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African Pride Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo vs Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo

93% function match · 11 of the 13 functions we compared match Formula overlap 36%. African Pride Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo and Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo share 4 ingredients among each other's most prominent.

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Which of these fits your hair?

We check your pattern, moisture need, scalp, fragrance tolerance, weight sensitivity and more against each formula — and say which one lines up.

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When each one is the right call

What each formula is built for, from its own ingredient list.

  • Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo — colour-treated hair
  • Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo — fragrance-free

Side by side

Every trait, aligned

One row per trait, read from each product’s own ingredient list and record. A dash means we have not researched that field for that product — it is not a “no”.

Trait
African Pride Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo — 12 oz container African Pride

Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo

  • Shampoo
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo — 12 oz container Design Essentials

Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo

  • Shampoo
  • Masstige
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$6.79 12 oz · $0.61/oz
$14.99 12 oz · $1.25/oz
Value / price positioning
Lower cost than most shampoos $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 84% of the 805 shampoos we’ve priced
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Masstige tier · costs less than 57% of the 805 shampoos we’ve priced
Best for hair types
All types Nothing in the formula or the claims narrows this to one pattern. Your hair
All types Nothing in the formula or the claims narrows this to one pattern. Your hair
Moisture level Differs
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
Cleansing strength Same
Strong Removes oil, buildup, and most residue — a reset wash. Your hair
Strong Removes oil, buildup, and most residue — a reset wash. Your hair
Slip / detangling Same
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
Weight on hair
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse hair. Your hair
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse hair. Your hair
Fragrance
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
None listed No fragrance is listed. Your hair
Protein Same
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
Silicone / wax buildup Same
None Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove. Your hair
None Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove. Your hair
Clarifying wash needed
Low Your hair
Low Your hair
Expected lather Same
High Thick foam that spreads quickly through the hair. Your hair
High Thick foam that spreads quickly through the hair. Your hair
Scalp active Same
None No over-the-counter scalp active. Your hair
None No over-the-counter scalp active. Your hair
Hard-water defence Same
None No chelating agent in the list. Your hair
None No chelating agent in the list. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Complete for its job
out of 10
Complete for its job
Who should choose this
  • Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
  • Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
  • Fragrance-freeno fragrance (parfum) on the label — scented
  • Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a strong scent
  • Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
from the formula stated by the brand reported by reviewers Scale: 1 dot low · 5 dots high, within this product type.
More facts about each one
Type
Shampoo
Shampoo
Line
Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care
Where to buy
Grocery / mass
Brand website
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • fragrance-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described

Facts as we recorded them. A dash means we have not researched that field for that product — it is not a "no".

The bottom line

The bottom line depends on your hair

Which of these two suits you is a question about your hair, not about them. The consultation answers it — and tells you what your routine needs around it.

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The detail behind the table

Where the readings above come from: the ingredient lists themselves, each brand’s claims checked against them, what owners report, and cost per ounce in context.

Shared and distinct ingredients

Shared and distinct ingredients

Computed from the ingredient lists as printed. "Shared" means both lists carry it; where it sits on each label is stated, because position is what tells you how much.

What both formulas carry

IngredientFeel It Formula Strengthening ShampooPeppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
Cleanses
#2Leading
#2Leading
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleanses
#3Leading
#19Below the 1% line
Polyquaternium-10
Detangles
#6Supporting
#25Below the 1% line
Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil
Fragrance
#9Below the 1% line
#9Below the 1% line
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil
Fragrance
#16Below the 1% line
#10Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Full ingredient list — Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo (25)
Full ingredient list — Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo (29)

Claims check

What each brand says, against what each formula shows

Claims are quoted from each brand. We only mark one supported, partly supported, or conflicting when that product’s ingredient list actually speaks to it.

VerdictsFeel It Formula Strengthening ShampooPeppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo
Supported
0
2
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
1
1
Potential conflict
0
0

Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo

  • deeply cleanses scalp and hair while helping strengthen strandsStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.

Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo

  • Cools and cleanses on contactStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Removes buildup and impurities without compromising essential moistureSupportedResets a coated scalp.
  • Best used as an occasional detox, not weeklySupportedResets a coated scalp.

What owners say

What people report

Recurring themes our researchers wrote in their own words from sourced reviews. We do not store or scrape star ratings, and we never balance one product’s themes against another’s by inventing them.

Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo draws complaints about irritation.

Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo

Most reviewers describe a rich lather that cleans well without stripping their hair, leaving it feeling clean and soft after rinsing.

Reviewers very frequently mention a strong, long-lasting peppermint and rosemary scent along with a tingling, cooling sensation on the scalp while washing.

A recurring minority of reviewers say the shampoo left their hair feeling dry, brittle, or stripped of moisture after use.

Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo

Reviewers with an oily/product-buildup scalp report it cleanses effectively between silk presses without stripping or over-drying.

Long-time repeat Design Essentials customers describe consistent satisfaction across the brand generally, not just this product.

repeat customer of 25+ years

The cooling peppermint tingle is repeatedly described as soothing on the scalp, with some reporting less itchiness after regular use.

reviewer describing chronic scalp itch

One reviewer reported an intense burning sensation when the shampoo was applied by a stylist, despite prior tolerance of other peppermint/tea-tree shampoos.

single-incident, not corroborated by other reviews

Price check

Cost per ounce, in context

Cost per ounce against every product of this type we have priced, each at the size it is most often sold in. Value labels are computed from that percentile and from how many products that do the same job cost less; they are comparisons, not judgements about a brand.

$0.61/oz vs $1.25/oz — Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo costs about 2× more per ounce than African Pride Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo.

$0.00/oz median $1.47/oz $17.29/oz $0.61/oz Feel It Formula Strengthen $1.25/oz Peppermint & Aloe Soothing

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 805 shampoos with a computable unit price.

Value readFeel It Formula Strengthening ShampooPeppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo
Label
Lower cost than most shampoosCosts less per ounce than most shampoos we have researched.
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for shampoos per ounce.

Computed from cost per ounce against every product of this type we have priced, and from how many products that do the same job cost less. It is a comparison, not a judgement about the brand.

Compare with something else

Close formulas to each of these, as their own comparison pages.

Feel It Formula Strengthening Shampoo · Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Shampoo · All shampoos in the library

How this page was made

  • This page is assembled from the same researched records the individual product pages render: identity, each ingredient list as printed, each brand's own claims, dated price observations, and review themes written in our researchers' own words. Nothing on it is written per comparison.
  • We do not rank these against each other. Which of them suits you depends on your hair, and that is what the consultation works out.
  • The formula similarity percentage is a stored, precomputed number: position-weighted overlap of the two ingredient lists blended with agreement on the attributes we derive. It measures how alike two formulas are, not how well either works.
  • The value band is a fixed label over two stored numbers: this product’s cost per ounce as a percentile of every product of this type we have priced, each at the size it is most often sold in, and how many products we score as doing the same job cost at least a quarter less per ounce.
  • The "Is this right for you?" panel reads only your own consultation answers, and it applies exactly the filters our recommendation engine applies. It is computed when you load the page and is never stored on it.
  • 8 sources were consulted across the products on this page.
  • Ingredient order tells you relative amount only above roughly 1%. Prices are observations on the dates shown and change without notice. We do not sell these products and take no placement fees.
  • This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.
  • This particular combination is not listed in our sitemap: we only submit pairs of comparable products that our similarity data says people would actually weigh against each other.

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