Side by side
Head & Shoulders Supreme Nourish & Smooth Hair & Scalp Conditioner vs Herbal Essences Purifying Tea Tree Conditioner
99% function match · 7 of the 7 functions we compared match Formula overlap 43%. Head & Shoulders Supreme Nourish & Smooth Hair & Scalp Conditioner and Herbal Essences Purifying Tea Tree Conditioner share 2 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.
- Supreme Nourish & Smooth Hair & Scalp Conditioner — maximum slip
- Purifying Tea Tree Conditioner — protein-sensitive 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”.
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Short ingredient listsfifteen ingredients or fewer
- Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
- Cuticle-smoothing pHa pH adjuster brings it to the acidic range hair prefers
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Very dry hairno humectant appears in the list
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- protein-free
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
Supreme Nourish & Smooth Hair & Scalp Conditioner
Purifying Tea Tree Conditioner
Full ingredient list — Supreme Nourish & Smooth Hair & Scalp Conditioner (13)
- 1 Pyrithione Zinc (0.5%)
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2
Water
- solvent
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3
Stearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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4
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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5
Cetyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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6
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
- emollient
- light ester
- oil
- wax
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7
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil
- oil
- emollient
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8
Dimethicone
- silicone
- emollient
- conditioning agent
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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9
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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10
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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11
Benzyl Alcohol
- preservative
- solvent
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12
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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13
Methylisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
Full ingredient list — Purifying Tea Tree Conditioner (18)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Stearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Cetyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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4
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine
- conditioning agent
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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5
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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6
Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Flower/Leaf/Stem Oil
- emollient
- essential oil
- oil
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7
Mentha Arvensis Leaf/Stem Oil
- oil
- emollient
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8
Menthol
- fragrance
- active
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9
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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10
Bisaminopropyl Dimethicone
- silicone
- conditioning agent
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11
Benzyl Alcohol
- preservative
- solvent
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12
Dicetyldimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
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13
Glutamic Acid
- amino acid
- pH adjuster
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14
Peg-2m
- emulsifier
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15
Disodium EDTA
- hard-water chelator
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16
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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17
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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18
Methylisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- 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.
Supreme Nourish & Smooth Hair & Scalp Conditioner
sulfate free
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.with jojoba oil and naturally derived argan oil
Stated by brandA brand’s own definition.
Purifying Tea Tree Conditioner
Detangles and protects hair from damage leaving your hair soft with volume
Partly supportedNeutral on lift.Mineral oil-free
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.Safe for color-treated hair
SupportedLess fade per wash.Controls frizz
SupportedSmoother strands, less frizz.Certified cruelty-free by PETA and dermatologist-tested
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.
Supreme Nourish & Smooth Hair & Scalp Conditioner
A small number of reviewers report a serious adverse reaction — one describes significant hair shedding they trace to the ingredient list's methylchloroisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone preservative and warns people who have reacted to that preservative in other brands to avoid it.
A number of reviewers received the product as a free PINCHme or Influenster sample and report using it paired with the matching shampoo as a routine for dandruff and dry-scalp relief.
Many reviewers say the conditioner leaves hair noticeably smoother and softer, often naming frizz control and easier detangling or brushing as the specific benefit.
Reviewers repeatedly describe the fragrance as pleasant and noticeable rather than medicinal, several noting it lingers on hair for a day or more after washing.
A recurring complaint is that the conditioner feels slick or weighs hair down, with some reviewers saying it left their scalp or roots oily the day after use, especially those with fine or already-oily hair.
Purifying Tea Tree Conditioner
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.
$0.44/oz vs $1.38/oz — Head & Shoulders Supreme Nourish & Smooth Hair & Scalp Conditioner costs about 3.1× more per ounce than Herbal Essences Purifying Tea Tree 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.
Supreme Nourish & Smooth Hair & Scalp Conditioner · Purifying Tea Tree 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.
- 10 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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