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Kenra Professional Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 vs Kenra Professional Root Lifting Spray 13

96% function match · 12 of the 13 functions we compared match Formula overlap 94%. Kenra Professional Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 and Kenra Professional Root Lifting Spray 13 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.

  • Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 — curly-method routines
  • Root Lifting Spray 13 — curly-method routines

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
Kenra Professional Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 — 8 oz container Kenra Professional

Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17

  • Styler
  • Masstige
  • Sulfate-free
  • Curly-method
Kenra Professional Root Lifting Spray 13 — container, alternate view Kenra Professional

Root Lifting Spray 13

  • Styler
  • Masstige
  • Sulfate-free
  • Curly-method
Price, size & price per ounce
$22.50 8 oz · $2.97/oz
$20 13 oz · $1.54/oz
Value / price positioning
Lower cost than most volumizers $$$$$ Masstige tier · costs less than 78% of the 64 volumizers we’ve priced
Lower cost than most volumizers $$$$$ Masstige tier · costs less than 94% of the 64 volumizers we’ve priced
Best for hair types
Straight–Wavy A light volumising formula — the lift it adds matters most on straighter hair. Your hair
Straight–Wavy A light volumising formula — the lift it adds matters most on straighter hair. Your hair
Moisture level Differs
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
Low Humectants appear, but low enough to be a minor part. Your hair
Hold (as stated)
Medium A medium hold, as stated by the brand. Your hair
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Slip / detangling Same
Some Some slip, mostly from esters or silicones rather than conditioners. Your hair
Some Some slip, mostly from esters or silicones rather than conditioners. Your hair
Weight on hair Same
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
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Protein Same
Minor Protein appears, low enough to be a supporting ingredient. Your hair
Minor Protein appears, low enough to be a supporting ingredient. Your hair
Silicone / wax buildup Same
Low The silicones here are the water-soluble kind. Your hair
Low The silicones here are the water-soluble kind. Your hair
Clarifying wash needed
Low Your hair
Low Your hair
Hold system Same
Synthetic polymer Synthetic hold polymers — the firmest of the hold systems. Your hair
High Synthetic hold polymers — the firmest of the hold systems. Your hair
Cast risk Same
Likely Film formers without much softening them — expect a cast to scrunch out. Your hair
Likely Film formers without much softening them — expect a cast to scrunch out. Your hair
Humidity resistance
Claimed The brand claims humidity resistance; the ingredient list cannot confirm it. Your hair
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Oil absorption Same
None No absorbent powders or starches. Your hair
None No absorbent powders or starches. Your hair
Oils and butters Same
None No oils or butters in the list. Your hair
None No oils or butters in the list. Your hair
Fast-drying alcohol Same
None No fast-drying alcohol in the list. Your hair
None No fast-drying alcohol in the list. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Complete for its job
out of 10
Complete for its job
Who should choose this
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
  • Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together
  • Fine hairthat flattens under most products
  • Humid climatesthe brand claims humidity resistance
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
  • Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together
  • Fine hairthat flattens under most products
  • Soft-hold stylesthat should stay touchable
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Anyone who dislikes a castthe film formers here can set firm
  • Silicone-free routinesit does contain silicones — the water-soluble kind
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Anyone who dislikes a castthe film formers here can set firm
  • Silicone-free routinesit does contain silicones — the water-soluble kind
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
Styleraerosol
Styleraerosol
Where to buy
Brand website · Ulta · LovelySkin
Ulta · Salons
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
  • curly-method compatible
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
Scented, not described
Hold
mediumKenra's current Ulta Q&A explicitly states the product provides medium hold at the root while leaving a brushable finish.
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Humidity claim
Yes
—
How often
as needed
as needed

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

IngredientKenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17Root Lifting Spray 13
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Hydrofluorocarbon 152a
Neutral
#2Leading
#2Leading
Isopentane
Neutral
#3Leading
#4Supporting
VP/VA Copolymer
Holds
#4Supporting
#3Leading
Polyacrylamide
Holds
#5Supporting
#5Supporting
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Stabilizes
#6Below the 1% line
#7Below the 1% line
C13-14 Isoparaffin
Softens
#7Below the 1% line
#10Below the 1% line
Potassium Dimethicone Peg-7 Panthenyl Phosphate
Shine
#11Below the 1% line
#13Below the 1% line
Peg/Ppg-18/18 Dimethicone
Shine
#12Below the 1% line
#12Below the 1% line
Fragrance
Fragrance
#19Below the 1% line
#11Below the 1% line
Laureth-7
Stabilizes
#9Below the 1% line
#6Supporting
Diazolidinyl Urea
Stabilizes
#13Below the 1% line
#8Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17

Root Lifting Spray 13

Full ingredient list — Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 (26)
Full ingredient list — Root Lifting Spray 13 (15)

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.

VerdictsKenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17Root Lifting Spray 13
Supported
3
2
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
1
0
Potential conflict
0
1

Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17

  • all-over volumizer for any hair typeSupportedLeaves room for lift.
  • maximum volume with touchable brushable holdSupportedLeaves room for lift.
  • thermal protectionStated by brandOnly lab testing can show this.
  • humidity-resistant all-day liftSupportedLeaves room for lift.

Root Lifting Spray 13

  • Boosts hair at the roots & volumizes entire styleSupportedLeaves room for lift.
  • Creates ultimate lift & long-lasting style supportSupportedLeaves room for lift.
  • Provides flexible fullness without weight or stiffnessPotential conflictExpect a cast you have to scrunch out.

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 light feel and volume. Kenra Professional Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 draws complaints about dryness and frizz; Kenra Professional Root Lifting Spray 13 draws complaints about residue or cast and volume.

Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17

One fine, flat-haired user says it adds lots of volume without weighing the hair down.

fine flat hair

A critical reviewer reports dry, frizzy hair after a month of use and says the product dispenses as a clear spray rather than a foam.

short-hair user applying to damp hair

A flat, thin-haired reviewer says the spray-foam gives a noticeable root-volume boost without a sticky or crispy feel, though the volume fades sooner than desired.

thin hair blow-dried with heat and root teasing

Root Lifting Spray 13

Gives noticeable volume and body without leaving hair feeling weighed down or product-heavy, and has little scent

long-time Kenra user reviewing on Ulta

Added great body to a lob-length haircut

Ulta reviewer with a lob haircut

Long-time Kenra customer says the brand's products consistently deliver amazing results at a good price

repeat Kenra customer on Ulta

Works well for lift but seems to strip some color from treated hair over repeated use

color-treated-hair Ulta reviewer

Left hair feeling almost dirty/dingy, similar to a mousse residue, so she avoided using it every day

Ulta reviewer with occasional-use habit

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.

$1.54/oz vs $2.97/oz — Kenra Professional Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 costs about 1.9× more per ounce than Kenra Professional Root Lifting Spray 13.

$0.83/oz median $4.39/oz $107.14/oz $2.97/oz Kenra Platinum Boosting Sp $1.54/oz Root Lifting Spray 13

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 64 volumizers with a computable unit price.

Value readKenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17Root Lifting Spray 13
Label
Lower cost than most volumizersCosts less per ounce than most volumizers we have researched.
Lower cost than most volumizersCosts less per ounce than most volumizers 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.

Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 vs Platinum Boosting Spray Foam 17Kenra Professional · 100% function matchRoot Lifting Spray 13 vs Platinum Boosting Spray Foam 17Kenra Professional · 96% function matchKenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 vs Touchable Hold Hairspray with Frizz ControlHerbal Essences · 99% function matchRoot Lifting Spray 13 vs Touchable Hold Hairspray with Frizz ControlHerbal Essences · 95% function matchKenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 vs Texturising Salt SprayBed Head · 95% function matchRoot Lifting Spray 13 vs Big Sexy Hair Root Pump Plus Humidity Resistant Volumizing Spray MousseSexy Hair · 93% function matchKenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 vs Style Sexy Hair Blow It Up Volumizing Gel FoamSexy Hair · 93% function matchRoot Lifting Spray 13 vs Big Sexy Hair Root Pump Plus Humidity Resistant Volumizing Spray MousseSexyHair · 93% function match

Kenra Platinum Boosting Spray-Foam 17 · Root Lifting Spray 13 · All volumizers 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.
  • 5 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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