Side by side
Not Your Mother's Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Conditioner vs Not Your Mother's Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Protect & Nourish Conditioner
10 of 10 functions match Formula overlap 83%. Not Your Mother's Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Conditioner and Not Your Mother's Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Protect & Nourish 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.
- Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Conditioner — protein-sensitive hair
- Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Protect & Nourish 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”.
Not Your Mother's
Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Conditioner
- Conditioner
- Drugstore
- Sulfate-free
- Protein-free
Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Protect & Nourish Conditioner
- Conditioner
- Drugstore
- Sulfate-free
- Protein-free
- 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
- Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
- 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
- Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- protein-free
- sulfate-free
- protein-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
Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Conditioner
Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Protect & Nourish Conditioner
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Honey
- Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon Seed) Oil
- Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
Full ingredient list — Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Conditioner (15)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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4
Distearyldimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
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5
Glycerin
- humectant
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6
Quaternium-80
- silicone
- conditioning agent
- film former
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7
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
- wax
- emollient
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8
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil
- oil
- emollient
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9
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder
- botanical extract
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10
Malus Domestica Fruit Extract
- botanical extract
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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11
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
- preservative
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12
Hydroxyethylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
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13
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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14
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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15
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
Full ingredient list — Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Protect & Nourish Conditioner (13)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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4
Distearyldimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
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5
Glycerin
- humectant
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6
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Honey
- conditioning agent
- humectant
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7
Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon Seed) Oil
- oil
- emollient
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8
Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
- oil
- emollient
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9
Quaternium-80
- silicone
- conditioning agent
- film former
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10
Hydroxyethylcellulose
- gum
- thickener
- film former
- 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
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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13
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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.
98% naturally derived ingredients
Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Conditioner
Replenishes essential moisture
SupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.Instantly detangles and enhances shine
SupportedEasier detangling, less breakage.Sulfate surfactant free, silicone free, paraben free, dye free, and drying alcohol free
Potential conflictA silicone is on the label.Dermatologist tested
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.For all hair types
Stated by brandSee the fit panel instead.
Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Protect & Nourish Conditioner
Deeply conditions to help revive damaged hair
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.Locks in moisture to help prevent future breakage
SupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
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.
Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Conditioner
Reviewers with curly or wavy hair, including some following the Curly Girl Method, say it hydrates well and helps hold curl definition.
The scent is repeatedly praised as pleasant and clean-smelling without being overpowering or overly sweet.
Multiple reviewers say it leaves hair soft, silky, and moisturized without greasiness or heavy residue.
A couple of reviewers highlight strong detangling slip, noting that only a small amount of product is needed.
Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Protect & Nourish Conditioner
Reviewers with curly hair describe it as a reliable, curl-friendly staple that keeps curls defined without discouraging use of the companion shampoo
curly hairStrongly emphatic, repeated pleas not to discontinue the conditioner, with some describing years of continuous use
long-term repeat buyersThe paired shampoo+conditioner combo is often praised together as consistently moisturizing without weighing hair down
generalA few reviewers note trouble finding the product on shelf at Target/Ulta and worry it has been pulled from those retailers
generalSome disappointment that a related leave-in product in the same line was discontinued, even though this conditioner itself is well liked
generalPrice 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.
$0.62/oz vs $0.66/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.
Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Conditioner · Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Protect & Nourish 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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