Side by side
Kristin Ess Mineral Detox Conditioner vs Rusk Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting Conditioner
93% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 19%. Kristin Ess Mineral Detox Conditioner and Rusk Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting Conditioner share 3 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.
- Mineral Detox Conditioner — maximum slip
- Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting 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”.
Rusk
Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting Conditioner
- Conditioner
- Masstige
- Sulfate-free
- Silicone-free
- 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
- Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
- 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
- Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
- Scents bother youthis product carries a strong scent
- Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
- Picking it up locallywe have it recorded in one channel only
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- silicone-free
- curly-method compatible
- sulfate-free
- silicone-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
Mineral Detox Conditioner
Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting Conditioner
Full ingredient list — Mineral Detox Conditioner (37)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Stearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Cetyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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4
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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5
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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6
Glycerin
- humectant
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7
Dipropylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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8
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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9
Dicaprylyl Ether
- light ester
- emollient
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10
Decyl Glucoside
- nonionic cleanser
- cleanser
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11
Glyceryl Oleate
- emulsifier
- emollient
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12
Bis-Polycitronellyl Succinate
- light ester
- emollient
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13
Hydroxyethylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
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14
Polyquaternium-7
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
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15
Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil
- oil
- emollient
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16
Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Seed Butter
- butter
- emollient
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17
PEG-150 Distearate
- thickener
- emulsifier
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18
Niacinamide
- vitamin
- conditioning agent
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19
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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20
Hydrolyzed Rice Protein
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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21
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
- hard-water chelator
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22
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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23
Amaranthus Caudatus Seed Extract
- botanical extract
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24
Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract
- botanical extract
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25
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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26
Benzoic Acid
- preservative
- 27 Sodium Polytaconate
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28
Sodium Citrate
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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29
Sodium Phosphate
- pH adjuster
- salt
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30
Disodium Phosphate
- pH adjuster
- salt
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31
Aminomethyl Propanol
- pH adjuster
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32
Sapindus Mukorossi Fruit Extract
- botanical extract
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33
Charcoal Powder
- absorbent
- powder
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34
Tocopherol
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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35
Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
- fragrance
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36
Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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37
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
Full ingredient list — Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting Conditioner (44)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine
- conditioning agent
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4
Isododecane
- solvent
- emollient
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5
Glycerin
- humectant
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6
Behenalkonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
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7
Isopropyl Myristate
- light ester
- emollient
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8
Cetyl Esters
- light ester
- emollient
- thickener
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9
Diheptyl Succinate
- light ester
- emollient
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10
Cetyl 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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11
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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12
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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13
Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer
- film former
- emollient
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14
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- polymer
- gum
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15
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
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16
Polyquaternium-37
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
- thickener
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17
Hydrolyzed Quinoa
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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18
Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate
- light ester
- emollient
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19
Disodium EDTA
- hard-water chelator
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20
Butylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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21
Hydrolyzed Keratin
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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22
PPG-1 Trideceth-6
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
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23
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil
- oil
- emollient
- 24 Avena Sativa Kernel Oil
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25
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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26
Magnesium Nitrate
- salt
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27
Punica Granatum Fruit Extract
- botanical extract
- 28 C10-11 Isoparaffin
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29
Sorbitan Oleate
- emulsifier
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30
Potassium Sorbate
- preservative
- 31 Honey Extract (Mel, Extrait de miel)
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32
Niacinamide
- vitamin
- conditioning agent
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33
Sodium Starch Octenylsuccinate
- light ester
- emollient
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34
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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35
Calcium Pantothenate
- vitamin
- humectant
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36
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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37
Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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38
Magnesium Chloride
- salt
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39
Pyridoxine Hcl
- vitamin
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40
Tocopheryl Acetate
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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41
Methylisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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42
Silica
- powder
- thickener
- mineral
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43
Benzyl Salicylate
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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44
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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.
cruelty free
Mineral Detox Conditioner
color + keratin safe
SupportedThe named ingredient is really there.vegan
SupportedMatches our researched record.
Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting Conditioner
sulfate-free
SupportedGentler on colour and coils.paraben-free
SupportedPreserved without parabens.silicone-free
SupportedNothing that needs a strong wash.no artificial colorants
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.gluten-free
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.keratin safe
SupportedThe named ingredient is really there.color-locking up to 30 washes
Stated 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.
Mineral Detox Conditioner
Reviewers frequently describe the fragrance as strong and noticeable, with a few calling it overpowering for fragrance-sensitive users.
Several reviewers report the bottle leaks or dispenses product out of the sides during use.
A recurring complaint is that repeated use of this detox conditioner leaves hair feeling dry or stripped rather than moisturized.
Many reviewers say the conditioner clears hard-water mineral buildup and leaves hair lighter and less brassy.
Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting Conditioner
No review themes researched for this product yet.
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.
$1.20/oz vs $1.58/oz — Rusk Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting Conditioner costs about 1.3× more per ounce than Kristin Ess Mineral Detox Conditioner.
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.
Mineral Detox Conditioner · Puremix Fresh Pomegranate Color Protecting 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.
- 9 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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