Half-head comparison test
Before the half-head test, I pre-oiled the bottom 7 or so inches of my hair with coconut oil, and then shampooed with Alba Botanica’s Hawaiian Marula Moisture shampoo. Then I parted my hair down the middle and carefully applied the two conditioners to different sides. I used a LOT of conditioner in each side to make sure that all of my hair was adequately covered. I left the conditioners on for about 3 minutes.
Left side: Hawaiian Marula Moisture Conditioner
Right side: Pantene Advanced Care 5-in-1 Conditioner
Observations:
The Pantene side:
- Easier to comb after the shower.
- Dried about 30 min faster than the Alba Botanica side
- Had much better definition and clumping
- Curls were well-formed and spiraled better
- Had substantially less frizz throughout the length
- Felt marginally softer once dried
- Curls kept their shape better than the Alba side after being in a braid for an hour.
The Alba Botanica side:
Womp womp.
Unfortunately, I didn’t notice any positive attributes. I didn’t like that it was slightly harder to comb through, and that it took longer to dry (I HATE waiting around for hair to dry).
Also, the other thing I’m not a fan of is that I spent $12 for 12 ounces of Alba’s conditioner, and $16 for 38 ounces for Pantene. Oh well, such is the curly girl’s life.
More Photos:
In real life, the difference is even bigger. I would actually wear my hair out with just the Pantene conditioner. Technically, I wore it “out” in the above photo (I went to work like that!), but I would wear it out to somewhere special too.
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Ingredients:
Pantene Advanced Care 5-in-1 Conditioner:
Water, Stearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetyl Alcohol, Bis-Aminopropyl Dimethicone, Fragrance, Benzyl Alcohol, Disodium Edta, Histidine, Panthenol, Panthenyl Ethyl Ether, Citric Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone.
Alba Botanica Hawaiian Marula Moisture Conditioner:
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice(1), Aqua (Water), Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil(1), Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Aleurites Moluccana Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Juniperus Virginiana Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Juice, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Water, Gardenia Tahitensis Flower Extract, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopherol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Citric Acid, Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba (Guar) Gum(1), Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Heptyl Glucoside, Isopropyl Alcohol, Panthenol, Sodium Hydroxide, Triethyl Citrate, Vanillin, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Limonene (1)Certified Organic Ingredient