Side by side
Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Tonic vs Design Essentials Scalp Care Vitamin Drops
83% function match · 5 of the 6 functions we compared match Formula overlap 0%. Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Tonic and Design Essentials Scalp Care Vitamin Drops share no ingredient among each other's most prominent — which does not stop them doing the same job.
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 Tonic — short ingredient lists
- Scalp Care Vitamin Drops — coarse or dry hair
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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”.
- Short ingredient listsfifteen ingredients or fewer
- Tight budgetsit sits in the lower price tiers
- Coarse or dry hairthat absorbs everything you give it
- Short ingredient listsfifteen ingredients or fewer
- Tight budgetsit sits in the lower price tiers
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
- Picking it up locallywe have it recorded in one channel only
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 only one of them carries
Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Tonic
- Alcohol Denat.
- Hydroxypropyl Guar
- Camphor
- Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil
- Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Flower Oil
- Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil
- Eugenol
- Fd&C Yellow 5
Scalp Care Vitamin Drops
- Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
- Gossypium Herbaceum (Cotton) Oil
- Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil
- Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil
- DL-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)
- Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract
- Rosmarinus Ocinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract
- Retinyl Palmitate
- Fragrance
Full ingredient list — Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Tonic (10)
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1
Alcohol Denat.
- drying alcohol
- solvent
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2
Hydroxypropyl Guar
- gum
- thickener
- polymer
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3
Camphor
- fragrance
- active
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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4
Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
- 5 Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Flower Oil
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6
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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7
Eugenol
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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8
Fd&C Yellow 5
- colourant
- 9 FD&C Blue 1
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10
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
Full ingredient list — Scalp Care Vitamin Drops (10)
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1
Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
- oil
- emollient
- 2 Gossypium Herbaceum (Cotton) Oil
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3
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil
- oil
- emollient
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4
Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil
- oil
- emollient
- 5 DL-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)
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6
Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract
- botanical extract
- 7 Rosmarinus Ocinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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8
Retinyl Palmitate
- vitamin
- antioxidant
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9
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
- 10 Limonenel
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 Tonic
invigorates and calms the scalp
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
Scalp Care Vitamin Drops
Infused with Vitamins A, D3, and E, this innovative formula replenishes vital nutrients.
Stated by brandCheck the position, not the name.Dermatologist-tested and free of artificial fragrances, dyes, and mineral oil.
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 how gentle it is.
Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Tonic
Several customers report the product works well for protective styles like braids and twists, helping to maintain scalp health while hair is in protective styling
customers using product with protective hairstylesCustomers consistently praise the invigorating peppermint sensation and pleasant scent that makes the product feel refreshing and therapeutic to apply
customers describing sensory experience and application feelMultiple reviewers report significant relief from scalp itching and irritation, including those with conditions like scalp psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis
customers describing therapeutic scalp reliefSome customers report the product initially soothes but causes delayed itching or does not effectively treat severe scalp conditions like dandruff or psoriasis
customers noting limitations or delayed side effectsScalp Care Vitamin Drops
Reviewers describe the vitamin drops as a lightweight, non-greasy oil that produces a tingling sensation and relieves an itchy scalp.
Yotpo reviewers on the brand's own siteSeveral reviewers say regular use leaves their hair feeling more moisturized and their scalp healthier, and some describe switching to it as part of a routine.
Yotpo reviewers on the brand's own site, several describing multi-month usePrice 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.
$2.50/oz vs $5.25/oz — Design Essentials Scalp Care Vitamin Drops costs about 2.1× more per ounce than Design Essentials Peppermint & Aloe Soothing Scalp Tonic.
Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 154 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 Tonic · Scalp Care Vitamin Drops · 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.
- 11 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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