Olaplex No. 3PLUS Complete Bond Repair Pre-Shampoo Hair Treatment
by Olaplex · hair_care
Editor's Take
Olaplex gives you serious pre-wash slip and cuticle coating here, but clean shoppers will clock the quat-heavy, fragranced trade-off fast.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Efficacy: 7.5 / 10
- Modern Tech: 7.8 / 10
- Clean Beauty: 4.6 / 10
- Sustainability: 7.3 / 10
The Verdict
On hair, expect a polished, detangled, harder-to-rough-up feel after rinsing and shampooing. The formula is built to leave conditioning agents, smoothing polymers, and richer lipids behind, so the pre-wash format makes sense rather than feeling like a gimmick. The catch is the clean profile: multiple quats, undisclosed fragrance, allergens, and petrochemical solvents keep this far from a minimalist ingredient list. Strong pick for cosmetic repair feel and wash-day manageability, not the bottle for strict clean-beauty shoppers.
Full INCI list
-Breakage-Defense Cationic Compex: Cares for and perfects strands from the inside out and promote smoothness. -Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil, Avocado Oil, and Sunflower Seed Oil: Reduce frizz and flyaways and improve smoothness. -Natural Humectant Derived From L-Glutamic Acid: Improves manageability and infuses moisture. 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, Huile Végétale), 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 lonone, Citronellol, Cl 19140 (Yellow 5), Cl 15985 (Yellow 6)