The Vanity Clean Remover is isopropyl alcohol, methyl ethyl ketone, ethyl acetate and deionised water. Not a proprietary blend: the whole list is above, and it is an alcohol-based solvent, so it is flammable and belongs nowhere near heat, sparks or a hot tool. It is $25 for 4.0 fl oz, about thirty removals, which is $0.83 a removal and $6.25 an ounce, the most expensive remover in this category by some distance.
The formulation
| Ingredient | What it is doing |
|---|---|
| Isopropyl alcohol | The principal solvent. Classed highly flammable, with vapour and air mixtures that are explosive. |
| Methyl ethyl ketone | Breaks the adhesive rather than lubricating around it, which is what leaves the strand dry. |
| Ethyl acetate | The second ketone-family solvent in the blend. |
| Deionised water | The balance of the bottle. |
Listed in the order they're published on the bottle. No fragrance, no oil, no proprietary blend line.
There is no proprietary blend here and no fragrance house language. The four things in the list above are the whole bottle, and they're printed for the same reason the test method and the arithmetic are printed: everything on this site asks you to trust claims about a product made by the person who developed it, and the only thing holding that up is that we don't print what we can't substantiate.
Publishing a formulation isn't a point of difference, and we used to imply that it was. Bellami publishes a full INCI on its own alcohol-based release spray, and Big Kizzy Remover 1 is oil-free too. Two brands doing the same thing, one at less than half the price. What survives is narrower: this solvent was built against our own tab by the same two cosmetologists over about ten years of daily salon use, where a universal remover has to work against everybody’s adhesive at once.
The behaviour that actually matters to a move-up is that there is no oil in it. An oil-based remover lubricates the bond apart and leaves a film that has to be shampooed out before anything will stick again, which costs you a wash and a wait. An alcohol-and-ketone solvent breaks the adhesive and flashes off, so the strand is dry and ready for a new tab. That behaviour is shared with the other alcohol-based removers named above, and we say so wherever it comes up.
The arithmetic, including the part that argues against us
| Vanity Clean Remover | |
|---|---|
| Bottle | 4.0 fl oz |
| Price | $25 |
| Yield | About 30 full-head removals |
| Cost a removal | About $0.83 |
| Cost an ounce | $6.25 |
| Base | Alcohol. Not oil, not citrus |
| On the strand | No oil, so no clarifying wash before you re-tab |
| Handling | Flammable. Ventilate; keep away from heat and open flame |
$6.25 an ounce against Big Kizzy Remover 1 at roughly $2.12. We are the most expensive remover in this category and the figure is printed here rather than left for you to work out.
Handling it safely
Isopropyl alcohol is classed highly flammable and its vapour and air mixtures are explosive. This bottle is on that chemistry, so treat it the way you would treat any solvent on your station: work in a ventilated space, cap it between bonds rather than leaving it open next to a client, and keep it away from heat, sparks and open flame. No iron, no dryer and no hot tool anywhere near a head that has just been misted.
You don't have to take our word for any of that. The flash point and fire rating for the principal solvent are in the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, linked below. Check them against what we publish.
This is not medical advice. If the scalp is broken, irritated or reacting, stop and see a professional rather than reaching for more solvent.
Where this is the wrong product
It was engineered against our own tab, so it underperforms on other brands’ adhesive, that limit is stated in full on does Vanity work with other brands. We make no oil-based or citrus solvent, and those categories rank other people’s products.
Questions we get asked
Is the Vanity remover oil-free?
Yes. It is isopropyl alcohol, methyl ethyl ketone, ethyl acetate and deionised water, with no oil in it, which is why the strand does not need a clarifying wash before you re-tab. Being oil-free is not unique to us: Bellami's release spray and Big Kizzy Remover 1 are both oil-free too, and Big Kizzy is roughly a third of our price per ounce.
Is it flammable?
Yes. Isopropyl alcohol is classed highly flammable with explosive vapour and air mixtures, and this is an alcohol-based solvent. Ventilate the space, cap the bottle between bonds, and keep it away from heat, sparks, open flame and any hot tool.
How much does a removal cost?
About $0.83. That is $25 for a 4.0 fl oz bottle over roughly thirty full-head removals. Per ounce it is $6.25, which is about three times Big Kizzy Remover 1 at roughly $2.12 an ounce, the most expensive remover in this category, and we print the figure that says so.
Why not just use rubbing alcohol?
Plenty of people do, and for a single stuck tab it will often work. What you're buying here is a blend built against a specific tab, plus the yield and handling guidance to go with it. If price is the deciding factor, a bottle of isopropyl at well under a dollar an ounce is the honest alternative and we prefer to say so than pretend otherwise.
Do you publish the tab's adhesive formulation?
No. We publish what the solvent is made of; the tab's adhesive specification is not something we have published, and rather than describe it vaguely we leave it out. If that changes, it will appear here with the date it was added.
Sources
Every price, specification and claim about another brand on this page traces to one of the references below. Each was read on the date shown. Where a figure could not be verified from a primary source we've left it out rather than estimated it.
- OSHA Occupational Chemical Database · Isopropyl alcohol (2-propanol) The flash point and fire rating for the principal solvent in our remover, so the safety guidance above can be checked without taking our word for it. Accessed 2026-08-31
- BELLAMI Hair · Hair Extension Release Spray product page A competitor's alcohol-based release spray with a full published INCI, cited as the reason we do not claim publishing a formulation is unique to us. Accessed 2026-08-31
- Big Kizzy, tape removers and tools collection Remover 1 listed from $16.99 for 8 fl oz, roughly $2.12 an ounce against our $6.25, and oil-free like ours. Accessed 2026-08-31
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