Side by side
American Crew Daily Moisturizing Conditioner vs Not Your Mother's Kids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner
93% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 60%. American Crew Daily Moisturizing Conditioner and Not Your Mother's Kids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner share 4 ingredients among each other's most prominent.
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.
- Daily Moisturizing Conditioner — protein-sensitive hair
- Kids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner — 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”.
Not Your Mother's
Kids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner
- Conditioner
- Drugstore
- Sulfate-free
- Silicone-free
Compared at different sizes — 33.8 oz against 8 oz. Per-ounce prices favour the larger bottle.
- Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
- Fragrance-freeno fragrance (parfum) on the label
- Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
- Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
- Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
- Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- silicone-free
- protein-free
- curly-method compatible
- sulfate-free
- silicone-free
- fragrance-free
- protein-free
- curly-method compatible
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
What only one of them carries
Daily Moisturizing Conditioner
Kids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner
Full ingredient list — Daily Moisturizing Conditioner (20)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Glycerin
- humectant
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4
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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5
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine
- conditioning agent
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6
Dicetyldimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
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7
Isopropyl Myristate
- light ester
- emollient
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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8
Caprylyl Glycol
- preservative
- humectant
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9
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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10
Dicaprylyl Carbonate
- light ester
- emollient
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11
Disodium EDTA
- hard-water chelator
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12
Hydroxyethylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
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13
Isopropyl Alcohol
- drying alcohol
- solvent
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14
Lauryl Glucoside
- nonionic cleanser
- cleanser
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15
Menthol
- fragrance
- active
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16
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
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17
Polyquaternium-37
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
- thickener
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18
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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19
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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20
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
Full ingredient list — Kids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner (19)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Cetyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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4
Glycerin
- humectant
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5
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- light ester
- emollient
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6
Propanediol
- humectant
- solvent
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7
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine
- conditioning agent
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8
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
- humectant
- botanical extract
- gum
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9
Hydroxyethylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
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10
Polysorbate 60
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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11
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
- hard-water chelator
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12
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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13
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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14
Potassium Sorbate
- preservative
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15
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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16
Disodium Phosphate
- pH adjuster
- salt
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17
Sodium Phosphate
- pH adjuster
- salt
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18
Lactic Acid
- pH adjuster
- humectant
- exfoliant
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19
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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.
Daily Moisturizing Conditioner
Detangles and moisturizes without added weight
SupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.Reduces hair breakage from combing by 86%
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.
Kids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner
98% naturally derived ingredients
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.Tear-free and dermatologist-tested
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.Leaves hair softer and silkier
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
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.
American Crew Daily Moisturizing Conditioner draws complaints about dryness.
Daily Moisturizing Conditioner
Users report the conditioner supports scalp health and hair nourishment, some noting dandruff control
long-time users, normal-to-dry hairGeneral satisfaction with how hair feels after use, described positively but without much specificity
general user baseA subset of reviewers reported the product feeling more drying than earlier purchases, suspected reformulation
repeat purchasers comparing to prior stockKids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner
Several reviewers specifically praise the tall, sturdy tube that stands upright and dispenses easily during kids' bath routines.
Parents of kids with fragrance sensitivities or sensitive skin repeatedly confirm the conditioner is genuinely scent-free and gentle enough for daily use.
A recurring complaint is that the formula does not moisturize thick, dry, or very curly hair enough and works better on finer or straighter textures.
Multiple reviewers say it detangles and softens curly or textured kids' hair well, leaving it manageable without heaviness.
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.
$0.87/oz vs $1.56/oz — American Crew Daily Moisturizing Conditioner costs about 1.8× more per ounce than Not Your Mother's Kids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner.
Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 689 conditioners with a computable unit price.
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.
Daily Moisturizing Conditioner · Kids Daily Care Moisturizing Fragrance-Free Tear-Free Conditioner · All conditioners 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.
- 7 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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