Side by side
Ouai Bond Repair Balm vs Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment
93% function match · 8 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 70%. Ouai Bond Repair Balm and Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment 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.
- Bond Repair Balm — protein-hungry hair
- Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment — 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”.
Paul Mitchell
Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment
- Mask / treatment
- Salon
- Sulfate-free
- Moisture-rich
- 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
- Short shower windowsit works in ten minutes or less
- 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
- Fine hairthat flattens under most products
- 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
- 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
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
Bond Repair Balm
Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment
Full ingredient list — Bond Repair Balm (30)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Glycerin
- humectant
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3
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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4
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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5
Amodimethicone
- silicone
- conditioning agent
- film former
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6
Dimethicone
- silicone
- emollient
- conditioning agent
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7
Phenyl Trimethicone
- silicone
- emollient
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8
Hydrolyzed Silk
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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9
Sodium Hyaluronate
- humectant
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10
Hydrolyzed Rice Protein
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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11
Isopropyl Alcohol
- drying alcohol
- solvent
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12
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
- humectant
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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13
Tocopherol
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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14
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
- antioxidant
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15
Butylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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16
Bis-4-Pca Dimethicone
- silicone
- conditioning agent
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17
Pentylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
- preservative
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18
1,2-Hexanediol
- preservative
- humectant
- solvent
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19
Aminomethyl Propanol
- pH adjuster
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20
Caprylyl Glycol
- preservative
- humectant
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21
Disodium Peg-12 Dimethicone Sulfosuccinate
- mild anionic cleanser
- emollient
- light ester
- silicone
- water-soluble silicone
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22
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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23
Chlorphenesin
- preservative
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24
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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25
Lactic Acid
- pH adjuster
- humectant
- exfoliant
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26
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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27
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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28
Hexamethylindanopyran
- fragrance
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29
Linalool
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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30
Citronellol
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
Full ingredient list — Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment (40)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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3
Isohexadecane
- solvent
- emollient
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4
Behentrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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5
Glycerin
- humectant
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6
Isopropyl Alcohol
- drying alcohol
- solvent
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7
Cetyl Esters
- light ester
- emollient
- thickener
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8
Hedychium Coronarium Root Extract
- botanical extract
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9
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
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10
Keratin
- protein
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11
Hydrolyzed Keratin
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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12
Oxidized Keratin
- protein
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13
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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14
Wheat Amino Acids
- protein
- amino acid
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15
Amodimethicone
- silicone
- conditioning agent
- film former
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16
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
- conditioning agent
- emulsifier
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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17
Caprylyl Glycol
- preservative
- humectant
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18
Cetrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- cleanser
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19
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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20
Dimethicone
- silicone
- emollient
- conditioning agent
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21
Polyquaternium-55
- conditioning agent
- film former
- polymer
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22
Polysilicone-15
- silicone
- UV filter
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23
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine
- conditioning agent
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24
Trideceth-12
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
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25
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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26
Potassium Sorbate
- preservative
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27
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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28
Benzyl Alcohol
- preservative
- solvent
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29
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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30
Methylisothiazolinone
- isothiazolinone
- preservative
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31
Magnesium Chloride
- salt
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32
Magnesium Nitrate
- salt
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33
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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34
Benzyl Salicylate
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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35
Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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36
Hexyl Cinnamal
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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37
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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38
Linalool
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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39
Linalyl Acetate
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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40
Pinene
- fragrance
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.
Bond Repair Balm
Reverses hair damage in 3 minutes
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.90% of study participants reported healthier-feeling hair after first use
Stated by brandOnly the brand’s testing shows this.Strengthens and repairs broken bonds
SupportedReinforces a damaged strand.
Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment
KeraTriplex keratin protein technology
SupportedThe named ingredient is really there.instantly improves texture
Stated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.color safe
SupportedLess fade per wash.paraben-free
SupportedPreserved without parabens.
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 and shine.
Bond Repair Balm
Customer video testimonial: "Repairing my damaged hair in just minutes! #OUAI"
Named featured customer video reviewer, Val Shepherd, on product pageSephora "Highly rated by customers for" aggregate tags: Frizz Control, Shine, Softness
Aggregate customer-sentiment tags derived from Sephora review corpus (disclosed as aggregate, not an individual quote)Amazon aggregate rating 4.6 out of 5 stars from 101 customer reviews
Aggregate rating (disclosed as such)Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment
Mild fragrance, leaves hair smooth and frizz-free
Works well, no more frizz - mild fragrance, leaving my hair smooth and frizz-freeAggregate rating 4.8/5 from 142 ratings on Walmart
Disclosed aggregate retailer ratingReviewers describe intense hydration, shine, and improved hair texture
Multiple reviewer comments on Walmart product pagePrice 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.
Bond Repair Balm
Against 347 masks and treatments 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.
Bond Repair Balm · Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment · All masks and treatments 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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