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Alba Botanica Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria vs Jessicurl Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender

93% function match · 11 of the 13 functions we compared match Formula overlap 26%. Alba Botanica Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria and Jessicurl Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender share 3 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.

  • Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria — colour-treated hair
  • Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender — 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
Alba Botanica

Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria

  • Shampoo
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Jessicurl Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender — 8 oz container Jessicurl

Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender

  • Shampoo
  • Salon
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$9.99 12 oz · $0.83/oz
$17.45 8 oz · $2.18/oz
Value / price positioning
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 74% of the 817 shampoos we’ve priced
Upper-mid price for a shampoo $$$$$ Salon tier · costs more than 65% of the 817 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
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
Cleansing strength Same
Moderate Removes oil and product; leaves some conditioning behind. Your hair
Moderate Removes oil and product; leaves some conditioning behind. Your hair
Slip / detangling Same
Moderate Conditioning agents are present, lower in the list. Your hair
Moderate Conditioning agents are present, lower in the list. Your hair
Weight on hair
Light Water-first and light: unlikely to flatten fine hair. Your hair
Light Water-first and light: unlikely to flatten fine 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 Differs
Minor Protein appears, low enough to be a supporting ingredient. 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
Moderate An ordinary shampoo lather. Your hair
Moderate An ordinary shampoo lather. 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
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
  • Fine hairthat flattens under most products
  • Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
  • 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
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a strong scent
  • Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
  • Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a light scent
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
  • Hard waterno chelator here to bind the minerals
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
Colorific
Where to buy
Brand website · Independent Retail
Brand website · Amazon
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • fragrance-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · label states
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Coconut & tropical · Sweet & vanillaStrong
Citrus · FloralLight

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

IngredientColorific Shampoo, PlumeriaGentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleanses
#3Leading
#3Leading
Sodium Chloride
Stabilizes
#7Supporting
#12Below the 1% line
Benzoic Acid
Stabilizes
#23Below the 1% line
#14Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Full ingredient list — Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria (33)
Full ingredient list — Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender (18)

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.

VerdictsColorific Shampoo, PlumeriaGentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender
Supported
0
2
Partly supported
1
0
Stated by brand
2
0
Potential conflict
0
0

Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria

  • Take a permanent vacation from the color-stripping and drying sulfates in ordinary shampoos.Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Testing shows hair becomes softer, smoother and more manageable.Partly supportedA little slip, not a lot.
  • 100% vegetarian ingredients, no sulfates, no animal testing, no artificial colors, no parabens or phthalates, pH balanced.Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.

Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender

  • Sulfate-free cleansing that won't weigh hair downSupportedGentler on colour and coils.
  • Protein-free, silicone-free, glycerin-free, oil-free formulationSupportedNothing that needs a strong wash.

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.

Both praised for the scent and how it cleanses. Alba Botanica Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria draws complaints about the scent and irritation.

Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria

Reviewers report the shampoo cleans effectively with a small amount of product and leaves hair feeling soft.

general users

Long-term users with color-treated hair report the shampoo does not strip or fade hair color over repeated washes.

color-treated hair, long-term users

The plumeria/tropical fragrance is the most frequently praised trait, with several reviewers calling it a primary reason they repurchase.

general users

At least one reviewer with medium-length, fine hair felt the shampoo/conditioner pairing did not deliver enough conditioning or manageability for their hair type despite liking the brand generally.

fine, medium-length hair

A minority of reviewers found the fragrance overwhelming or unpleasant, in contrast to the majority who praise the scent.

scent-sensitive reviewers

Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender

Gentle, low-stripping cleanse works well on dyed/color-treated hair without fading it

reviewers with dyed hair

Leaves hair feeling clean and healthy with a subtle scent that does not clash with other styling products

general reviewers layering other Jessicurl products

Well suited to dry, coarse, protein-sensitive hair, leaving it soft and manageable

protein-sensitive coarse-hair reviewers

Thin/runny consistency makes it a little easy to spill or over-pour during application

general reviewers

Preferred over the brand's cream cleanser by reviewers with low-porosity hair who need more lather; some wish the brand offered a true clarifying shampoo to alternate with it

low-porosity-hair reviewers

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.

$0.83/oz vs $2.18/oz — Jessicurl Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender costs about 2.6× more per ounce than Alba Botanica Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria.

$0.00/oz median $1.48/oz $17.29/oz $0.83/oz Colorific Shampoo, Plumeri $2.18/oz Gentle Lather Shampoo, Cit

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 817 shampoos with a computable unit price.

Value readColorific Shampoo, PlumeriaGentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender
Label
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for shampoos per ounce.
Upper-mid price for a shampooSits 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.

Colorific Shampoo, Plumeria · Gentle Lather Shampoo, Citrus Lavender · 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.
  • 9 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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