would you mix these two conditioners?

[ladylibra_30]

i really love the results i get from loreal feria color moisturizing treatment. it detangled my hair and left it smooth/silky. my hair feels like spun silk and it's airy/light! it actually glistens! it's also good for my colored hair. what in carnation more could i ask for?!

yesterday when i got home i was looking through my hair products and in my stash i have loreal vive color care conditioner for dry hair

i did an ingredient comparison check and was shocked and then not so shocked considering the products were manufactured by the same people (did you know loreal is also lancome, maybelline, & redken?)

anyway there are only 2 diferrences! both conditioners include: water, cetearyl alcohol, behentrimonium chloride, cetyl esters, fragrance, methylparaben, trideceth-12, cetrimonium chloride, chlorhexidine dihydrochloride, amodimethicone.
(i'm sure i misspelled some of these jokers

)


now the differences are:
feria ($7.99)-has glycerin and f.i.l code: d1073/1
vive($2.99)-has camphor benzalkonium methosulfate and f.i.l #d1960/2

i figure (trying to be a kitchen chemist

) that i could add a 'lil bit' of vive to the feria to stretch the conditioner. i only used the vive one time (i air-dried and used vive serum-i liked the results but i am CRAZY INLOVE for the feria) and i want to find a way to use it up. after i've used it up i won't purchase it again (i'll only buy the vive shampoo, vive mask, feria, and the serum)

please help me make a decision...all comments/ideas will be appreciated. thank you and thank you again

 

[Allandra]

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ladylibra_30 said:
(did you know loreal is also lancome, maybelline, & redken?)

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Yeap.

It's something else how some of these companies make the same product, give it two different names and two different prices.

 

[Neroli]

It certainly can't hurt to try it at least once to see how you like -- you never try, you never know! I will note the the main difference could be the glycerin in feria (glycerin is a powerful humectant) -- it could make all the differnce in the world if 2 products have all the same ingredients, except that one has glycerin and other doesn't . . .

 

[Tracy]

I think it would be a great way to stretch it. I love the Feria too, and I think it's potent enough that nothing about the other L'oreal product would be a problem.

 

[ladylibra_30]

update:

first, i just want to again thank everyone who replied.
second, i was brave enough to mix these two conditioners and i am glad that i did. i got the same results as i did when i used the feria solo. it's a great way to USE UP the loreal vive that i have. while i had good luck w/this mixture, i do not plan on buying the vive again....from now own i am a feria chick. i also loved the loreal vive shampoo so i will be buying it again.