Side by side
Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment vs Freewill Pre-Shampoo Detox Treatment
83% function match · 5 of the 6 functions we compared match Formula overlap 22%. Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment and Freewill Pre-Shampoo Detox Treatment share 1 ingredient 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.
- Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment — dry, thirsty hair
- Pre-Shampoo Detox Treatment — maximum slip
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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”.
Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment
- Scalp treatment
- Masstige
- Moisture-rich
Compared at different sizes — 5 oz against 1.69 oz. Per-ounce prices favour the larger bottle.
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Short ingredient listsfifteen ingredients or fewer
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Coarse or dry hairthat absorbs everything you give it
- Vegan and cruelty-freeour researched record has it as both
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Picking it up locallywe have it recorded in one channel only
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
More facts about each one
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
Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment
- White Petrolatum
- Paraffin Wax
- Paraffinum Liquidum
- Polyethylene
- Polysorbate 20
- Menthol
- Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Pre-Shampoo Detox Treatment
Full ingredient list — Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment (10)
- 1 White Petrolatum
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2
Isopropyl Myristate
- light ester
- emollient
- 3 Paraffin Wax
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4
Paraffinum Liquidum
- emollient
- sealant
- oil
- 5 Polyethylene
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6
Polysorbate 20
- solubilizer
- emulsifier
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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7
Menthol
- fragrance
- active
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8
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
- humectant
- botanical extract
- gum
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9
Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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10
Tocopheryl Acetate
- antioxidant
- vitamin
Full ingredient list — Pre-Shampoo Detox Treatment (13)
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1
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- light ester
- emollient
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2
Isopropyl Myristate
- light ester
- emollient
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3
Acetyl Ethylhexyl Polyhydroxystearate
- light ester
- emollient
- 4 Ethylhexyl Acetoxystearate
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5
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
- light ester
- emollient
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6
Laureth-4
- emulsifier
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7
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil
- oil
- emollient
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8
Hydroxypropylammonium Gluconate
- humectant
- conditioning agent
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9
Hydroxypropylgluconamide
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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10
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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11
Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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12
Salicylic Acid
- active
- exfoliant
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13
Water
- solvent
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.
Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment
This lightweight formula delivers long-lasting hydration while calming dryness and discomfort.
SupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.Perfect for daily use, it revitalizes the scalp and adds natural shine to curly and coily textures.
SupportedReflects light for visible shine.
Pre-Shampoo Detox Treatment
A lightweight & moisturizing pre-wash oil that dissolves dirt, oil, and styling products
SupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.Vegan & cruelty-free
SupportedMatches our researched record.No SLES/SLS, silicones, PEGs, phthalates, or parabens
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.
Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment
Effective for dry scalp discomfort and irritation relief with soothing properties
Customers with sensitive or dry scalpsExcellent for curly and coily hair types providing moisture and shine
Customers with textured hairLightweight hydrating formula with cooling peppermint sensation ideal for scalp nourishment
Customers with various hair types seeking scalp hydrationPre-Shampoo Detox Treatment
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.
$2.80/oz vs $7.10/oz — Freewill Pre-Shampoo Detox Treatment costs about 2.5× more per ounce than Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment.
Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 161 scalp 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.
Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Care Treatment · Pre-Shampoo Detox Treatment · 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.
- 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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