Olaplex No.3PLUS Complete Bond Repair Pre-Shampoo Hair Treatment
by Olaplex · hair_care
Editor's Take
Olaplex earns its repair reputation here: the bond-building active sits at meaningful levels, though the crowded conditioning base makes this a performance-first bottle, not a clean-beauty darling.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 9.2 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 9.5 / 10
- Clean Standards: 5.1 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 6.6 / 10
The Verdict
Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate appears at a meaningful level, giving the bond-repair claim more substance than most competitors can muster. The rich conditioning base helps it cling to damaged hair while shea butter, avocado oil, and coconut oil add softness. Multiple quats, fragrance, and synthetic colorants pull down its clean profile, while those persistent conditioning agents also temper the sustainability story. For seriously damaged hair, this is one of the more credible pre-shampoo repair treatments on the shelf.
Is Olaplex No.3PLUS Complete Bond Repair Pre-Shampoo Hair Treatment clean?
DARE scores Olaplex No.3PLUS Complete Bond Repair Pre-Shampoo Hair Treatment by Olaplex 5.1 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.
What are the key ingredients in Olaplex No.3PLUS Complete Bond Repair Pre-Shampoo Hair Treatment?
The formula leads with Aqua (Water, Eau), Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.
How does DARE score Olaplex No.3PLUS Complete Bond Repair Pre-Shampoo Hair Treatment?
Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Olaplex No.3PLUS Complete Bond Repair Pre-Shampoo Hair Treatment by Olaplex scores Performance 9.2 / 10, Clean Standards 5.1 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 9.5 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 6.6 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.
Full INCI list
Aqua (Water, Eau), Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Propanediol, Distearyldimonium Chloride, Behentrimonium Chloride, Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcool, Casalpinia Spinosa Fruit Pod Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Extract, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Sprout Extract, Panthenol, Quaternium-91, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Tribehenin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Tocopherol, Olus Oil (Vegetable Oil), Caprylyl Caprylate, Cetrimonium Chloride, Sodium PCA, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Polyester-37, Ethyl Linoleate, Ethyl Oleate, Cetrimonium Methosulfate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, C13-15 Alkane, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer, Phenethyl Benzoate, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Sodium Metabisulfite, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Parfum (Fragrance), Linalyl Acetate, Linalool, Hydroxycitronellal, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Citronellol, Cl 19140 (Yellow 5), Cl 15985 (Yellow 6)