La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 vs Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 250ml
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 250ml is ₹460 dearer.
La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 vs Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 250ml
La Roche-Posay
La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60
₹2,490
SPF does not scale the way people read it: SPF 30 blocks about 97 percent of UVB and SPF 60 about 98, so doubling the number buys one percentage point.
Full details →
Olaplex
Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 250ml
₹2,950
Bis-aminopropyl diglycol dimaleate genuinely reconnects broken disulfide bonds, which is real chemistry rather than a conditioning coating -- but that only matters if your hair has broken bonds.
Full details →Who the La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 is for
Buy it if: Anyone who will apply a proper quarter teaspoon and reapply every two hours.
Avoid it if: Anyone applying a thin layer once a day and expecting SPF 60 protection.
Who the Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 250ml is for
Buy it if: Anyone with bleached, coloured or chemically treated hair.
Avoid it if: Anyone with virgin untreated hair -- there is little for the active to do.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 19 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 | Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 250ml |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹2,490 | ₹2,950 |
| Key actives | Avobenzone 3 percent, homosalate 10 percent, octisalate 5 percent, octocrylene 10 percent | Bis-aminopropyl diglycol dimaleate |
| Volume | 90 ml | 250 ml |
| Fragrance | Fragranced | Fragranced |
| Mains voltage | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Period after opening | 12 months after opening | 12 months after opening |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Colour safe | not published | Yes |
| Cost per wash | not published | 250 ml is roughly 25 washes |
| Finish | Milky, absorbs without a white cast | not published |
| How it works | not published | The active reconnects broken disulfide bonds in the hair's keratin. That is a genuine chemical repair, not a coating |
| How SPF scales | Not linearly. SPF 30 blocks about 97 percent of UVB and SPF 60 about 98 percent. Doubling the number buys roughly one percentage point | not published |
| Reapplication | Every 2 hours in sun, and after swimming or heavy sweating | not published |
| Sulfate free | not published | Yes |
| Usage | not published | It is a shampoo, not a treatment. The No.3 treatment is the concentrated product |
| UVA | SPF measures UVB only. UVA causes most ageing and tanning and is rated by the PA system, which US-labelled sunscreens do not carry | not published |
| Water resistance | 80 minutes, which is a tested claim rather than a marketing one | not published |
| What actually matters | Quantity. SPF is measured at 2 mg per square centimetre, about a quarter teaspoon for a face, and almost nobody applies that much. Applying half gives far less than half the rated protection | not published |
| What it does not do | not published | Nothing for split ends, which are mechanical damage and can only be cut |
| Who needs it | not published | Chemically treated hair -- bleached, coloured or permed. Virgin hair has few broken bonds to repair |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
Compare the La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 with something else →