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Herbal Essences Full + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free Shampoo vs Herbal Essences Herbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts

69% function match · 8 of the 13 functions we compared match Formula overlap 21%. Herbal Essences Full + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free Shampoo and Herbal Essences Herbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts share 2 ingredients among each other's most prominent.

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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.

  • Full + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free Shampoo — colour-treated hair
  • Herbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts — 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”.

Trait
Herbal Essences

Full + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free Shampoo

  • Shampoo
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$14.97 13.5 oz · $1.11/oz
$6.99 13.5 oz · $0.57/oz
Value / price positioning
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 62% of the 817 shampoos we’ve priced
Lower cost than most shampoos $$$$$ Value tier · costs less than 86% of the 817 shampoos we’ve priced
Best for hair types
All types Nothing in the formula or the claims narrows this to one pattern. Your hair
All types Nothing in the formula or the claims narrows this to one pattern. Your hair
Moisture level Differs
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
Cleansing strength Same
Strong Removes oil, buildup, and most residue — a reset wash. Your hair
Strong Removes oil, buildup, and most residue — a reset wash. Your hair
Slip / detangling Same
Moderate Conditioning agents are present, lower in the list. Your hair
Moderate Conditioning agents are present, lower in the list. Your hair
Weight on hair
Light Water-first and light: unlikely to flatten fine hair. Your hair
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse 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 Same
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
Silicone / wax buildup Differs
None Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove. Your hair
High Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them. Your hair
Clarifying wash needed
Low Your hair
Moderate Your hair
Expected lather Differs
Moderate An ordinary shampoo lather. Your hair
High Thick foam that spreads quickly through the hair. Your hair
Scalp active Same
None No over-the-counter scalp active. Your hair
None No over-the-counter scalp active. Your hair
Hard-water defence Same
Chelators present Chelators are present — they bind hard-water and pool minerals. Your hair
Chelators present Chelators are present — they bind hard-water and pool minerals. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Complete for its job
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
  • Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
  • Hard waterand swimmers dealing with mineral deposit
  • Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Sulfate-free routinesit uses a sulfate detergent
  • Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
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
Shampoo
Shampoo
Line
Classics Smooth Rose Hips & Jojoba
Where to buy
Grocery / mass · Brand website
Grocery / mass · Drugstore
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
Mint & herbal · Floral
How often
every wash

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

IngredientFull + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free ShampooHerbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleanses
#4Supporting
#3Leading
Fragrance
Fragrance
#6Below the 1% line
#11Below the 1% line
Sodium Benzoate
Stabilizes
#11Below the 1% line
#15Below the 1% line
Sodium Salicylate
Stabilizes
#13Below the 1% line
#16Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Full ingredient list — Full + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free Shampoo (16)
Full ingredient list — Herbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts (21)

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.

VerdictsFull + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free ShampooHerbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts
Supported
1
1
Partly supported
0
1
Stated by brand
1
1
Potential conflict
0
0

Full + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free Shampoo

  • Instantly boosts flat hair for up to 72 hours of visibly full-looking hairStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Free from sulfates, parabens, dyes, phthalatesSupportedGentler on colour and coils.

Herbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts

  • Cleanses and conditions to smooth hair for a shiny, smooth end lookPartly supportedSome smoothing, in dry air.
  • Certified PETA cruelty-free, silicone-free, mineral-oil-freeSupportedNothing that needs a strong wash.
  • Dermatologist-tested, color-safe, pH-balancedStated 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.

Full + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free Shampoo

The Passion Flower & Grapefruit scent is repeatedly praised as pleasantly tropical and fruity without being overpowering.

Reviewers say it adds noticeable volume and fullness and several report less breakage or hair fallout during brushing since switching to it.

Several reviewers note the lather is thick and takes extra rinsing to remove, and a minority found it left hair feeling gooey and had to dilute it with water.

Reviewers with dry hair or dry scalp say the sulfate-free formula doesn't strip moisture, though a couple caution it may add too much oil for a naturally oily scalp.

Herbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts

Reviewers report the shampoo leaves hair smooth, conditioned, and with pleasant fragrance.

Reviewers report satisfactory results across fine, straight, and colored hair textures.

fine, straight, colored hair

Some reviewers are confused that a Sodium Laureth/Lauryl Sulfate-containing product surfaces under sulfate-free filters, questioning label/marketing accuracy.

Reviewers with color-treated hair ask whether the sulfate content compromises color despite the color-safe claim.

color-treated hair

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.

$0.57/oz vs $1.11/oz — Herbal Essences Full + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free Shampoo costs about 1.9× more per ounce than Herbal Essences Herbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts.

$0.00/oz median $1.48/oz $17.29/oz $1.11/oz Full + Thick Passionflower $0.57/oz Herbal Essences Smooth Sha

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 817 shampoos with a computable unit price.

Value readFull + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free ShampooHerbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts
Label
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for shampoos per ounce.
Lower cost than most shampoosCosts less per ounce than most shampoos we have researched.

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.

Full + Thick Passionflower Sulfate Free Shampoo · Herbal Essences Smooth Shampoo with Rose Hips & Jojoba Extracts · All shampoos 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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