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Dark and Lovely Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner vs Paul Mitchell Kids Taming Spray

88% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 39%. Dark and Lovely Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner and Paul Mitchell Kids Taming Spray share 3 ingredients among each other's most prominent.

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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.

  • Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner — protein-sensitive hair
  • Kids Taming Spray — protein-sensitive 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
Dark and Lovely

Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner

  • Leave-in
  • Sulfate-free
  • Protein-free
Paul Mitchell Kids Taming Spray — 8.5 oz container Paul Mitchell

Kids Taming Spray

  • Leave-in
  • Salon
  • Sulfate-free
  • Protein-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$29.99 8.5 oz · $3.53/oz
about $14 8.5 oz · $1.65/oz
Value / price positioning
Upper-mid price for a leave-in $$$$$ costs more than 61% of the 481 leave-ins we’ve priced
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Salon tier · costs less than 62% of the 481 leave-ins we’ve priced
Best for hair types
Wavy–Coily The brand’s own claims name curly or textured hair. 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
None No oils or butters in the list. Your hair
None No oils or butters in the list. Your hair
Slip / detangling Differs
Moderate Conditioning agents are present, lower in the list. Your hair
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. 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
Prominent Fragrance sits in the first eight ingredients — a larger share of the formula. Your hair
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Protein Same
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
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
Moderate Your hair
Moderate Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Covers the core
out of 10
Complete for its job
Who should choose this
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
  • Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together
  • Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
  • 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
  • Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
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
Leave-in
Leave-inspray
Where to buy
Walmart
Brand website
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • protein-free
  • sulfate-free
  • protein-free
Cruelty-free
—
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
Fresh & airy

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

IngredientAu Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In ConditionerKids Taming Spray
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Propylene Glycol
Moisturizes
#2Leading
#13Secondary
Glycerin
Moisturizes
#3Leading
#2Leading
Cetearyl Alcohol
Softens
#5Supporting
#15Below the 1% line
Phenoxyethanol
Stabilizes
#6Below the 1% line
#17Below the 1% line
Fragrance
Fragrance
#7Below the 1% line
#18Below the 1% line
Benzyl Salicylate
Fragrance
#15Below the 1% line
#20Below the 1% line
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
Detangles
#12Below the 1% line
#4Supporting

What only one of them carries

Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner

Kids Taming Spray

Full ingredient list — Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner (20)
Full ingredient list — Kids Taming Spray (30)

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.

VerdictsAu Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In ConditionerKids Taming Spray
Supported
2
1
Partly supported
0
1
Stated by brand
1
1
Potential conflict
0
0

Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner

  • Helps detangle and seal in moistureSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Leaves curls soft and touchableSupportedNatural movement without stiffness.
  • No petrolatum, mineral oil or parabensStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.

Kids Taming Spray

  • Revives morning hair, leaving it fresh and full of bodyPartly supportedNeutral on lift.
  • Works on damp or dry strands without pulling or tuggingStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Ouch-free detangling spray for kids' hair gently removes tangles and reduces flyaway-causing staticSupportedEasier detangling, less breakage.

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 slip. Paul Mitchell Kids Taming Spray draws complaints about the scent.

Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner

Lightweight moisture supports soft, defined curls

Reviewers with curly/coily hair

Mango scent is pleasant and lasting

Walmart reviewers

Melts into hair and improves softness/manageability

Twist-out and detangling reviewers

Availability is a problem; reviewers ask for the product to return

Walmart reviewers

Kids Taming Spray

effective detangling on curly/mixed-texture kids' hair

My daughter has mixed hair, and is a blonde. She has some tight curls that are tough to get thru. This stuff helps detangle and tame her hair!

makes combing time easier

Bought this for my 8 year old daughter. Makes combing time so much easier. Love it.

longtime users upset about scent change

My three daughters and I have been using this taming spray for years and always loved it. Now, every single one of us is upset about the different potent, powdery scent.

availability/stock difficulty

I used this product for the past 10 years on my daughter. It's impossible to find! Why? I could pick it up at salon!

effective but disliked new scent after reformulation

This product works well to get my child's tangles out. However, we are both not fond of the new smell!

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.

$1.65/oz vs $3.53/oz — Dark and Lovely Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner costs about 2.1× more per ounce than Paul Mitchell Kids Taming Spray.

$0.01/oz median $2.17/oz $76.00/oz $3.53/oz Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage $1.65/oz Kids Taming Spray

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 481 leave-ins with a computable unit price.

Value readAu Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In ConditionerKids Taming Spray
Label
Upper-mid price for a leave-inSits in the middle of the range for leave-ins per ounce.
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for leave-ins 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.

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Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Slick Slip Leave In Conditioner · Kids Taming Spray · All leave-ins 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.

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