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EVO Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner vs Oway Curly Hair Co-Wash

78% function match · 5 of the 8 functions we compared match Formula overlap 35%. EVO Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner and Oway Curly Hair Co-Wash share 2 ingredients among each other's most prominent.

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.

  • Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner — colour-treated hair
  • Curly Hair Co-Wash — maximum slip

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
EVO

Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner

  • Co-wash
  • Salon
  • Sulfate-free
  • Protein-free
Oway Curly Hair Co-Wash — container Oway

Curly Hair Co-Wash

  • Co-wash
  • Prestige
Price, size & price per ounce
$38 10.1 oz · $3.76/oz
$60 8.1 oz · $7.41/oz
Value / price positioning
Priced above most co-washes $$$$$ Salon tier · costs more than 87% of the 95 co-washes we’ve priced
Priced above most co-washes $$$$$ Prestige tier · costs more than 99% of the 95 co-washes we’ve priced
Best for hair types
Wavy–Coily Co-washes, curl creams, and gels are built around wave and curl. Your hair
Wavy–Coily Co-washes, curl creams, and gels are built around wave and curl. Your hair
Moisture level Same
Low Humectants appear, but low enough to be a minor part. Your hair
None found No humectants found — nothing here pulls water into the hair. Your hair
Cleansing strength
Gentle Removes light dirt and oil without stripping. Your hair
—
Slip / detangling Same
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
Weight on hair
Light Water-first and light: unlikely to flatten fine 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
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
—
Silicone / wax buildup Differs
High Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them. Your hair
None Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove. Your hair
Clarifying wash needed
High Your hair
Low Your hair
Expected lather
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Low A thin, quick-collapsing lather. Your hair
Oils and butters Differs
Present, lower down Oils are present, but low enough to be a finishing touch. Your hair
None No oils or butters in the list. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Covers the core
out of 10
Complete for its job
Who should choose this
  • Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Frequent washerswho want gentler cleansing
  • Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
  • Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
  • Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together
  • Low-lather washesthis works as a cream rather than a foam
  • Matte, textured stylesabsorbent powders do the mattifying
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
  • A squeaky-clean feelthis deliberately leaves conditioning behind
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
  • Foam-heavy washesit barely lathers
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
Co-washcream
Co-washlotion
Where to buy
Brand website · Salons · Amazon
Brand website · Salons
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
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Vegan
—
Vegan
Cruelty-free
—
Cruelty-free
Scent
Scented, not described

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

IngredientHeads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing ConditionerCurly Hair Co-Wash
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Cetearyl Alcohol
Softens
#3Leading
#5Supporting
Behentrimonium Chloride
Detangles
#5Supporting
#2Leading
Fragrance
Fragrance
#8Below the 1% line
#13Below the 1% line
Isopropyl Alcohol
Drying
#11Below the 1% line
#21Below the 1% line
Linalool
Fragrance
#16Below the 1% line
#23Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner

Curly Hair Co-Wash

Full ingredient list — Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner (24)
Full ingredient list — Curly Hair Co-Wash (26)

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.

VerdictsHeads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing ConditionerCurly Hair Co-Wash
Supported
1
1
Partly supported
1
0
Stated by brand
4
4
Potential conflict
1
0

Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner

  • A low-foam cleansing conditioner that gently washes and conditions in one stepStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • remove build-up, moisturise and improve curl manageabilityPotential conflictToo gentle for real build-up.
  • for medium to coarse curly, coily and tight texturesStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • sulfate-free cleansers gently cleanse the scalp and hair to remove product build-up, dirt and excess oilSupportedGentler on colour and coils.
  • deeply moisturises and conditions without weighing curls downPartly supportedSome hydration, at a low level.
  • veganStated by brandWorth checking on the label.
  • peta accredited cruelty-freeStated by brandWorth checking on the label.

Curly Hair Co-Wash

  • One-Step Cleansing: Purifies and conditions without stripping moisture or disrupting curlsStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Curl Definition: Tapioca starch and rice extract enhance shape and holdSupportedHolds a clump together.
  • Elasticity Boost: St. John's wort and fennel support flexible, bouncy movementStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Cleansing milk with conditioning action for medium/intense curly hairStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Silicone-free, sulfate-free, paraben-free, phthalate-free, mineral oil-freeStated 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.

Oway Curly Hair Co-Wash draws complaints about how it cleanses and the price.

Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner

The smell is the first thing reviewers name, and they tie it to the product feeling like a premium salon item rather than a drugstore co-wash

Love Your Hair (US salon retailer) reviewers

Reviewers say it defines curls and calms frizz while still leaving the hair feeling actually washed, and rate it above other co-washes they have worked through

Love Your Hair reviewers with curly hair

One reviewer flags the price as very expensive, treating it as the expected cost of a higher-end product rather than a reason not to rebuy

Love Your Hair reviewer comparing co-washes on price

Curly Hair Co-Wash

The reviewers who like it have coarse, thick, long-dyed curly hair and describe the same contrast: it cleans without stripping and leaves curls soft, manageable and more defined, where other curl washes and conditioners left their hair greasy and weighed down

two of the three verified brand-site reviewers, one using it solo and after an Oway hair bath

The dissenting reviewer says it behaved like a shampoo rather than a conditioning wash — it lathered, and she still needed a leave-in afterwards, which she found disappointing given the price

the 3-star verified brand-site reviewer; the product sells for $60

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.

$3.76/oz vs $7.41/oz — Oway Curly Hair Co-Wash costs about 2× more per ounce than EVO Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner.

$0.37/oz median $2.00/oz $8.63/oz $3.76/oz Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cl $7.41/oz Curly Hair Co-Wash

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 95 co-washes with a computable unit price.

Value readHeads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing ConditionerCurly Hair Co-Wash
Label
Priced above most co-washesCosts more per ounce than most co-washes; nothing in our library matches it closely for less.
Priced above most co-washesCosts more per ounce than most co-washes; 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.

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Heads Will Roll Co-Wash Cleansing Conditioner · Curly Hair Co-Wash · All co-washes 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.
  • 9 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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