Side by side
Olaplex Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo vs Pantene Illuminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free Shampoo
94% function match · 11 of the 13 functions we compared match Formula overlap 9%. Olaplex Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo and Pantene Illuminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free 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.
- Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo — colour-treated hair
- Illuminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free 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”.
Pantene
Illuminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free Shampoo
- Shampoo
- Drugstore
- Sulfate-free
- Silicone-free
- Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
- Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
- Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
- Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
- Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
- Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
- Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
- Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
- Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
- Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- silicone-free
- protein-free
- curly-method compatible
- sulfate-free
- silicone-free
- protein-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
Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo
Illuminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free Shampoo
Full ingredient list — Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo (43)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
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3
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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4
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
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5
Coco-Betaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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6
Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
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7
Acrylates Copolymer
- film former
- polymer
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8
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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9
Cocamidopropylamine Oxide
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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10
Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
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11
Decyl Glucoside
- nonionic cleanser
- cleanser
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12
Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate
- conditioning agent
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13
Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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14
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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15
Coco-Glucoside
- nonionic cleanser
- cleanser
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16
Lauryl Glucoside
- nonionic cleanser
- cleanser
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17
Chlorphenesin
- preservative
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18
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
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19
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
- hard-water chelator
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20
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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21
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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22
Polyquaternium-11
- film former
- polymer
- conditioning agent
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23
Benzoic Acid
- preservative
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24
Sodium PCA
- humectant
- 25 Pentasodium Triphosphate
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26
Sodium Lactate
- humectant
- pH adjuster
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27
Arginine
- amino acid
- humectant
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28
Aspartic Acid
- amino acid
- pH adjuster
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29
Sodium PCA
- humectant
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30
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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31
Glycine
- amino acid
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32
Alanine
- amino acid
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33
Serine
- amino acid
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34
Valine
- amino acid
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35
Isoleucine
- amino acid
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36
Proline
- amino acid
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37
Threonine
- amino acid
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38
Histidine
- amino acid
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39
Phenylalanine
- amino acid
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40
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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41
Citral
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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42
Hexyl Cinnamal
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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43
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
Full ingredient list — Illuminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free Shampoo (15)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
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3
Lauramidopropyl Betaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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4
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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5
Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
- 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
Biotin
- vitamin
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8
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
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9
Histidine
- amino acid
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10
Polyquaternium-10
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
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11
Sodium Citrate
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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12
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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13
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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14
Sodium Salicylate
- preservative
- exfoliant
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15
Tetrasodium EDTA
- hard-water chelator
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.
Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo
Deeply cleanses buildup, restoring color vibrancy, shine, and softness
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.Clinically proven to remove chlorine, metals & minerals from hard water, excess oil, product buildup, and pollution
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.Free of sulfates, silicones, phthalates, parabens, MIC/MIT, protein
SupportedGentler on colour and coils.Color safe, stylist & dermatologist tested, vegan, extension safe
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.
Illuminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free Shampoo
Preserve and protect your vibrant color for clean, healthy-looking hair that shines
SupportedLess fade per wash.Sulfate-free formula contains a blend of pro-vitamin B5 and biotin
SupportedGentler on colour and coils.0% sulfated cleansers, silicones, parabens, mineral oil, and dyes
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.Color-safe shampoo protects color-treated hair from premature fading and dullness
SupportedLess fade per wash.
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 how it cleanses. Olaplex Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo draws complaints about tangling and dryness.
Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo
Many reviewers note it is gentler than typical clarifying shampoos, leaving hair soft and full of body rather than stripped
general usersReviewers consistently say a small amount cuts through hard-water buildup and chlorine without stripping hair the way other clarifying shampoos do
clarifying-shampoo users comparing it to other brandsReviewers note the lather leaves little slip, making detangling harder right after rinsing, and recommend always following with conditioner
general usersA recurring minority of reviewers report increased scalp dryness, flaking or sensitivity, especially with more frequent use
sensitive-scalp reviewersIlluminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free Shampoo
Gentle cleanse with satisfying lather
Exact current retailer reviewersHelps maintain color and shine
Exact current retailer reviewersLeaves hair soft rather than stripped
Exact current retailer reviewersPrice 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.
$0.42/oz vs $3.70/oz — Olaplex Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo costs about 8.8× more per ounce than Pantene Illuminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free Shampoo.
Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 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.
Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo · Illuminating Color Care Biotin Sulfate Free 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.
- 11 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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