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Pattern Beauty Lightweight Conditioner vs Pattern Beauty Medium Conditioner With Slip

46% function match · 3 of the 10 functions we compared match Formula overlap 38%. Pattern Beauty Lightweight Conditioner and Pattern Beauty Medium Conditioner With Slip share 4 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.

  • Lightweight Conditioner — protein-sensitive hair
  • Medium Conditioner With Slip — 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”.

Trait
Pattern Beauty Lightweight Conditioner — 3 oz container Pattern Beauty

Lightweight Conditioner

  • Conditioner
  • Masstige
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
Pattern Beauty Medium Conditioner With Slip — 29 oz container Pattern Beauty

Medium Conditioner With Slip

  • Conditioner
  • Masstige
  • Sulfate-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$29 13 oz · $2.23/oz
$49 29 oz · $1.69/oz

Compared at different sizes — 29 oz against 13 oz. Per-ounce prices favour the larger bottle.

Value / price positioning
Upper-mid price for a conditioner $$$$$ Masstige tier · costs more than 63% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Upper-mid price for a conditioner $$$$$ Masstige tier · costs more than 53% of the 689 conditioners we’ve priced
Best for hair types
Wavy–Coily The brand’s own claims name curly or textured hair. Your hair
Wavy–Coily The brand’s own claims name curly or textured hair. Your hair
Moisture level Differs
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
Low Humectants appear, but low enough to be a minor part. Your hair
Oils and butters Differs
Moderate Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula. Your hair
Low Oils are present, but low enough to be a finishing touch. 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
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Protein Differs
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
Minor Protein appears, low enough to be a supporting ingredient. Your hair
Silicone / wax buildup Differs
None Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove. Your hair
High Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them. Your hair
Clarifying wash needed
Moderate Your hair
High Your hair
Hard-water defence Differs
None No chelating agent in the list. Your hair
Chelators present Chelators are present — they bind hard-water and pool minerals. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Complete for its job
out of 10
Complete for its job
Who should choose this
  • 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
  • Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones
  • Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
  • Cuticle-smoothing pHa pH adjuster brings it to the acidic range hair prefers
  • A wide range of haira middle-of-the-range weight
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
  • Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a strong scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Very dry or damaged hairit contains fast-drying alcohol
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 · Ulta
Brand website · Ulta
Free of
  • sulfate-free
  • silicone-free
  • protein-free
  • curly-method compatible
  • sulfate-free
Vegan
—
Not vegan · ingredient list
Cruelty-free
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
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

IngredientLightweight ConditionerMedium Conditioner With Slip
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Cetearyl Alcohol
Softens
#2Leading
#2Leading
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
Softens
#5Supporting
#14Below the 1% line
Biotin
Neutral
#7Supporting
#11Below the 1% line
Fragrance
Fragrance
#27Below the 1% line
#38Below the 1% line
Benzyl Benzoate
Fragrance
#28Below the 1% line
#39Below the 1% line
Citric Acid
pH balancer
#15Below the 1% line
#8Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Lightweight Conditioner

Medium Conditioner With Slip

Full ingredient list — Lightweight Conditioner (32)
Full ingredient list — Medium Conditioner With Slip (39)

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.

VerdictsLightweight ConditionerMedium Conditioner With Slip
Supported
0
1
Partly supported
1
1
Stated by brand
1
1
Potential conflict
0
0

Lightweight Conditioner

  • Weightless conditioner ideal for fine or thin curly hairPartly supportedDepends how fine your hair is.
  • Effective co-washStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.

Medium Conditioner With Slip

  • hydrates & defines curlsPartly supportedSome hydration, at a low level.
  • eases detangling with extra slipSupportedEasier detangling, less breakage.
  • without weighing down curlsStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.

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 slip, moisture, and curl definition. Pattern Beauty Medium Conditioner With Slip draws complaints about the scent.

Lightweight Conditioner

Provides hydration and detangling without weighing down fine or lower-density curls

reviewers with fine/thin curly hair (2C-3A)

Improves curl bounce and definition, often mentioned alongside compliments on scent

general reviewers

Some reviewers with denser or coarser curls found it too light and switched to the brand's Intensive/Heavy Conditioner for more richness

reviewers with denser/coarser curl types

Medium Conditioner With Slip

Delivers strong hydration and curl definition, leaving hair feeling noticeably softer without weighing curls down

curly/coily 3B-4C hair

Works especially well for very curly and coily textures needing extra slip

3B-4C curl types

Fragrance is too strong for some users, unfavorably compared to preferred scent profiles

general reviewers

Price is seen as high by some, though others view it as reasonable next to salon brands like Redken and Biolage

value-conscious reviewers

Formula thickness and slip perception varies -- ideal for some, too thick or low-slip until rinsed for fine hair

fine-hair reviewers

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.

$1.69/oz vs $2.23/oz — Pattern Beauty Lightweight Conditioner costs about 1.3× more per ounce than Pattern Beauty Medium Conditioner With Slip.

$0.09/oz median $1.60/oz $56.25/oz $2.23/oz Lightweight Conditioner $1.69/oz Medium Conditioner With Sl

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

Value readLightweight ConditionerMedium Conditioner With Slip
Label
Upper-mid price for a conditionerSits in the middle of the range for conditioners per ounce.
Upper-mid price for a conditionerSits in the middle of the range for conditioners per ounce.

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.

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Lightweight Conditioner · Medium Conditioner With Slip · 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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