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Kerastase Resistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat Protectant vs Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment

90% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 70%. Kerastase Resistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat Protectant and Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment 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.

  • Resistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat Protectant — porous, damaged hair
  • Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment — heat styling

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
Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment — 5 oz container Redken

Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment

  • Heat protectant
  • Salon
  • Sulfate-free
  • Protein-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$38–43 1.01 oz · $38.02/oz
$30.95 5.1 oz · $6.94/oz

Compared at different sizes — 5.1 oz against 1.01 oz. Per-ounce prices favour the larger bottle.

Value / price positioning
Same job for less elsewhere $$$$$ Prestige tier · costs more than 100% of the 223 heat protectants we’ve priced
Same job for less elsewhere $$$$$ Salon tier · costs more than 83% of the 549 heat protectants we’ve priced
Best for hair types
Straight–Curly Smoothing and thermal products span straight through curly hair. Your hair
Straight–Curly Smoothing and thermal products span straight through curly hair. Your hair
Moisture level Same
Low Humectants appear, but low enough to be a minor part. Your hair
Low Humectants appear, but low enough to be a minor part. Your hair
Oils and butters Same
None No oils or butters in the list. Your hair
Slip / detangling Differs
Moderate Conditioning agents are present, lower in the list. Your hair
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
Weight on hair Same
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse hair. 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 Differs
Minor Protein appears, low enough to be a supporting ingredient. 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
Moderate Your hair
Moderate Your hair
Heat protection
High The brand states a protection temperature — a label claim, not a measurement. 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
Covers the core
out of 10
Complete for its job
Who should choose this
  • Porous, damaged hairceramides are in the list
  • Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
  • A wide range of haira middle-of-the-range weight
  • Heat stylingthe brand states protection to 450°F
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
  • 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
  • Vegan and cruelty-freeour record does not support both claims here
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Vegan and cruelty-freeour record does not support both claims here
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
Heat protectant
Heat protectantlotion
Where to buy
Target
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • sulfate-free
  • protein-free
Cruelty-free
Not cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Not cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
Scented, not described
Heat protection
up to 450°F

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

IngredientResistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat ProtectantAcidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment
Water
Neutral
#2Leading
#1Leading
Dimethiconol
Buildup
#3Leading
#7Below the 1% line
Dimethicone
Buildup
#4Supporting
#2Leading
Cetearyl Alcohol
Softens
#5Supporting
#3Leading
Amodimethicone
Buildup
#7Supporting
#4Supporting
Phenoxyethanol
Stabilizes
#8Below the 1% line
#5Below the 1% line
Linalool
Fragrance
#14Below the 1% line
#22Below the 1% line
Citronellol
Fragrance
#17Below the 1% line
#23Below the 1% line
Polyquaternium-37
Detangles
#9Below the 1% line
#6Below the 1% line
Fragrance
Fragrance
#36Below the 1% line
#8Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Resistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat Protectant

Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment

Full ingredient list — Resistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat Protectant (36)
Full ingredient list — Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment (25)

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.

VerdictsResistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat ProtectantAcidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment
Supported
0
1
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
0
7
Potential conflict
0
0

Resistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat Protectant

No claims recorded for this product beyond the ones above.

Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment

  • Best-selling, sulfate-free leave-in treatment for strength repair in 1 useStated by brandPopularity, not performance.
  • Combats 1 year of visible damage in 1 useStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • 88% visual reduction of split endsStated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.
  • Bond repair on the goStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • 2x less breakageStated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.
  • 10x smootherStated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.
  • pH balancingSupportedBrought to an acidic pH.
  • Product did not strip hair colorStated 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.

Resistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat Protectant

No review themes researched for this product yet.

Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment

no residue, more glossy/vibrant

did not weigh hair down or leave a residue... more vibrant glossy

hydrates bleached microloc'd textured hair

I have 3c hair and LOVE this product!... microlocs... hydrate her bleached ends

softer, stronger after one use

Makes hair feel softer and stronger, even after just one use

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.

$6.94/oz vs $38.02/oz — Kerastase Resistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat Protectant costs about 5.5× more per ounce than Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment.

$0.42/oz median $5.13/oz $76.00/oz $38.02/oz Resistance Serum Therapist $6.94/oz Acidic Bonding Concentrate

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 223 heat protectants with a computable unit price.

Value readResistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat ProtectantAcidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment
Label
Same job for less elsewhereYou are paying above the range for a formula close to several lower-priced options.
Same job for less elsewhereYou are paying above the range for a formula close to several lower-priced options.

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.

Resistance Serum Therapiste Serum Strengthening Serum Heat Protectant · Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment · All heat protectants 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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