Side by side
Not Your Mother's Aura Boost Restore Conditioner vs Rusk Sensories Calm Guarana & Ginger Nourishing Conditioner
97% function match · 9 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 53%. Not Your Mother's Aura Boost Restore Conditioner and Rusk Sensories Calm Guarana & Ginger Nourishing Conditioner share 4 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.
- Aura Boost Restore Conditioner — maximum slip
- Sensories Calm Guarana & Ginger Nourishing 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”.
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Cuticle-smoothing pHa pH adjuster brings it to the acidic range hair prefers
- A wide range of haira middle-of-the-range weight
- Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
- Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
- Cuticle-smoothing pHa pH adjuster brings it to the acidic range hair prefers
- A wide range of haira middle-of-the-range weight
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Tight budgetsit sits in the upper price tiers
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- sulfate-free
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
Aura Boost Restore Conditioner
Sensories Calm Guarana & Ginger Nourishing Conditioner
Full ingredient list — Aura Boost Restore Conditioner (33)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl 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
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5
Dioctyldodecyl Dodecanedioate
- light ester
- emollient
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6
Isopentyldiol
- solvent
- humectant
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7
Stearalkonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
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8
Hydrolyzed Lupine Protein
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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9
Hydrolyzed Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract
- botanical extract
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10
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Flower Extract
- botanical extract
- 11 Magnesium PCA
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12
Glycerin
- humectant
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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13
1,2-Hexanediol
- preservative
- humectant
- solvent
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14
Propylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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15
Quaternium-80
- silicone
- conditioning agent
- film former
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16
Hydroxyethylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
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17
Cetrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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18
Ceteareth-20
- emulsifier
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19
Caprylyl Glycol
- preservative
- humectant
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20
Polysorbate 60
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
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21
Isopropyl Alcohol
- drying alcohol
- solvent
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22
Sodium Phosphate
- pH adjuster
- salt
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23
Disodium Phosphate
- pH adjuster
- salt
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24
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
- hard-water chelator
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25
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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26
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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27
Benzoic Acid
- preservative
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28
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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29
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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30
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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31
Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
- fragrance
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32
Juniperus Virginiana Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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33
Coumarin
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
Full ingredient list — Sensories Calm Guarana & Ginger Nourishing Conditioner (39)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Cetyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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4
Behenalkonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
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5
Diisopropyl Sebacate
- light ester
- emollient
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6
Neopentyl Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate
- light ester
- emollient
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7
Tridecyl Stearate
- light ester
- emollient
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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8
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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9
Tridecyl Trimellitate
- light ester
- emollient
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10
Amodimethicone
- silicone
- conditioning agent
- film former
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11
Disodium EDTA
- hard-water chelator
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12
Propylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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13
Cetrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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14
Trideceth-12
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
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15
Magnesium Nitrate
- salt
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16
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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17
Niacinamide
- vitamin
- conditioning agent
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18
Glycerin
- humectant
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19
Paullinia Cupana Seed Extract
- botanical extract
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20
Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract
- botanical extract
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21
Hydrolyzed Keratin
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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22
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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23
Sodium Starch Octenylsuccinate
- light ester
- emollient
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24
Calcium Pantothenate
- vitamin
- humectant
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25
Maltodextrin
- absorbent
- film former
- binder
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26
Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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27
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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28
Methylisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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29
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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30
Potassium Sorbate
- preservative
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31
Butylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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32
Magnesium Chloride
- salt
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33
Tocopheryl Acetate
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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34
Pyridoxine Hcl
- vitamin
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35
Silica
- powder
- thickener
- mineral
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36
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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37
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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38
Butylphenyl Methylpropional
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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39
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.
Aura Boost Restore Conditioner
Nourish, soften, and ease styling without heaviness
SupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.Reduce breakage and restore strength
Partly supportedSupports the surface, not a treatment.
Sensories Calm Guarana & Ginger Nourishing Conditioner
natural emollients that strengthen and moisturize hair
Partly supportedSome hydration, at a low level.maintaining body and healthy shine
Partly supportedNeutral on lift.
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 frizz control. Rusk Sensories Calm Guarana & Ginger Nourishing Conditioner draws complaints about the packaging.
Aura Boost Restore Conditioner
Leaves hair soft and smooth without heaviness or residue
general reviewers, including 2c/3a curl typesPerceived repair/strengthening effect and reduced frizz/damage after regular use
reviewers with damaged or fine/frizzy hairPleasant, noticeable scent that reviewers repeatedly single out as a favorite trait
general reviewersFine/thin-hair reviewers report the formula can feel too rich unless a small amount is used
fine/thin-hair reviewersSensories Calm Guarana & Ginger Nourishing Conditioner
Long-time repeat buyers, some report using the product for a decade or more, valuing its consistency.
long-term repeat customersReviewers with naturally curly hair report it calms frizz and works well for damaged or chemically treated hair.
curly and chemically treated hairPraised for smoothing and softening effect, with some reviewers saying it eliminates the need for a separate leave-in conditioner.
general usersIsolated complaint about physical packaging (broken bottle top on delivery), unrelated to the formula itself.
single reviewer, shipping/packaging issueA minority of reviewers find the consistency too thin and note the formula performs less well as a winter/heavy-moisture conditioner, feeling better suited to spring/summer use.
reviewers wanting heavier conditioning in cold/dry seasonsPrice 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.
$0.85/oz vs $0.93/oz — within about the same cost per ounce.
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.
Aura Boost Restore Conditioner · Sensories Calm Guarana & Ginger Nourishing 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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