Side by side
Hask Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner vs SheaMoisture African Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing Conditioner
87% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 57%. Hask Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner and SheaMoisture African Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing Conditioner share 4 ingredients 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.
- Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner — protein-hungry hair
- African Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing 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”.
African Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing Conditioner
- Conditioner
- Drugstore
- Sulfate-free
- Silicone-free
- 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
- 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
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- silicone-free
- curly-method compatible
- sulfate-free
- silicone-free
- protein-free
- curly-method compatible
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
Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner
African Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing Conditioner
Full ingredient list — Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner (25)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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4
Isopropyl Palmitate
- light ester
- emollient
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5
Keratin Amino Acids
- protein
- amino acid
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6
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
- emollient
- light ester
- oil
- wax
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7
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
- butter
- emollient
- sealant
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8
Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
- oil
- emollient
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9
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
- oil
- emollient
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10
Glycerin
- humectant
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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11
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
- preservative
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12
Cetrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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13
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
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14
Polyquaternium-39
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
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15
Stearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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16
Caprylyl Glycol
- preservative
- humectant
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17
Triethyl Citrate
- pH adjuster
- preservative
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18
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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19
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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20
Chlorphenesin
- preservative
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21
Tocopherol
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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22
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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23
Potassium Hydroxide
- pH adjuster
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24
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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25
Hexyl Cinnamal
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
Full ingredient list — African Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing Conditioner (28)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Stearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
- butter
- emollient
- sealant
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4
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
- oil
- emollient
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5
Cetyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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6
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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7
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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8
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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9
Charcoal Powder
- absorbent
- powder
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10
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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11
Tocopherol
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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12
Polyquaternium-7
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
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13
Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil
- oil
- emollient
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14
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
- emollient
- light ester
- oil
- wax
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15
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
- humectant
- botanical extract
- gum
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16
Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract
- botanical extract
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17
Hydroxyethylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
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18
Glycerin
- humectant
- 19 Sodium Palm Kernelate/Sodium Shea Butterate/Sodium Cocoate
- 20 Mannitol
- 21 Theobroma Cacao Seed/Cocoa Pod Ash
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22
Cellulose
- thickener
- gum
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23
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
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24
Iron Oxides
- colourant
- mineral
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25
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- light ester
- emollient
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26
Triethyl Citrate
- pH adjuster
- preservative
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27
Caprylyl Glycol
- preservative
- humectant
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28
Benzoic Acid
- preservative
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.
Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner
Conditions and softens unruly strands while reducing frizz through keratin fortification
SupportedReinforces a damaged strand.
African Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing Conditioner
Softens and detangles hair
SupportedEasier detangling, less breakage.Supports scalp balance and moisture
SupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
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.
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 availableFormulated 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 textBrand 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 textAfrican Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing Conditioner
Scalp feels balanced and less itchy/flaky
Walmart Business exact 13 oz review corpus (251 reviews)Softens and improves manageability
Walmart Business exact 13 oz review corpus (251 reviews)Provides slip for detangling
Walmart Business exact 13 oz review corpus (251 reviews)Leaves hair shiny with a noticeable fragrance
Walmart Business exact 13 oz review corpus (251 reviews)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 $1.84/oz — SheaMoisture African Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing Conditioner costs about 3.5× more per ounce than Hask Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner.
Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 689 conditioners 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.
Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner · African Black Soap Bamboo Charcoal Balancing 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.
- 6 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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