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CHI Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque vs Palmer's Bond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo

85% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 0%. CHI Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque and Palmer's Bond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo share no ingredient among each other's most prominent — which does not stop them doing the same job.

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.

  • Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque — fragrance-free
  • Bond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo — 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
CHI Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque — 8 oz container CHI

Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque

  • Mask / treatment
  • Salon
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Palmer's Bond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo — brand photograph Palmer's

Bond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo

  • Mask / treatment
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$42–45 8 oz · $5.50/oz
$8.99 5.1 oz
Value / price positioning
Upper-mid price for a treatment $$$$$ Salon tier · costs more than 73% of the 347 masks and treatments we’ve priced
Not enough priced masks and treatments to place it Drugstore tier
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
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
Time on the hair
Moderate Long enough that it is a planned step, not a shower add-on. Your hair
Slip / detangling Same
Little Nothing here is built to reduce combing force. Your hair
Little Nothing here is built to reduce combing force. Your hair
Weight on hair Same
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse hair. Your hair
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse hair. Your hair
Fragrance
None listed No fragrance is listed. Your hair
None listed No fragrance is listed. Your hair
Protein Same
Prominent Protein high in the list — a strengthening formula, not a moisture one. Your hair
Prominent Protein high in the list — a strengthening formula, not a moisture one. 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
Oils and butters Differs
Rich Butters near the top: a heavy, softening formula. Your hair
Moderate Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Covers the core
out of 10
Covers the core
Who should choose this
  • Fragrance-freeno fragrance (parfum) on the label
  • Unscentedfree of strong smells
  • Protein-hungry hairthat stretches and stays stretched when wet
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
  • Fragrance-freeno fragrance (parfum) on the label
  • Unscentedfree of strong smells
  • Protein-hungry hairthat stretches and stays stretched when wet
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
Why you might skip it
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat goes stiff or straw-like on protein
  • Hair that tangles wetnothing here reduces combing force
  • Very dry hairno humectant appears in the list
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat goes stiff or straw-like on protein
  • Hair that tangles wetnothing here reduces combing force
  • 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
Mask / treatment
Mask / treatment
Where to buy
Brand website · Target
Brand website
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • fragrance-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • fragrance-free
  • curly-method compatible
Vegan
Not vegan · ingredient list
Scent
Unscented
Unscented
Use stage
Before shampoo
Start on
damp hair
Label wait
at least 10 minutes (longer allowed)
Needs
a shampoo
Time on hair
5–15 min
How often
weekly
Treatment focus
bond repair
bond repair

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 only one of them carries

Full ingredient list — Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque (9)
Full ingredient list — Bond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo (4)

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.

VerdictsRoyal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment MasqueBond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo
Supported
5
3
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
0
1
Potential conflict
0
0

Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque

  • Uses natural bonders to strengthen hair and revert chemical/mechanical damageSupportedReinforces a damaged strand.
  • Nourishes hairSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Seals strands with intense moisture and conditioning propertiesSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Increases shine and smoothnessSupportedReflects light for visible shine.
  • Safe for color-treated hairSupportedLess fade per wash.

Bond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo

  • Ultra reparativeStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Bond-building formulaSupportedReinforces a damaged strand.
  • Sulfate-freeSupportedGentler on colour and coils.
  • Minimizes tangling and breakageSupportedReinforces a damaged strand.

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.

Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque

Reviewers report stronger, more elastic hair and less breakage

Kosmetolog reviewer with weak hair

Exact-product reviewers report softer, more manageable hair after the masque

EVA/Kosmetolog reviewers of 8 oz CHI masque

Shine and healthier-looking hair are recurring outcomes

EVA/Kosmetolog reviewers

Bond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo

No review themes researched for this product yet.

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.

Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque

Against 347 masks and treatments with a computable unit price.

Value readRoyal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment MasqueBond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo
Label
Upper-mid price for a treatmentSits in the middle of the range for masks and treatments per ounce.
Not enough priced masks and treatments to place itWe need more comparable products before we can place this.

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.

Royal Treatment Bond and Repair Treatment Masque · Bond Repair Complex Pre-Shampoo · 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.
  • 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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