragrance allergen
• 8 Olea Europaea Fruit Oil/Olive Fruit Oil
  General function

  The oil pressed from Olea Europaea. It is one of the heavier plant oils — rich on coarse or dry hair, and enough to flatten fine hair.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair

  Coats the surface and slows water leaving the strand, which is usually what coarse hair that dries out fast is missing.

  May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair

  A thin oil layer lowers friction between strands and flattens the raised cuticle that scatters light and catches on its neighbours.

  • oil
  • emollient
• 9 Tocopheryl Acetate
  • antioxidant
  • vitamin
• 10 Ascorbic Acid
  • antioxidant
  • vitamin
• 11 Ethylhexyl Salicylate
  General function

  A UV filter used in leave-on hair products to slow colour fade.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May suitGray, silver, or brass-prone hair

  Sunlight oxidises hair pigment, and on gray, silver or lightened hair that shows up as yellowing. A UV filter on the label absorbs some of the light that drives it.

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  • UV filter
• 12 Citronellol
  General function

  A rose-like fragrance component named separately as a recognised allergen.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May not suitFragrance-sensitive routines

  One of the 26 scent components the EU requires to be named individually above a threshold. It is named because it is a known contact allergen, not because it is unusual.

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  • fragrance
  • named fragrance allergen
• 13 Limonene
  General function

  A citrus-smelling fragrance component that EU rules require to be named separately because some people react to it.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May not suitFragrance-sensitive routines

  One of the 26 scent components the EU requires to be named individually above a threshold. It is named because it is a known contact allergen, not because it is unusual.

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  • fragrance
  • named fragrance allergen
• 14 Eugenol
  General function

  A clove-scented fragrance component listed separately as a recognised allergen.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May not suitFragrance-sensitive routines

  One of the 26 scent components the EU requires to be named individually above a threshold. It is named because it is a known contact allergen, not because it is unusual.

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  • fragrance
  • named fragrance allergen
• 15 Benzyl Benzoate
  General function

  A fragrance component with a faint balsamic scent, named separately on the label because it is a recognised contact allergen.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May not suitFragrance-sensitive routines

  One of the 26 scent components the EU requires to be named individually above a threshold. It is named because it is a known contact allergen, not because it is unusual.

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  • fragrance
  • named fragrance allergen
• 16 Fragrance · Parfum/Fragrance
  General function

  An undisclosed blend of scent ingredients. Regulations let it stay unlisted, so a fragrance-free product is the only way to be certain what is not in it.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May not suitFragrance-sensitive routines

  Declared fragrance. On a fragrance-sensitive routine this is the line that decides it, wherever it sits on the label.

  • fragrance
  • declared fragrance

What the whole list adds up to

• 7 fragrances
• 6 named fragrance allergens
• 2 solvents
• 2 antioxidants
• 2 vitamins
• 1 drying alcohol
• 1 propellant
• 1 film former
• 1 polymer
• 1 pH adjuster
• 1 preservative
• 1 oil
• 1 emollient
• 1 UV filter

Ingredient list captured 2026-10-01. Formulas change, so check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.