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Hask Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner vs Living Proof Curl Conditioner

86% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 21%. Hask Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner and Living Proof Curl Conditioner share 3 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.

  • Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner — protein-hungry hair
  • Curl Conditioner — 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
Hask Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner — container Hask

Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Value
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Living Proof Curl Conditioner — 2 oz container Living Proof

Curl Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Prestige
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$7.97 16 oz · $0.53/oz
$36 8 oz · $4.50/oz
Value / price positioning
Lower cost than most conditioners $$$$$ Value tier · costs less than 89% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Same job for less elsewhere $$$$$ Prestige tier · costs more than 88% of the 689 conditioners 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 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
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 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 Differs
Prominent Protein high in the list — a strengthening formula, not a moisture one. 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
High Your hair
High Your hair
Oils and butters Same
Rich Butters near the top: a heavy, softening formula. Your hair
Rich Butters near the top: a heavy, softening formula. Your hair
Hard-water defence Same
None No chelating agent in the list. Your hair
None No chelating agent in the list. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Complete for its job
out of 10
Complete for its job
Who should choose this
  • Protein-hungry hairthat stretches and stays stretched when wet
  • Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
  • Coarse or dry hairthat absorbs everything you give it
  • 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
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat goes stiff or straw-like on protein
  • Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
  • 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
Conditioner
Conditioner
Line
Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil
Curl
Where to buy
Grocery / mass · Dollar General
Brand website
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
Vegan
Not vegan · ingredient list
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Cruelty-free
—
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
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

IngredientSmooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil ConditionerCurl Conditioner
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Behentrimonium Chloride
Detangles
#3Leading
#8Supporting
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
Heavy
#7Supporting
#4Supporting
Fragrance
Fragrance
#24Below the 1% line
#29Below the 1% line
Hexyl Cinnamal
Fragrance
#25Below the 1% line
#36Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner

Curl Conditioner

Full ingredient list — Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner (25)
Full ingredient list — Curl Conditioner (38)

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.

VerdictsSmooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil ConditionerCurl Conditioner
Supported
1
1
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
0
2
Potential conflict
0
0

Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner

  • Conditions and softens unruly strands while reducing frizz through keratin fortificationSupportedReinforces a damaged strand.

Curl Conditioner

  • Makes curls 3x stronger in 1 useStated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.
  • Hydrates + improves curl definitionSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Provides 90% frizz control and helps detangle curlsStated 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.

Living Proof Curl Conditioner draws complaints about tangling and weight.

Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner

Companion Deep Conditioner Packet in the same product line rates strongly at Target (4.5 stars, 654 ratings), a directional positive signal for the line though not the exact rinse-out conditioner SKU

Rating aggregate for a companion line product, not this exact SKU -- no individual review text available

Formulated without sulfates, parabens, or silicones per brand labeling -- a differentiator versus many mass conditioners that rely on dimethicone for slip, using behentrimonium/cetrimonium chloride instead

Brand labeling claim, not independently verified reviewer text

Brand markets this as a daily-use companion conditioner to the Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Shampoo, positioned for strengthening and shine on unruly/frizzy hair; independent reviewer text could not be fetched this session (see task notes)

Sourced from brand product copy, not independently verified reviewer text

Curl Conditioner

Curl definition improves noticeably with regular use, letting some users skip additional styling products for a wash-and-go look

Reviewers with denser/coarser curl textures report insufficient slip for easy wet detangling

textured/coily curls

Product can leave a waxy or heavy residue that weighs curls down even at light usage amounts

Some users report flaky buildup on the scalp over repeated use, prompting discontinuation despite liking the curl-defining effect

Moisture experience is inconsistent across users -- some find it deeply hydrating and soft, others find it paradoxically drying

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.

$0.53/oz vs $4.50/oz — Living Proof Curl Conditioner costs about 8.5× more per ounce than Hask Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner.

$0.09/oz median $1.60/oz $56.25/oz $0.53/oz Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba $4.50/oz Curl Conditioner

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 689 conditioners with a computable unit price.

Value readSmooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil ConditionerCurl Conditioner
Label
Lower cost than most conditionersCosts less per ounce than most conditioners we have researched.
Same job for less elsewhereYou are paying above the range for a formula close to several lower-priced options.

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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Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner · Curl Conditioner · All conditioners 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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