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Camille Rose The Gro Grease vs Design Essentials Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter

79% function match · 5 of the 7 functions we compared match Formula overlap 22%. Camille Rose The Gro Grease and Design Essentials Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter 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.

  • The Gro Grease — protein-sensitive hair
  • Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter — dry, thirsty hair

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
Camille Rose The Gro Grease — 4.6 oz container Camille Rose

The Gro Grease

  • Scalp treatment
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Design Essentials

Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter

  • Scalp treatment
  • Masstige
  • Moisture-rich
Price, size & price per ounce
$10 4.6 oz · $2.23/oz
$12.99 5 oz · $2.60/oz
Value / price positioning
Lower cost than most scalp treatments $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 91% of the 161 scalp treatments we’ve priced
Lower cost than most scalp treatments $$$$$ Masstige tier · costs less than 83% of the 161 scalp treatments we’ve priced
Best for hair types
Curly–Coily A heavy formula: coarse, curlier strands carry it without flattening. Your hair
Curly–Coily A heavy formula: coarse, curlier strands carry it without flattening. Your hair
Moisture level Differs
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
Slip / detangling Differs
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
Little Nothing here is built to reduce combing force. Your hair
Weight on hair Same
Rich Heavy butters and waxes in the first eight ingredients. Your hair
Rich Heavy butters and waxes in the first eight ingredients. Your hair
Fragrance
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
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Protein
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
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Silicone / wax buildup Same
High Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them. Your hair
High Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them. Your hair
Clarifying wash needed
High Your hair
Moderate Your hair
Oils and butters Same
Present, high in the list Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. Your hair
Present, high in the list Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. Your hair
Hard-water defence
None No chelating agent in the list. Your hair
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Formula completeness
out of 10
Complete for its job
out of 10
A simple formula
Who should choose this
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
  • Coarse or dry hairthat absorbs everything you give it
  • Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
  • Coarse or dry hairthat absorbs everything you give it
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
  • Stretching wash dayswaxes stay until a detergent wash removes them
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
  • Stretching wash dayswaxes stay until a detergent wash removes them
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
Scalp treatment
Scalp treatmentbutter
Where to buy
Brand website
Brand website
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
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Vegan
—
Not vegan · ingredient list
Cruelty-free
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Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
How often
—
as needed

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

IngredientThe Gro GreaseScalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil
Softens
#5Supporting
#4Supporting
Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil
Softens
#7Supporting
#16Below the 1% line
Beeswax
Buildup
#16Secondary
#5Supporting
Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
Softens
#11Secondary
#1Leading
Caprylyl Glycol
Moisturizes
#19Below the 1% line
#8Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

The Gro Grease

Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter

Full ingredient list — The Gro Grease (20)
Full ingredient list — Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter (16)

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.

VerdictsThe Gro GreaseScalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter
Supported
0
0
Partly supported
0
1
Stated by brand
0
2
Potential conflict
0
0

The Gro Grease

No claims recorded for this product beyond the ones above.

Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter

  • Soothes itch, eases tightness, and rejuvenates without weighing hair down.Partly supportedIndirect help, not a filter.
  • No artificial fragrances, dyes, or mineral oil.Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • The creamy formula melts on contact—no flakes, no grease, just clean, comfortable roots.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.

Both praised for moisture and how gentle it is. Camille Rose The Gro Grease draws complaints about the scent and irritation.

The Gro Grease

a parent uses it on coily and curly hair to smooth edges before braiding and says it helps braided styles hold and last longer

parent braiding 3c/4a/4b textured hair and a reviewer with 3c hair styling buns

a reviewer recovering from chemotherapy with an exposed dry and itchy scalp says the product soothes her scalp and feels good even before any regrowth is visible

post-chemotherapy reviewer with scalp visible through thinning hair

a reviewer used the sulfur based formula daily then once a day for about two months and says a bald patch from a botched loc takedown grew back in fully

reviewer regrowing edges after a locs removal mishap

one reviewer felt the scalp tingle that suggested the product was working but says the subtle sulfur smell gave her a migraine after one use

reviewer sensitive to the sulfur scent

reviewers describe the grease as thick and waxy and warn that using more than a small amount makes hair look weighed down or dirty faster

an adult in her 40s who found it too heavy, and another reviewer managing daily buildup

Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter

Soothing cooling sensation with tingling feel that helps calm itchy scalp

Reviewers with dry, itchy scalps and those wearing protective styles

Pleasant peppermint scent that provides fresh feeling without being overpowering

Customers noting the product's aromatherapy benefits

Effective for scalp tension relief and itch management, recommended by salon professionals

Professional stylists using on clients and clients experiencing scalp tension

Light, non-greasy formula that doesn't weigh down hair despite rich butter consistency

Salon professionals and customers with various hair types

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.

$2.23/oz vs $2.60/oz — Design Essentials Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter costs about 1.2× more per ounce than Camille Rose The Gro Grease.

$1.25/oz median $7.25/oz $708.33/oz $2.23/oz The Gro Grease $2.60/oz Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Ten

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 161 scalp treatments with a computable unit price.

Value readThe Gro GreaseScalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter
Label
Lower cost than most scalp treatmentsCosts less per ounce than most scalp treatments we have researched.
Lower cost than most scalp treatmentsCosts less per ounce than most scalp treatments we have researched.

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.

The Gro Grease vs Revitalizing Scalp MaskOmorovicza · 85% function matchScalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter vs Hair & Scalp Recovery OilAAVRANI · 86% function matchThe Gro Grease vs Founder's Blend Scalp & Hair TreatmentRahua · 83% function matchScalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter vs Save Our Scalp: Peptide + Clove Density Treatment SprayKreyòl Essence · 86% function matchThe Gro Grease vs Pomad Kreyol Natural Scalp Balm Growth TreatmentKreyòl Essence · 83% function matchScalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter vs Rosemary Mint Pomade-to-Oil Scalp & Hair QuencherMielle Organics · 79% function matchThe Gro Grease vs Willow Glen Pre-Wash Treatment OilRŌZ · 80% function matchScalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter vs Ditch The Itch Anti-Itch SerumTaliah Waajid · 79% function match

The Gro Grease · Scalp Care Anti-Itch & Tension Relief Scalp Butter · All scalp treatments 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.
  • 14 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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