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Kerastase Premiere Bain Décalcifiant Réparateur vs Pureology Smooth Perfection Shampoo

96% function match · 12 of the 13 functions we compared match Formula overlap 91%. Kerastase Premiere Bain Décalcifiant Réparateur and Pureology Smooth Perfection Shampoo 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.

  • Premiere Bain Décalcifiant Réparateur — colour-treated hair
  • Smooth Perfection Shampoo — colour-treated 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
Kerastase

Premiere Bain Décalcifiant Réparateur

  • Shampoo
  • Salon
  • Sulfate-free
  • Moisture-rich
Pureology Smooth Perfection Shampoo — 33.8 oz container Pureology

Smooth Perfection Shampoo

  • Shampoo
  • Prestige
  • Sulfate-free
  • Lightweight
Price, size & price per ounce
$40 8.45 oz
$43–51 33.8 oz · $1.43/oz

Compared at different sizes — 33.8 oz against 8.45 oz. Per-ounce prices favour the larger bottle.

Value / price positioning
Not enough priced shampoos to place it Salon tier
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Prestige tier · costs less than 51% of the 817 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
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
Cleansing strength Same
Strong Removes oil, buildup, and most residue — a reset wash. Your hair
Strong Removes oil, buildup, and most residue — a reset wash. 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
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse hair. Your hair
Light Water-first and light: unlikely to flatten fine hair. Your hair
Fragrance
Prominent Fragrance sits in the first eight ingredients — a larger share of the formula. 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
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
Moderate Your hair
Moderate 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
None No chelating agent in the list. Your hair
None No chelating agent 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
  • Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
  • Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
  • Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
  • Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
  • Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
  • Fine hairthat flattens under most products
  • Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
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
Shampoocream
Shampoo
Where to buy
Salons · Brand website
Grocery / mass
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • sulfate-free
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · label states
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
Scented, not described
How often
every wash

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

IngredientPremiere Bain Décalcifiant RéparateurSmooth Perfection Shampoo
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleanses
#2Leading
#2Leading
Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate
Cleanses
#3Leading
#4Supporting
Glycol Distearate
Softens
#4Supporting
#7Supporting
Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate
Cleanses
#5Supporting
#3Leading
Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
Cleanses
#6Supporting
#5Supporting
Glycerin
Moisturizes
#7Supporting
#30Below the 1% line
Fragrance
Fragrance
#8Below the 1% line
#11Below the 1% line
Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer
Buildup
#14Below the 1% line
#8Supporting
Amodimethicone
Buildup
#15Below the 1% line
#17Below the 1% line
Limonene
Fragrance
#22Below the 1% line
#45Below the 1% line
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleanses
#11Below the 1% line
#6Supporting
Linalool
Fragrance
#31Below the 1% line
#29Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Premiere Bain Décalcifiant Réparateur

Smooth Perfection Shampoo

Full ingredient list — Premiere Bain Décalcifiant Réparateur (37)
Full ingredient list — Smooth Perfection Shampoo (53)

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.

VerdictsPremiere Bain Décalcifiant RéparateurSmooth Perfection Shampoo
Supported
2
2
Partly supported
1
0
Stated by brand
1
0
Potential conflict
0
0

Premiere Bain Décalcifiant Réparateur

  • Removes calcium buildup and hard water residueSupportedResets a coated scalp.
  • Repairs weakened hair and reduces breakagePartly supportedSupports the surface, not a treatment.
  • Restores softness, smoothness, and shineSupportedReflects light for visible shine.
  • Suitable for all hair types, including damaged or over-processed hairStated by brandSee the fit panel instead.

Smooth Perfection Shampoo

  • Gentle, sulfate-free cleanserSupportedGentler on colour and coils.
  • Smooths and restores manageability to frizzy, color-treated hairSupportedLess fade per wash.

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.

Premiere Bain Décalcifiant Réparateur

No review themes researched for this product yet.

Smooth Perfection Shampoo

Many reviewers praised the shampoo as a gentle, sulfate-free cleanser that controls frizz and adds shine without stripping color

color-treated hair reviewers seeking frizz control

Reviewers with fine or curly hair said the shampoo left hair feeling coated, dry and weighed down rather than smoothed

fine-haired and curly-haired reviewers

Some reviewers experienced scalp irritation, including burning, itching or pimples, when using the shampoo and matching conditioner together

reviewers using the shampoo alongside the matching Smooth Perfection conditioner

A number of reviewers reported noticeably increased shedding after weeks or months of regular use

reviewers who used the shampoo for an extended period

Several reviewers said a recent formula change altered the scent and left residue where the old version had none

long-time Pureology Smooth Perfection users comparing the current bottle to a previous one

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.

Smooth Perfection Shampoo

Against 817 shampoos with a computable unit price.

Value readPremiere Bain Décalcifiant RéparateurSmooth Perfection Shampoo
Label
Not enough priced shampoos to place itWe need more comparable products before we can place this.
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.

Premiere Bain Décalcifiant Réparateur · Smooth Perfection Shampoo · 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.
  • 6 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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