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As I Am Hydration Elation Conditioner vs As I Am Onion Conditioner

88% function match · 7 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 53%. As I Am Hydration Elation Conditioner and As I Am Onion Conditioner share 4 ingredients among each other's most prominent.

Based on your consultation

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.

  • Hydration Elation Conditioner — protein-sensitive hair
  • Onion Conditioner — maximum slip

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
As I Am Hydration Elation Conditioner — 8 oz container As I Am

Hydration Elation Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
As I Am Onion Conditioner — 8 oz container As I Am

Onion Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$9.99 8 oz · $1.62/oz
$10.99 8 oz · $1.37/oz
Value / price positioning
Upper-mid price for a conditioner $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs more than 51% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 56% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Best for hair types
Curly–Coily A heavy formula: coarse, curlier strands carry it without flattening. Your hair
All types Nothing in the formula or the claims narrows this to one pattern. Your hair
Moisture level Same
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
Oils and butters Same
Moderate Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. Your hair
Moderate Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. 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 Differs
Rich Heavy butters and waxes in the first eight ingredients. 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
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Protein Differs
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
Minor Protein appears, low enough to be a supporting ingredient. 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
Moderate Your hair
Moderate 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
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
Conditioner
Conditioner
Line
—
Onion
Where to buy
Grocery / mass · Target · Beauty supply
Brand website · Target
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • curly-method compatible
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
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

IngredientHydration Elation ConditionerOnion Conditioner
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
Softens
#2Leading
#6Supporting
Betaine
Moisturizes
#3Leading
#5Supporting
Cetyl Alcohol
Softens
#6Supporting
#3Leading
Cetearyl Alcohol
Softens
#8Supporting
#2Leading
Fragrance
Fragrance
#19Below the 1% line
#23Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Hydration Elation Conditioner

Onion Conditioner

Full ingredient list — Hydration Elation Conditioner (29)
Full ingredient list — Onion Conditioner (39)

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.

VerdictsHydration Elation ConditionerOnion Conditioner
Supported
1
1
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
1
1
Potential conflict
0
0

Hydration Elation Conditioner

  • Deep-down hydrating and fortifying conditioning treatmentSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Eases combing by 60% and detangling by 75%Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.

Onion Conditioner

  • Strengthening and deeply moisturizing conditioner that helps promote healthy hair growthSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Strengthens Hair by 107%, Moisturizes by 29%Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.

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.

As I Am Onion Conditioner draws complaints about tangling and dryness.

Hydration Elation Conditioner

Target's own rating aggregate for this exact 8oz SKU is thin and skews negative (very small sample, ~4 ratings, product-level effectiveness scored around 3/5) despite the brand's strong clinical detangling claims -- individual review text was not fetchable, so this is directional only, not a settled consensus

Small-sample retailer rating aggregate (n~4) for this exact SKU, not individual reviewer text -- treat cautiously

Brand and product-page positioning emphasizes deep moisture and detangling ease for coily/curly (texture 4) hair via a leave-on, plastic-cap treatment step rather than a fast daily rinse-out -- distinct usage pattern from a lightweight conditioner

Sourced from brand/manufacturer product copy, not independently verified reviewer text

Independent reviewer text could not be fetched this session (Ulta 404, Sally Beauty product page 410, NaturallyCurly subdomain unresolved, CurlMart connection reset, MakeupAlley DNS failure) -- this product's review-theme coverage rests on the thin retailer rating aggregate and brand copy above, flagged for re-attempt in a future session

Session-level sourcing limitation, not a reviewer-derived theme

Onion Conditioner

Most reviewers describe the scent positively and note it is less noticeable once hair dries

general users

Several reviewers describe it as effective for between-deep-conditioning maintenance, moisturizing without heaviness

general users

Reviewers with coily/loc'd hair report the conditioner detangles easily and leaves hair notably softer

coily-hair and locs reviewers

Single available reviewer reported a hard-to-use pump dispenser, poor slip, and hair left dry and very tangled after a 10-minute application; reviewer returned the product.

Single Target reviewer, verified purchase, no hair-type context given

A fine-haired reviewer found the onion scent too heavy for their hair type and disliked the smell

fine-hair reviewer

One reviewer with fine hair wanted more slip from the formula even while liking the hydration and scent

fine-hair reviewer

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.

$1.37/oz vs $1.62/oz — As I Am Hydration Elation Conditioner costs about 1.2× more per ounce than As I Am Onion Conditioner.

$0.09/oz median $1.60/oz $56.25/oz $1.62/oz Hydration Elation Conditio $1.37/oz Onion Conditioner

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 689 conditioners with a computable unit price.

Value readHydration Elation ConditionerOnion Conditioner
Label
Upper-mid price for a conditionerSits in the middle of the range for conditioners per ounce.
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for conditioners 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.

Hydration Elation Conditioner vs Mango & Tulsi Nourishing ConditionerMielle Organics · 100% function matchOnion Conditioner vs Vivid Color Locking ConditionerRusk · 98% function matchHydration Elation Conditioner vs Baby Conditioner Raw SheaSheaMoisture · 95% function matchOnion Conditioner vs Vanilla Oat Milk Volumizing ConditionerPacifica · 97% function matchHydration Elation Conditioner vs Amplifying Conditioner - Curly HairAttitude · 95% function matchOnion Conditioner vs Creme de Coco Coconut ConditionerBumble and bumble · 97% function matchHydration Elation Conditioner vs One Condition DecadenceDevaCurl · 95% function matchOnion Conditioner vs Royal Treatment Curl Care ConditionerCHI · 95% function match

Hydration Elation Conditioner · Onion 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.
  • 10 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.

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