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Davines This is an Invisible Serum vs Living Proof Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil

84% function match · 10 of the 12 functions we compared match Formula overlap 0%. Davines This is an Invisible Serum and Living Proof Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil 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.

  • This is an Invisible Serum — protein-sensitive hair
  • Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil — 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
Davines This is an Invisible Serum — 1.69 oz container Davines

This is an Invisible Serum

  • Finisher
  • Salon
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Living Proof Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil — 1.7 oz container Living Proof

Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil

  • Finisher
  • Salon
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$29–32 1.69 oz · $17.75/oz
about $36 1.7 oz · $21.18/oz
Value / price positioning
Priced above most serums $$$$$ Salon tier · costs more than 87% of the 79 serums we’ve priced
Priced above most hair oils $$$$$ Salon tier · costs more than 84% of the 175 hair oils 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
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
Shine system Differs
Moderate Light esters or a volatile carrier: shine with little residue. Your hair
High A silicone or oil blend does the shine work here. Your hair
Slip / detangling
Some Some slip, mostly from esters or silicones rather than conditioners. Your hair
Some Some slip, mostly from esters or silicones rather than conditioners. 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
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
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
Fast-drying alcohol Same
None No fast-drying alcohol in the list. Your hair
None No fast-drying alcohol in the list. Your hair
Humidity resistance
—
Claimed The brand claims humidity resistance; the ingredient list cannot confirm it. 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
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
  • Coarse or dry hairthat absorbs everything you give it
  • Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Coarse or dry hairthat absorbs everything you give it
  • Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
  • Dull-looking haira recognised shine system is present
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
Finisher
Finisheroil
Where to buy
Brand website · Grocery / mass
Living Proof · Ulta
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · brand states
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
Scented, not described
Hold
light
—
Finish
—
shine
Humidity claim
—
Yes
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

IngredientThis is an Invisible SerumLiving Proof frizz Vanishing Oil
Fragrance
Fragrance
#11Below the 1% line
#20Below the 1% line
Linalool
Fragrance
#17Below the 1% line
#24Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

This is an Invisible Serum

Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil

Full ingredient list — This is an Invisible Serum (19)
Full ingredient list — Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil (37)

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.

VerdictsThis is an Invisible SerumLiving Proof frizz Vanishing Oil
Supported
6
3
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
0
2
Potential conflict
0
0

This is an Invisible Serum

  • Anti frizzSupportedSmoother strands, less frizz.
  • Locks definitionSupportedHolds a clump together.
  • Light holdSupportedStructure that lasts the day.
  • Adds shine and lasting, flexible separation to hairSupportedNatural movement without stiffness.
  • Leave-in serum for soft texture and flexible controlSupportedNatural movement without stiffness.
  • Creates a casual, tousled, satiny and lived-in look with anti-frizz effectsSupportedSmoother strands, less frizz.

Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil

  • tames frizz flyaways and staticStated by brandMay help, but not a primary focus.
  • enhances shineSupportedReflects light for visible shine.
  • blocks humiditySupportedSmoother strands, less frizz.
  • lightweight hydrationSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • fast absorptionStated 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.

This is an Invisible Serum

No review themes researched for this product yet.

Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil

A customer uses it after air-drying or styling and says it gives a polished shine while smoothing frizz.

Living Proof customer review by Amy J.

A fine, thin-haired user says it controls frizz without the oily, flattening feel they have had from many anti-frizz products.

Living Proof customer review by Shannon C.

A humid-climate reviewer found it tamed frizz without making their fine hair lie flat, unlike similar oils they had tried.

Living Proof customer review by Wendi S.

One customer found it helpful for frizz but not transformative for their own hair.

Living Proof customer review by Jo W.

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.

$17.75/oz vs $21.18/oz — Living Proof Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil costs about 1.2× more per ounce than Davines This is an Invisible Serum.

This is an Invisible Serum

Against 79 serums with a computable unit price.

Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil

Against 175 hair oils with a computable unit price.

Value readThis is an Invisible SerumLiving Proof frizz Vanishing Oil
Label
Priced above most serumsCosts more per ounce than most serums; nothing in our library matches it closely for less.
Priced above most hair oilsCosts more per ounce than most hair oils; nothing in our library matches it closely for less.

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.

This is an Invisible Serum vs Curly Creme, Fragrance FreeSEEN · 82% function matchLiving Proof frizz Vanishing Oil vs Rice Water Hair Split End TherapyMielle Organics · 83% function matchThis is an Invisible Serum vs Bond-Building Repair Oil Serum Treatment for Hair RepairBumble and bumble · 79% function matchLiving Proof frizz Vanishing Oil vs No Frizz Vanishing Smooth Hair OilLiving Proof · 82% function matchThis is an Invisible Serum vs Bond-Building Repair Hair Oil SerumBumble and bumble · 76% function matchLiving Proof frizz Vanishing Oil vs Shining Star Hair and Scalp ElixirUncle Funky's Daughter · 82% function matchThis is an Invisible Serum vs Argan Oil from Morocco Smooth & Shine Blow Out CremeCreme of Nature · 74% function matchLiving Proof frizz Vanishing Oil vs Goddess Strength 7 Oil Blend Hair & Scalp OilCarol's Daughter · 76% function match

This is an Invisible Serum · Living Proof frizz Vanishing Oil · All serums 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.
  • 7 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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