OLAPLEX No.7 Bonding Hair Oil
by OLAPLEX · hair_care
Editor's Take
A bottle of silicone masquerading as an oil.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 8.8 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 9.2 / 10
- Clean Standards: 7.8 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 3.5 / 10
The Verdict
The bottle says oil. The INCI says silicone. We'll be ready momentarily.
Is OLAPLEX No.7 Bonding Hair Oil clean?
DARE scores OLAPLEX No.7 Bonding Hair Oil by OLAPLEX 7.8 / 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.7 Bonding Hair Oil?
The formula leads with Dimethicone, Isohexadecane, C13-14 Isoalkane, Coco-Caprylate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate. 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.7 Bonding Hair Oil?
Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, OLAPLEX No.7 Bonding Hair Oil by OLAPLEX scores Performance 8.8 / 10, Clean Standards 7.8 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 9.2 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 3.5 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.
Full INCI list
Dimethicone, Isohexadecane, C13-14 Isoalkane, Coco-Caprylate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate, Propanediol, Zea Mays (Corn) Oil, Beta-Carotene, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Punica Granatum Seed Oil, Water/Aqua/Eau, Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Extract, Tocopherol, Pseudozyma Epicola/Camellia Sinensis Seed Oil Ferment Extract Filtrate, Fragrance (Parfum), Citral, Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal
Last updated September 19, 2026