Side by side
Carol's Daughter Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask vs Joico Defy Damage Protective Masque
95% function match · 9 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 15%. Carol's Daughter Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask and Joico Defy Damage Protective Masque 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.
- Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask — maximum slip
- Defy Damage Protective Masque — 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”.
Carol's Daughter
Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask
- Mask / treatment
- Masstige
- Sulfate-free
- Moisture-rich
Compared at different sizes — 12 oz against 1.7 oz. Per-ounce prices favour the larger bottle.
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Short shower windowsit works in ten minutes or less
- Vegan and cruelty-freeour researched record has it as both
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Short shower windowsit works in ten minutes or less
- Cuticle-smoothing pHa pH adjuster brings it to the acidic range hair prefers
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- sulfate-free
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
Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask
Full ingredient list — Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask (23)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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4
Glycerin
- humectant
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5
Butylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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6
Amodimethicone
- silicone
- conditioning agent
- film former
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7
Cetyl Esters
- light ester
- emollient
- thickener
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8
Isopropyl Alcohol
- drying alcohol
- solvent
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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9
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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10
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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11
Peg-90m
- emulsifier
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12
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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13
Trideceth-6
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
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14
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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15
Nigella Sativa Seed Oil
- oil
- emollient
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16
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil
- oil
- emollient
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17
Propylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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18
Chlorhexidine Digluconate
- preservative
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19
Geraniol
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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20
Cetrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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21
Linalool
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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22
Sorbitol
- humectant
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23
Ginger Extract
- botanical extract
Full ingredient list — Defy Damage Protective Masque (35)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Butylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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3
Dimethicone
- silicone
- emollient
- conditioning agent
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4
Sorbitol
- humectant
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5
Behenyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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6
Stearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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7
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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8
Cetyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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9
Glyceryl Oleate
- emulsifier
- emollient
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10
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
- oil
- emollient
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11
Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil
- oil
- emollient
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12
Avena Sativa (Oat) Peptide
- protein
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13
Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Keratin
- conditioning agent
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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14
Arginine Hcl
- amino acid
- humectant
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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15
Rosa Canina Fruit Oil
- oil
- emollient
- antioxidant
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16
Phosphatidylcholine
- emulsifier
- emollient
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17
Tocopherol
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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18
Aminopropyl Dimethicone
- silicone
- conditioning agent
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19
Isopropyl Alcohol
- drying alcohol
- solvent
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20
stearyl dihydroxypropyldimonium oligosaccharides
- light ester
- emollient
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21
Steartrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
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22
Octyldodecanol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
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23
Propylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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24
Arginine
- amino acid
- humectant
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25
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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26
Dipropylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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27
Peg-6 Methyl Ether Dimethicone
- emulsifier
- silicone
- water-soluble silicone
- 28 C10-40 Isoalkylamidopropylethyldimonium Ethosulfate
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29
Peg-90m
- emulsifier
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30
Glycerin
- humectant
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31
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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32
Sodium Hydroxide
- pH adjuster
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33
Citronellol
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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34
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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35
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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.
Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask
Deeply moisturizes and nourishes
SupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.Reduces breakage
Partly supportedSupports the surface, not a treatment.Vegan, no parabens, no petrolatum, no mineral oil, no artificial colors
SupportedPreserved without parabens.
Defy Damage Protective Masque
80% less breakage
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.5X stronger hair
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.rebuilds broken hair bonds
Partly supportedSupports the surface, not a treatment.over 90% color vibrancy retained after 10 shampoos
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.
Both praised for moisture and strength and repair. Carol's Daughter Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask draws complaints about residue or cast.
Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask
Helps reduce breakage and shedding with repeated use
Reviewers describing damaged/bleached hairImproves manageability and detangling slip
Reviewers with 3B–4C curlsSoftens and moisturizes dry or damaged hair
Reviewers with dry/curly hairCastor/ginger formula has a pleasant scent and rich feel
Retailer reviewersA minority reports sticky feel or little visible change
Negative retailer reviewersDefy Damage Protective Masque
Improves fullness and reduces breakage on fine, color-treated hair over time
Betty, verified Walmart product reviewSoftens and protects even very dry, damaged hair; recommended even to skeptics
Patricia, verified Walmart product reviewHair feels good for several washes after a single application
Donna, verified Walmart product reviewPrice 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.
$1.13/oz vs $2.71/oz — Joico Defy Damage Protective Masque costs about 2.4× more per ounce than Carol's Daughter Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask.
Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 341 masks and treatments 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.
Goddess Strength Cocoon Hydrating Hair Mask · Defy Damage Protective Masque · All masks and 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.
- 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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