Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner 250ml vs Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 250ml
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications.
Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner 250ml vs Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 250ml
Olaplex
Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner 250ml
₹2,950
Same active as the No.4 shampoo in a conditioning base, and the useful practical detail is leave-in time: three to five minutes is the full effect, and leaving it longer changes nothing because the reaction is not time-dependent past that point.
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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 Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner 250ml is for
Buy it if: Anyone using the No.4 shampoo on chemically treated hair, including fine hair.
Avoid it if: Anyone following a silicone-free routine, and anyone with virgin untreated hair.
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 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner 250ml | Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 250ml |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹2,950 | ₹2,950 |
| How it works | Same bond-repair active as No.4, in a conditioning base | The active reconnects broken disulfide bonds in the hair's keratin. That is a genuine chemical repair, not a coating |
| Who needs it | Chemically treated hair. Virgin hair has few broken bonds | Chemically treated hair -- bleached, coloured or permed. Virgin hair has few broken bonds to repair |
| Fragrance | Fragranced | Fragranced |
| Key actives | Bis-aminopropyl diglycol dimaleate | Bis-aminopropyl diglycol dimaleate |
| Mains voltage | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Period after opening | 12 months after opening | 12 months after opening |
| Volume | 250 ml | 250 ml |
| 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 |
| Leave-in time | 3 to 5 minutes. Longer does not improve the result -- the reaction is not time-dependent past that | not published |
| Pairing | Designed to follow the No.4 shampoo; the two are a system rather than alternatives | not published |
| Silicone | Contains silicones, which some curly-hair routines exclude | 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 |
| Weight | Light enough for fine hair, unlike most repair conditioners | not published |
| What it does not do | not published | Nothing for split ends, which are mechanical damage and can only be cut |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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