Side by side
Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel vs Redken Pliable Styling Paste
89% function match · 10 of the 13 functions we compared match Formula overlap 13%. Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel and Redken Pliable Styling Paste share 1 ingredient 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.
- Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel — dry, thirsty hair
- Pliable Styling Paste — dry, thirsty 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”.
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together
- Fine hairthat flattens under most products
- Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
- Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
- Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together
- Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list
- Aerosol avoidancea pump or tube, not a pressurised can
- Scents bother youthis product carries a strong scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Anyone who dislikes a castthe film formers here can set firm
- Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
- Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
- Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
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
Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel
Full ingredient list — Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel (31)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Butylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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3
Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
- thickener
- polymer
- film former
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4
Dimethicone
- silicone
- emollient
- conditioning agent
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5
Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract
- botanical extract
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6
Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Extract
- botanical extract
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7
Melaleuca Alternifolia (TEA Tree) Leaf Water
- botanical extract
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8
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
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9
Nymphaea Alba Root Extract
- botanical extract
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10
Hydrolyzed Rice Protein
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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11
Glycerin
- humectant
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12
PEG-12 Dimethicone
- emollient
- silicone
- water-soluble silicone
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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13
Ethylhexylglycerin
- preservative
- emollient
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14
Dimethicone Crosspolymer
- film former
- polymer
- silicone
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15
Propylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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16
Sorbitol
- humectant
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17
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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18
Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate
- film former
- polymer
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19
Potassium Sorbate
- preservative
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20
Sodium Benzoate
- preservative
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21
Tocopherol
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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22
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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23
Benzyl Alcohol
- preservative
- solvent
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24
Citrus Lemon Peel Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
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25
Hexyl Cinnamal
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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26
Lavandula Oil/Extract
- botanical extract
- essential oil
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27
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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28
Linalool
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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29
Linalyl Acetate
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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30
Pinene
- fragrance
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31
Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
- fragrance
Full ingredient list — Pliable Styling Paste (30)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Butylene Glycol
- humectant
- solvent
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3
Steareth-20
- emulsifier
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4
Cetearyl Alcohol
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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5
PVP
- film former
- polymer
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6
PPG-5-Ceteth-20
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
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7
Dimethicone
- silicone
- emollient
- conditioning agent
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8
PEG-100 Stearate
- emulsifier
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9
Glyceryl Stearate
- emulsifier
- emollient
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10
Propylene Glycol Ceteth-3 Acetate
- light ester
- emollient
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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11
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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12
PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate
- thickener
- emulsifier
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13
Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
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14
Methylparaben
- paraben
- preservative
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15
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- conditioning agent
- polymer
- gum
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16
Ethylparaben
- paraben
- preservative
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17
Peg-90m
- emulsifier
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18
Disodium EDTA
- hard-water chelator
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19
Hexyl Cinnamal
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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20
Benzyl Salicylate
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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21
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- conditioning agent
- film former
- protein
- hydrolysed protein
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22
Limonene
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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23
Linalool
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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24
Benzyl Alcohol
- preservative
- solvent
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25
Fumaric Acid
- pH adjuster
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26
Citronellol
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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27
Geraniol
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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28
Coumarin
- fragrance
- named fragrance allergen
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29
Blue 1 (CI 42090)
- colourant
- direct dye
- blue dye
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30
Ci 17200 (Red 33)
- colourant
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.
Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel
Amplifies volume with light hold
SupportedLeaves room for lift.Soft, weightless finish
SupportedLess likely to weigh hair down.Provides thickness and body for fine hair
SupportedLeaves room for lift.Creates voluminous blowouts with natural bounce
SupportedLeaves room for lift.Cruelty-free, vegan
Stated by brandWorth checking on the label.
Pliable Styling Paste
Leaves hair looking moist and pliable without stiffness, flakiness or build up
SupportedNatural movement without stiffness.Stays flexible so you can rearrange the style
SupportedNatural movement without stiffness.Shampoos out easily
Stated 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.
Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel draws complaints about tangling and dryness.
Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel
Smells really fresh and reviewer loves the scent
reviewer commenting on scentAnother reviewer disliked it, describing the scent as strong and unpleasant ('stinks')
dissatisfied reviewerNoted some tangling while blow-drying with the product
same reviewer noting a downsidePliable Styling Paste
Excellent for styling and holding short hair styles throughout the day, with many reviewers reporting years of repeat use for this specific hair length.
Reviewers report the product formula has been changed or watered down, no longer performing as effectively as the original Rewind 06 version that was discontinued.
A small amount of the product provides effective styling and texture with good longevity, making it economical to use and long-lasting.
Too heavy, sticky, or ineffective for fine or thin hair, often leaving hair feeling greasy, limp, or coated without providing the desired hold.
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.
$3.53/oz vs $5.60/oz — Redken Pliable Styling Paste costs about 1.6× more per ounce than Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel.
Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel
Against 157 gels with a computable unit price.
Pliable Styling Paste
Against 90 pastes 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.
Tea Tree Lemon Sage Thickening Blowout Gel · Pliable Styling Paste · All gels 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.
- 5 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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