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Mielle Organics Sea Moss Conditioner vs ORS ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner

90% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 37%. Mielle Organics Sea Moss Conditioner and ORS ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner 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.

  • Sea Moss Conditioner — protein-sensitive hair
  • ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner — protein-sensitive 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
Mielle Organics Sea Moss Conditioner — 8 oz container Mielle Organics

Sea Moss Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
ORS ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner — container ORS

ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$9.99 8 oz · $1.25/oz
$9.99 12.5 oz · $0.80/oz
Value / price positioning
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 60% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Lower cost than most conditioners $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 79% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Best for hair types
Curly–Coily A heavy formula: coarse, curlier strands carry it without flattening. Your hair
Curly–Coily A heavy formula: coarse, curlier strands carry it without flattening. 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
Oils and butters Same
Moderate Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. Your hair
Moderate Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. Your hair
Slip / detangling Differs
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
Moderate Conditioning agents are present, lower in the list. Your hair
Weight on hair Same
Rich Heavy butters and waxes in the first eight ingredients. Your hair
Rich Heavy butters and waxes in the first eight ingredients. 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
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
None No protein or amino acids in the list. 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
Moderate Your hair
Moderate Your hair
Hard-water defence Same
Chelators present Chelators are present — they bind hard-water and pool minerals. Your hair
Chelators present Chelators are present — they bind hard-water and pool minerals. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Complete for its job
out of 10
Covers the core
Who should choose this
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • 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
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
  • Coarse or dry hairthat absorbs everything you give it
  • Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
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
Conditioner
Conditioner
Line
—
Curlshow
Where to buy
Brand website
Brand website
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
Cruelty-free
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Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Coconut & tropical
Scented, not described

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

IngredientSea Moss ConditionerORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Cetyl Alcohol
Softens
#2Leading
#7Supporting
Cetearyl Alcohol
Softens
#9Secondary
#5Supporting
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
Detangles
#8Supporting
#13Below the 1% line
Fragrance
Fragrance
#16Below the 1% line
#11Below the 1% line
Diheptyl Succinate
Softens
#11Secondary
#2Leading
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil
Softens
#26Below the 1% line
#3Leading
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
Softens
#27Below the 1% line
#6Supporting
Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil
Softens
#25Below the 1% line
#8Supporting

What only one of them carries

Sea Moss Conditioner

ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner

Full ingredient list — Sea Moss Conditioner (38)
Full ingredient list — ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner (32)

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.

VerdictsSea Moss ConditionerORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner
Supported
1
2
Partly supported
0
1
Stated by brand
2
0
Potential conflict
0
0

Sea Moss Conditioner

  • Hydrates and fortifies hair for reduced sheddingSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Improves look and feel of hair in one useStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • 2022 Glamour Beauty Award winnerStated by brandPopularity, not performance.

ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner

  • Nourishes and promotes elasticitySupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Provides slip for easy detanglingPartly supportedA little slip, not a lot.
  • Free from sulfates, mineral oil, parabens, petrolatum, and siliconesSupportedGentler on colour and coils.

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.

Sea Moss Conditioner

Reviewers with shedding concerns (including postpartum and lupus-related shedding) report noticeably less hair loss with regular use

users with shedding/hair-loss concerns

Several reviewers note the formula is thick/creamy and a small amount goes a long way compared to thinner competitor conditioners

general users

Reviewers with coily/curly hair (3b-4c, including locs) describe the conditioner as leaving hair soft, moisturized, and easier to detangle

coily/curly-hair reviewers

A reviewer reported products arriving damaged and leaking due to inadequate shipping packaging, with slow customer-service response

general user

Reviewers consistently praise the tropical scent, though one reviewer wished the product came in a larger size

general users

ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl 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.

$0.80/oz vs $1.25/oz — Mielle Organics Sea Moss Conditioner costs about 1.6× more per ounce than ORS ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner.

$0.09/oz median $1.60/oz $56.25/oz $1.25/oz Sea Moss Conditioner $0.80/oz ORS Curlshow Second Act Cu

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 689 conditioners with a computable unit price.

Value readSea Moss ConditionerORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner
Label
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for conditioners per ounce.
Lower cost than most conditionersCosts less per ounce than most conditioners 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.

Sea Moss Conditioner vs Peppermint Tea Tree Detangling ConditionerEden BodyWorks · 95% function matchORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner vs Hydro Rush Intense Moisture Conditioneramika · 85% function matchSea Moss Conditioner vs Pro Pure Damage Recovery ConditionerTRESemme · 95% function matchORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner vs Pro Pure Damage Recovery ConditionerTRESemme · 85% function matchSea Moss Conditioner vs Pro Pure Curl Define ConditionerTRESemme · 95% function matchORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner vs Pro Pure Curl Define ConditionerTRESemme · 85% function matchSea Moss Conditioner vs Conditioner with Organic Cupuaçu ButterKlorane · 95% function matchORS Curlshow Second Act Curl Conditioner vs GRO+ Advanced Balancing ConditionerVegamour · 85% function match

Sea Moss Conditioner · ORS Curlshow Second Act Curl 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.
  • 8 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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