Side by side
Mixed Chicks Sulfate Free Color Safe Shampoo vs Vegamour HYDR-8 Hydrate and Repair Shampoo
96% function match · 12 of the 13 functions we compared match Formula overlap 31%. Mixed Chicks Sulfate Free Color Safe Shampoo and Vegamour HYDR-8 Hydrate and Repair Shampoo 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.
- Sulfate Free Color Safe Shampoo — colour-treated hair
- HYDR-8 Hydrate and Repair 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”.
- Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
- Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
- Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
- Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
- 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
Sulfate Free Color Safe Shampoo
Full ingredient list — Sulfate Free Color Safe Shampoo (19)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
- olefin sulfonate cleanser
- cleanser
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3
Cetyl Betaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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4
Polyquaternium-11
- film former
- polymer
- conditioning agent
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5
Glycol Distearate
- opacifier
- emollient
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6
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
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7
Polyquaternium-10
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
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8
Wheat Amino Acids
- protein
- amino acid
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9
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
- humectant
- botanical extract
- gum
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10
Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
- oil
- emollient
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11
Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil
- oil
- emollient
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12
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil
- oil
- emollient
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13
Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil
- oil
- emollient
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14
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- polymer
- gum
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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15
Sodium Phytate
- hard-water chelator
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16
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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17
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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18
Methylisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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19
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
Full ingredient list — HYDR-8 Hydrate and Repair Shampoo (36)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
- olefin sulfonate cleanser
- cleanser
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3
Lauramidopropyl Betaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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4
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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5
Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer
- emulsifier
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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6
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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7
SR-Spider Polypeptide-1
- protein
- film former
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8
Polyquaternium-7
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
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9
Aspergillus Ferment
- botanical extract
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10
Arginine
- amino acid
- humectant
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11
Glycerin
- humectant
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12
Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract
- botanical extract
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13
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
- humectant
- botanical extract
- gum
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14
Sodium PCA
- humectant
- 15 Mannitol
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16
Phosphatidylcholine
- emulsifier
- emollient
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17
Sodium Hydroxide
- pH adjuster
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18
Ceramide NP
- ceramide
- emollient
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19
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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20
Cetrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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21
Biotin
- vitamin
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22
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- polymer
- gum
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23
Polyquaternium-73
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
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24
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
- preservative
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25
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
- hard-water chelator
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26
Cetyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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27
Potassium Sorbate
- preservative
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28
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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29
Sodium Chloride
- salt
- thickener
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30
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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31
Geraniol
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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32
Citral
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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33
Benzyl Alcohol
- preservative
- solvent
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34
Citronellol
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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35
Amyl Cinnamal
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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36
Linalool
- 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.
Sulfate Free Color Safe Shampoo
SULFATE FREE shampoo (10oz / 300 ml) gets straight & curly hair clean without stripping.
SupportedGentler on colour and coils.Easy on color.
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.Works on chemically treated hair.
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
HYDR-8 Hydrate and Repair Shampoo
provides dry, dull hair with a boost of hydration, leaving hair feeling moisturized
Partly supportedSome hydration, at a low level.Made with Karmatin, this hydrating shampoo is vegan and cruelty free
SupportedMatches our researched record.
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 moisture and how it cleanses. Vegamour HYDR-8 Hydrate and Repair Shampoo draws complaints about weight and residue or cast.
Sulfate Free Color Safe Shampoo
Rich lather is frequently praised
general reviewer baseSome reviewers credit the product with helping recover hair health after a period of shedding/hospitalization-related hair loss
reviewer recovering from a health-related hair-loss episodeLong-term repeat buyers report it maintains hair color well and cleans without stripping or drying
reviewers with color-treated hair, some multi-year/decade-long usersHYDR-8 Hydrate and Repair Shampoo
Several reviewers note the fragrance and rich lather as standout qualities
Some reviewers pair it with the matching HYDR-8 conditioner and report noticeably shinier, more hydrated hair together vs. either product alone
used as part of the HYDR-8 shampoo+conditioner systemReviewers with color-treated or bleached hair report the shampoo keeps hair moisturized without stripping color
bleached/double-processed hairA subset of reviewers say the product does not deliver the results they expected and call it a disappointment
A recurring minority complaint describes the shampoo leaving hair weighed down with a greasy residue
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.
Sulfate Free Color Safe Shampoo
Against 817 shampoos 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.
Sulfate Free Color Safe Shampoo · HYDR-8 Hydrate and Repair 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.
- 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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