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IGK Hair MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner vs Kristin Ess Ultra Lightweight Softening Conditioner

90% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 42%. IGK Hair MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner and Kristin Ess Ultra Lightweight Softening Conditioner share 4 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.

  • MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner — protein-sensitive hair
  • Ultra Lightweight Softening 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”.

Trait
IGK Hair MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner — 8 oz container IGK Hair

MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Masstige
  • Sulfate-free
  • Protein-free
Kristin Ess Ultra Lightweight Softening Conditioner — 10 oz container Kristin Ess

Ultra Lightweight Softening Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Protein-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$32 8 oz · $4.00/oz
$11–12 10 oz · $1.20/oz
Value / price positioning
Same job for less elsewhere $$$$$ Masstige tier · costs more than 84% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 62% 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
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
Oils and butters Differs
High Butters near the top: a heavy, softening formula. Your hair
Moderate Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. 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 Differs
Rich Heavy butters and waxes in the first eight ingredients. Your hair
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse hair. Your hair
Fragrance
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Prominent Fragrance sits in the first eight ingredients — a larger share of the formula. 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
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
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cuticle-smoothing pHa pH adjuster brings it to the acidic range hair prefers
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a moderate scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
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
MORE LIFE
—
Where to buy
Brand website
Brand website · Ulta
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • protein-free
  • sulfate-free
  • protein-free
Cruelty-free
—
Cruelty-free · label states
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

IngredientMORE LIFE Color Extending ConditionerUltra Lightweight Softening Conditioner
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Cetearyl Alcohol
Softens
#2Leading
#2Leading
Behentrimonium Chloride
Detangles
#6Supporting
#4Supporting
Fragrance
Fragrance
#29Below the 1% line
#8Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner

Ultra Lightweight Softening Conditioner

Full ingredient list — MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner (33)
Full ingredient list — Ultra Lightweight Softening Conditioner (26)

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.

VerdictsMORE LIFE Color Extending ConditionerUltra Lightweight Softening Conditioner
Supported
1
1
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
1
0
Potential conflict
0
0

MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner

  • clinically proven to preserve color for 15 washes and provide 2X high-shineStated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.
  • Color-Locking Polymers and UV protection to maintain prismatic, brilliant colorSupportedA real filter is listed.

Ultra Lightweight Softening Conditioner

  • cruelty freeSupportedMatches our researched record.

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.

MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner

Valued for being cruelty-free/clean while still performing on color-treated hair

reviewers who specifically sought a cruelty-free color-care option

Scent frequently called out as a standout, pleasant feature

Conditions well and keeps hair feeling great alongside the color-extending claim

Some reviewers use it as a dual-purpose in-shower product beyond hair (e.g. body wash)

anecdotal, not the intended use

Ultra Lightweight Softening Conditioner

Many reviewers say the conditioner leaves hair soft and manageable without weighing it down.

Several reviewers report the opposite effect, saying it made their hair feel greasy, heavy, or weighed down.

Reviewers frequently mention a subtle coconut-toned scent that most found pleasant and not overpowering.

A recurring complaint is that the flimsy bottle becomes hard to squeeze product from as it empties.

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.

$1.20/oz vs $4.00/oz — IGK Hair MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner costs about 3.3× more per ounce than Kristin Ess Ultra Lightweight Softening Conditioner.

$0.09/oz median $1.60/oz $56.25/oz $4.00/oz MORE LIFE Color Extending $1.20/oz Ultra Lightweight Softenin

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

Value readMORE LIFE Color Extending ConditionerUltra Lightweight Softening Conditioner
Label
Same job for less elsewhereYou are paying above the range for a formula close to several lower-priced options.
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for conditioners 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.

MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner vs Legendary ConditionerIGK Hair · 90% function matchUltra Lightweight Softening Conditioner vs Extra Strength Coconut Miracle Oil ConditionerOGX · 98% function matchMORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner vs TELEVISION Perfect Hair ConditionerR+Co · 90% function matchUltra Lightweight Softening Conditioner vs Vault Color-Lock Conditioneramika · 98% function matchMORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner vs Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Hydrating ConditionerBumble and bumble · 90% function matchUltra Lightweight Softening Conditioner vs Renewing + Argan Oil of Morocco Hair Soften & Strengthen ConditionerOGX · 97% function matchMORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner vs Certified Natural Ingredients Mango & Shea Butter Ultra-Moisturizing ConditionerCreme of Nature · 90% function matchUltra Lightweight Softening Conditioner vs Clay & Charcoal Soften & Moisture Replenish ConditionerCreme of Nature · 96% function match

MORE LIFE Color Extending Conditioner · Ultra Lightweight Softening 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.
  • 11 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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