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Honest Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm vs Honest Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive

13 of 13 functions match Formula overlap 98%. Honest Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm and Honest Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive share 4 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.

  • Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm — fragrance-free
  • Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive — fragrance-free

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
Honest Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm — brand photograph Honest

Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm

  • Shampoo
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Honest Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive — brand photograph Honest

Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive

  • Shampoo
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$11.99 10 oz · $1.20/oz
$11.47 10 oz · $1.15/oz
Value / price positioning
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 59% of the 805 shampoos we’ve priced
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 61% of the 805 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 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
Cleansing strength Same
Moderate Removes oil and product; leaves some conditioning behind. Your hair
Moderate Removes oil and product; leaves some conditioning behind. 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
Light Water-first and light: unlikely to flatten fine hair. Your hair
Fragrance
None listed No fragrance is listed. Your hair
None listed No fragrance is listed. 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 Same
None Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove. Your hair
None Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove. Your hair
Clarifying wash needed
Low Your hair
Low Your hair
Expected lather Same
Moderate An ordinary shampoo lather. Your hair
Moderate An ordinary shampoo lather. 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
  • Fragrance-freeno fragrance (parfum) on the label — scented
  • Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
  • Fragrance-freeno fragrance (parfum) on the label
  • Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
  • Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
  • Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
  • Picking it up locallywe have it recorded in one channel only
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
Where to buy
Brand website
Brand website
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • fragrance-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • fragrance-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · label states
Cruelty-free · label states

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

IngredientBaby Shampoo + Body Wash, CalmBaby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Cleanses
#2Leading
#3Leading
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Moisturizes
#3Leading
#2Leading
Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate
Cleanses
#4Supporting
#4Supporting
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleanses
#5Supporting
#5Supporting
Sodium Chloride
Stabilizes
#6Supporting
#6Supporting
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleanses
#7Supporting
#7Supporting
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Neutral
#8Supporting
#8Supporting

What only one of them carries

Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm

Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive

Nothing notable here that the others do not also carry.

Full ingredient list — Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm (28)
Full ingredient list — Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive (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.

VerdictsBaby Shampoo + Body Wash, CalmBaby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive
Supported
1
1
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
1
3
Potential conflict
0
0
cruelty-free
SupportedMatches our researched record.
SupportedMatches our researched record.
hypoallergenic
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.

Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm

No claims recorded for this product beyond the ones above.

Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive

  • dermatologist testedStated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.
  • EWG VerifiedStated 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.

Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm

several adults say they use it as their own full-body wash rather than only on children and find it leaves skin noticeably soft

adult self-users, including a self-described senior citizen

adult reviewers with sensitive skin and scalp describe the lavender wash as gentle enough for daily use without irritation

adults, including a pregnant reviewer and a reviewer with skin sensitivities, using it on themselves

one reviewer felt misled that the lavender labeled wash also carries a vanilla note, calling it a problem for household members who react to vanilla

fragrance-sensitive buyer surprised by an undisclosed vanilla note

a reviewer with shoulder length hair says the pump formula needs several presses to build a lather and calls it easier for babies with less hair

adult reviewer with shoulder-length hair

Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive

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.

$1.15/oz vs $1.20/oz — within about the same cost per ounce.

$0.00/oz median $1.47/oz $17.29/oz $1.20/oz Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, $1.15/oz Baby Shampoo + Body Wash,

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 805 shampoos with a computable unit price.

Value readBaby Shampoo + Body Wash, CalmBaby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive
Label
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for shampoos per ounce.
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for shampoos per ounce.

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.

Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Calm · Baby Shampoo + Body Wash, Sensitive · 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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