Side by side
Joico Moisture Recovery Conditioner vs Redken Blondage Color Depositing Purple Conditioner
68% function match · 6 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 48%. Joico Moisture Recovery Conditioner and Redken Blondage Color Depositing Purple 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.
- Moisture Recovery Conditioner — maximum slip
- Blondage Color Depositing Purple Conditioner — maximum slip
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”.
- 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
- A wide range of haira middle-of-the-range weight
- 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
- Fine hairthat flattens under most products
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
- Silicone-free routinesit does contain silicones — the water-soluble kind
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- sulfate-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
Moisture Recovery Conditioner
Blondage Color Depositing Purple Conditioner
- Maleic Acid
- Ethanolamine
- Behentrimonium Methosulfate
- Potassium Dimethicone Peg-7 Panthenyl Phosphate
- Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol
Full ingredient list — Moisture Recovery Conditioner (39)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Dimethicone
- silicone
- emollient
- conditioning agent
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4
Sorbitol
- humectant
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5
Propylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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6
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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7
Stearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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8
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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9
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
- oil
- emollient
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10
Rosa Canina Fruit Oil
- oil
- emollient
- antioxidant
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11
Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Keratin
- conditioning agent
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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12
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
- emollient
- light ester
- oil
- wax
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13
Chlorella Vulgaris Extract
- botanical extract
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14
Water
- solvent
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15
Hydrolyzed Algin
- gum
- thickener
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16
Arginine Hcl
- amino acid
- humectant
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17
Phosphatidylcholine
- emulsifier
- emollient
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18
Isopropyl Palmitate
- light ester
- emollient
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19
Cetyl Esters
- light ester
- emollient
- thickener
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20
Hydroxyethylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
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21
Cetrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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22
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- polymer
- gum
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23
Polyquaternium-37
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
- thickener
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24
Aminopropyl Dimethicone
- silicone
- conditioning agent
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25
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
- hard-water chelator
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26
Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate
- light ester
- emollient
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27
Peg-4 Laurate
- emulsifier
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28
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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29
Peg-90m
- emulsifier
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30
PPG-1 Trideceth-6
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
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31
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
- preservative
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32
Sodium Hydroxide
- pH adjuster
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33
Isopropyl Alcohol
- drying alcohol
- solvent
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34
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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35
Benzyl Benzoate
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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36
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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37
Ext. Violet 2 (CI 60730)
- colourant
- direct dye
- violet dye
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38
Blue 1 (CI 42090)
- colourant
- direct dye
- blue dye
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39
Yellow 5
- colourant
Full ingredient list — Blondage Color Depositing Purple Conditioner (31)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Propylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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4
Maleic Acid
- pH adjuster
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5
Ethanolamine
- pH adjuster
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6
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
- conditioning agent
- emulsifier
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7
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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8
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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9
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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10
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine
- conditioning agent
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11
Glycerin
- humectant
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12
Hydroxyethylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
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13
Quaternium-91
- conditioning agent
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14
Polyquaternium-37
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
- thickener
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15
Benzoic Acid
- preservative
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16
Paraffinum Liquidum/Mineral Oil/Huile Minerale
- emollient
- sealant
- oil
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17
Cetrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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18
Cetrimonium Methosulfate
- conditioning agent
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19
Sodium Cocoyl Amino Acids
- amino acid
- mild anionic cleanser
- humectant
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20
Potassium Dimethicone Peg-7 Panthenyl Phosphate
- emulsifier
- silicone
- water-soluble silicone
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21
PPG-1 Trideceth-6
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
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22
Sodium Sarcosinate
- cleanser
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23
Acrylates Copolymer
- film former
- polymer
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24
Arginine
- amino acid
- humectant
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25
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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26
Sorbitan Oleate
- emulsifier
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27
Ext. Violet 2 (CI 60730)
- colourant
- direct dye
- violet dye
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28
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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29
Sodium Chloride
- salt
- thickener
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30
Tetrasodium EDTA
- hard-water chelator
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31
Potassium Sorbate
- 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.
Moisture Recovery Conditioner
Award-winning moisture shampoo + conditioner
Stated by brandPopularity, not performance.Deeply hydrates hair and helps restore hydrolipidic barrier
SupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
Blondage Color Depositing Purple Conditioner
Color-depositing and protecting purple conditioner for blonde hair
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.Triple Acid Protein Complex strengthens; pure violet pigments remove unwanted brassiness
Partly supportedSupports the surface, not a treatment.
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.
Joico Moisture Recovery Conditioner draws complaints about tangling and dryness.
Moisture Recovery Conditioner
Reviewers with damaged/detangling-prone hair report less breakage and hair loss over long-term use, alongside a scent they like.
long-term users, several years of useReviewers describe hair left soft and moisturized without weigh-down, needing only a small amount per use.
travel/occasional-use reviewerReviewers with very thick or coily hair report it delivers the heavy moisture their hair type needs to prevent breakage.
thick/coily hairA minority of reviewers report the conditioner leaving hair feeling dry with no slip.
no reviewer-context specifiedOne reviewer reported significant hair loss after months of use and flagged specific ingredients as a possible scalp-irritation/follicle-clogging concern; this is a single, unverified anecdotal report, not a corroborated pattern.
long-term user (~16 months), reporting hair lossBlondage Color Depositing Purple Conditioner
Repeat-purchase loyalty among reviewers who rely on it to maintain toned color
regular colored-hair customersGenerally well liked and would be repurchased
general reviewersEffectively neutralizes brassiness and keeps blonde/gray-white hair bright
blonde and gray/white-hair reviewersWorks well as part of the matching Blondage shampoo+conditioner system
general reviewersSome reviewers report it leaves hair feeling less smooth/conditioned than expected for a purple conditioner
reviewers disappointed vs. other Redken productsPrice 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.
$2.87/oz vs $2.88/oz — within about the same cost per ounce.
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.
Moisture Recovery Conditioner · Blondage Color Depositing Purple 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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