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Jupiter Restoring Serum vs Vegamour GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum

92% function match · 5 of the 6 functions we compared match Formula overlap 20%. Jupiter Restoring Serum and Vegamour GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum share 3 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.

  • Restoring Serum — dry, thirsty hair
  • GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum — dry, thirsty hair

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
Jupiter Restoring Serum — 2.1 oz container Jupiter

Restoring Serum

  • Scalp treatment
  • Salon
  • Moisture-rich
Vegamour GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum — brand photograph Vegamour

GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum

  • Scalp treatment
  • Salon
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$19.99 2.1 oz · $9.52/oz
$42
Value / price positioning
Upper-mid price for a scalp treatment $$$$$ Salon tier · costs more than 56% of the 154 scalp treatments we’ve priced
Not enough priced scalp treatments to place it Salon tier
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
Slip / detangling Differs
Moderate Conditioning agents are present, lower in the list. Your hair
Some Some slip, mostly from esters or silicones rather than conditioners. 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
Moderate Your hair
Weight on 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
Protein
—
Minor Protein appears, low enough to be a supporting ingredient. Your hair
Oils and butters Same
Present, high in the list Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. Your hair
Present, high in the list Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. Your hair
Hard-water defence
—
Chelators present Chelators are present — they bind hard-water and pool minerals. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Covers the core
out of 10
Covers the core
Who should choose this
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
  • Vegan and cruelty-freeour researched record has it as both
  • Easy to findsold through several channels
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
  • Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
  • Vegan and cruelty-freeour researched record has it as both
  • A wide range of haira middle-of-the-range weight
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
  • Tight budgetsit sits in the upper price tiers
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
  • Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
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
Scalp treatmentserum
Scalp treatmentserum
Where to buy
Brand website · Grocery / mass · Specialty beauty
Brand website
Free of
—
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • curly-method compatible
Vegan
Vegan · brand states
Vegan · label states
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · brand states
Cruelty-free · label states
Scent
—
Scented, not described
How often
as needed
weekly

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

IngredientRestoring SerumGRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum
Water
Neutral
#2Leading
#1Leading
Propanediol
Moisturizes
#4Supporting
#2Leading
Glycerin
Moisturizes
#5Supporting
#4Supporting

What only one of them carries

Restoring Serum

GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum

Full ingredient list — Restoring Serum (33)
Full ingredient list — GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum (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.

VerdictsRestoring SerumGRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum
Supported
0
2
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
3
3
Potential conflict
0
1

Restoring Serum

  • Targets flaking and itchStated by brandSoothing, not an active treatment.
  • Soothes tight and dry scalp feelingStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Leave-on dandruff care between washesStated by brandSoothing, not an active treatment.

GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum

  • VeganSupportedMatches our researched record.
  • Cruelty-freeSupportedMatches our researched record.
  • Consciously formulatedStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Gently removes buildup, excess oil and impuritiesPotential conflictToo gentle for real build-up.
  • Targets visible flakes from drynessStated by brandSoothing, not an active treatment.
  • Promotes a balanced, healthy scalp environmentStated 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.

Both praised for a clean rinse-out. Jupiter Restoring Serum draws complaints about residue or cast and irritation.

Restoring Serum

Many reviewers report a reduction in visible flaking and dandruff symptoms, some describing results as quick as the first use.

Ulta reviewers of the Restoring Serum, some using it alongside Jupiter's shampoo and conditioner

A recurring complaint is that reviewers see no noticeable improvement in flaking or itching even after two to four weeks of consistent use.

Ulta reviewers who used the serum for two weeks to a month

A smaller group of reviewers reports the opposite reaction -- increased scalp itching after starting the serum, with one attributing it to the applicator dispensing too much product at once.

Ulta reviewers reporting a negative reaction

GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum

With continued use over weeks or longer, reviewers report broader improvements in overall hair health, thickness or growth, not just an immediate scalp-feel effect.

reviewers describing longer-term use

Reviewers with itchy or irritated scalps report the serum soothes and calms itching, leaving the scalp clean without dryness or discomfort.

reviewers with a history of dry, itchy or irritated scalp

Several reviewers credit it with controlling dandruff and flaking that other products hadn't resolved.

reviewers with dandruff or a flaky scalp

Reviewers say it lets them stretch the time between washes, often citing washing only once a week after adding this to their routine.

reviewers describing their wash-day routine

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.

Restoring Serum

Against 154 scalp treatments with a computable unit price.

Value readRestoring SerumGRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum
Label
Upper-mid price for a scalp treatmentSits in the middle of the range for scalp treatments per ounce.
Not enough priced scalp treatments to place itWe need more comparable products before we can place this.

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.

Restoring Serum vs Let It Grow Scalp & Hair Strengthening Treatment SprayKreyòl Essence · 99% function matchGRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum vs Nourish and Stimulate Scalp MaskMonpure · 93% function matchRestoring Serum vs Save Our Scalp Serum Squeeze BottleKreyòl Essence · 96% function matchGRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum vs D.N.A. Scalp Serum for Thinning HairSienna Naturals · 92% function matchRestoring Serum vs Rice Water & Aloe Vera Braid & Scalp MoisturizerMielle Organics · 88% function matchGRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum vs Scalp Revitalizing Solution Hair Thickening Roll-On SerumDr. Groot · 92% function matchRestoring Serum vs Instant Exfoliating Scalp ScrubKristin Ess · 86% function matchGRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum vs Papaya Scalp ScrubCeremonia · 92% function match

Restoring Serum · GRO Scalp Detoxifying Serum · All scalp treatments 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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