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Not Your Mother's Way To Grow Conditioner vs OGX Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner

90% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 38%. Not Your Mother's Way To Grow Conditioner and OGX Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner share 3 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.

  • Way To Grow Conditioner — protein-hungry hair
  • Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner — protein-hungry 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
Not Your Mother's Way To Grow Conditioner — 8 oz container Not Your Mother's

Way To Grow Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Moisture-rich
OGX Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner — 13 oz container OGX

Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Moisture-rich
Price, size & price per ounce
$7.99 8 oz · $1.00/oz
$7.51 13 oz · $0.63/oz
Value / price positioning
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 70% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Lower cost than most conditioners $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 85% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Best for hair types
All types Nothing in the formula or the claims narrows this to one pattern. Your hair
All types Nothing in the formula or the claims narrows this to one pattern. Your hair
Moisture level Differs
Moderate Humectants in the working part of the formula. Your hair
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
Oils and butters Same
None No oils or butters in the list. Your hair
None No oils or butters in the list. Your hair
Slip / detangling Same
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
Weight on hair Same
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse hair. Your hair
Medium Middle of the range — noticeable on fine hair, light on coarse hair. Your hair
Fragrance
Prominent Fragrance sits in the first eight ingredients — a larger share of the formula. Your hair
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Protein Same
Prominent Protein high in the list — a strengthening formula, not a moisture one. Your hair
Prominent Protein high in the list — a strengthening formula, not a moisture one. Your hair
Silicone / wax buildup Same
High Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them. Your hair
High Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them. Your hair
Clarifying wash needed
High Your hair
High Your hair
Hard-water defence Differs
Chelators present Chelators are present — they bind hard-water and pool minerals. Your hair
None No chelating agent in the list. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Complete for its job
out of 10
Complete for its job
Who should choose this
  • Protein-hungry hairthat stretches and stays stretched when wet
  • 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-hungry hairthat stretches and stays stretched when wet
  • 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
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a light scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat goes stiff or straw-like on protein
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat goes stiff or straw-like on protein
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
Where to buy
Brand website · Grocery / mass
Grocery / mass
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • sulfate-free
Vegan
Not vegan · ingredient list
Cruelty-free
Not cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
FruityLight
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

IngredientWay To Grow ConditionerThick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Cetearyl Alcohol
Softens
#2Leading
#2Leading
Fragrance
Fragrance
#6Below the 1% line
#16Below the 1% line
Dimethicone
Buildup
#12Below the 1% line
#7Supporting
Biotin
Neutral
#9Below the 1% line
#5Supporting

What only one of them carries

Full ingredient list — Way To Grow Conditioner (17)
Full ingredient list — Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner (16)

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.

VerdictsWay To Grow ConditionerThick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner
Supported
5
1
Partly supported
0
1
Stated by brand
0
2
Potential conflict
0
0

Way To Grow Conditioner

  • Moisturizes and hydrates without weighing hair downSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Helps combat frizz for smoother appearanceSupportedSmoother strands, less frizz.
  • Contains Vitamin B5, Keratin, and Biotin to nourish and fortify folliclesSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Reduces breakage when used with full collectionSupportedReinforces a damaged strand.
  • Color-safe formulaSupportedLess fade per wash.

Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner

  • 72+ hours of volume & bodyPartly supportedNeutral on lift.
  • LipiPro Shield Technology providing 2x more protein & lipid protectionStated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.
  • Sulfate-free, paraben-free, free from phthalates, microplastics, and dyesSupportedGentler on colour and coils.
  • From the #1 Hair Repair brandStated by brandPopularity, not performance.

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 the scent and strength and repair. Not Your Mother's Way To Grow Conditioner draws complaints about dryness.

Way To Grow Conditioner

Multiple reviewers with fine or thin hair report it strengthens hair and reduces breakage, describing it as helping hair grow longer over time.

fine/thin hair, long-term users

Praised for a pleasant, light apple scent and good value since a small amount goes a long way.

general reviewers

One long-time user reported a skin reaction (hives) after a recent purchase and speculated a formula change adding phenoxyethanol was the cause; noted here as a single anecdotal report, not a confirmed reformulation-safety finding.

long-time repeat purchaser

Some reviewers, especially those with fine or straight hair seeking heavier moisture, find the conditioner too thin/watery and report it left hair dry or brittle rather than soft.

fine/straight hair seeking heavy moisture

A minority of reviewers dislike the fragrance intensity, calling it the biggest downside despite otherwise positive results.

scent-sensitive users

Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner

Reviewers consistently describe hair as soft, shiny, and easier to manage after use, with a pleasant scent.

thin hair users

Reviewers report reduced breakage and noticeable added volume without the hair feeling heavy.

thin hair users

Some reviewers say the conditioner is difficult to rinse out completely and can leave hair feeling greasy.

some hair types

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.

$0.63/oz vs $1.00/oz — Not Your Mother's Way To Grow Conditioner costs about 1.6× more per ounce than OGX Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced Conditioner.

$0.09/oz median $1.60/oz $56.25/oz $1.00/oz Way To Grow Conditioner $0.63/oz Thick Full+ Biotin Collage

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

Value readWay To Grow ConditionerThick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced 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.

Way To Grow Conditioner · Thick Full+ Biotin Collagen pH Balanced 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.
  • 6 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.
  • This particular combination is not listed in our sitemap: we only submit pairs of comparable products that our similarity data says people would actually weigh against each other.

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