Aveda Texture Tonic versus Daimon Barber Texture Tonic.
This is Brand Battle.
Hi guys, how are you?
I'm Robin.
Welcome back to my YouTube channel and welcome back to Brand Battle; the series that put
two competing products head-to-head in the ultimate showdown.
That literally just like comes off my tongue right now.
Anyway, this one's all about pre-stylers.
We have two products that have exactly the same name, texture tonic.
So really, they are well matched.
Now, as you guys know, we have a series of points right here and the points differ depending
on how much of a weight we put on that category.
There are 20 points up for grabs.
Let's do this.
Now, the first product we have is Aveda.
Now, you know that I absolutely love Aveda products.
They are big on ingredients as we're going to see and also in terms of performance, I
think they do really well.
Now, this one says, “it's to define and enhance natural texture and create piecey
definition that looks effortlessly undone”.
Then we have the Daimon Barber product which is a British brand and again, they have the
Texture Tonic, released actually around about the same time as this one.
And this one says, “our texture tonic is a sea mineral and plant protein spray which
not only gives the control texture of a sea salt spray but adds volume to the hair by
thickening each strand from root to tip”.
And that's exactly what we're looking at in this Brand Battle.
We want loads of texture from these products; we want volume.
We want to be able to use them as stand-alone so you can use them without any styling product
and we also want to see how they work as a pre-styler before a styling product.
Now, straight into ingredients, Daimon Barber say this product is free from parabens and
nasty chemicals and all our ingredients are sourced from the UK.
You can see this in the green here.
It is water based, but then you do have alcohol, magnesium sulfate, polysorbate, various other
things.
It's actually really hard when you put something up against Aveda because they are known for
they're ingredients.
And this is free from parabens, mineral, petrolatum, formaldehyde, animal ingredients, and synthetic
fragrance.
And they actually say that 94% of the stuff in here is naturally derived.
So, guys, it's an easy one.
The points go to Aveda.
Now, into packaging; they are kind of similar, spray bottles.
I don't mind them at all.
Aveda has kind of gone back to its sort of roots here.
It's quite 90's with this sort of squiggle which I don't really get versus the Daimon
Barber one which I really love them as a brand.
I think it's a really strong brand.
It looks great.
It actually looks quite premium.
So for me, the point goes to Daimon Barber.
Now, into smell.
The Daimon Barber product smells insanely good.
This actually is amazing.
They use their signature scent which is Oudh and Egyptian Mallow.
It's almost like...If you can think of a Tom Ford fragrance, the private blend ones, the
ones that just smell so luxurious.
This is this in a little bottle and when you're spraying it that's heightened.
This is the Aveda one which smells really botanical and fresh.
It has ginger in it, ylang ylang and clary sage.
I really do like this but this one definitely gets the point for this.
Now, into ease of application, they are both spritzing bottles and they're applied really
very easily.
I would say actually, though that the mist on the Daimon Barber is actually easier to
direct the hair.
If you have longer hair then the Aveda one's probably better, but I prefer the ease of
application of Daimon Barber.
Now, for styling guys, I have used these as a pre-styler.
I've done it as a pre-styler then I've tried it as a styling product, but we really want
to see how easy this is to work.
The Daimon Barber product is very easy to use.
It's really responsive; work that volume through with your hands or with a brush and it dries
really very quickly versus the Aveda one, which again, is super responsive and you can
really start to feel the volume being built in.
I would say that the Aveda one, you can actually feel the product more.
There's more a texture to it and it just feels slightly more responsive in the styling.
So the points go to Aveda.
Now, finish gets a massive five points in this one because it is the most important.
We want hair that has loads of texture; this is what they're supposed to do.
Now, the Daimon Barber one does give really, really good texture.
The hair looks clean, it looks matte, it looks texturised versus the Aveda one which again,
gives this huge volume, loads of texture and actually when touching my hair, it feels like
it has a slight grittiness to it.
And not in a sort of dirty way, but in a texture way.
So, for me, just because it gives the biggest volume, the best texture, the point for finish
goes to Aveda.
So that it was in terms of a pre-styler and if you just want to keep your hair down, then
that would be you there.
But if you want to go on and use these as a pre-styler, so hair that has texture then
go on and use a pomade or a clay, then this is what I've done here and I've used exactly
the same clay product into the hands, worked through, just to kind of see how these respond.
Also, in the times I've been using these I have used them with various different products
and they do work in a very similar way, but because it has a better finish it actually
works better as a pre-styler.
So, the points go to Aveda.
Now, I have removed washability from this because they both slip out, no bother.
And also guys, I really do use these as pre-stylers.
So I've skipped that and I move straight on to price and value.
The Daimon Barber product is a 100 ml versus the Aveda product which is 125 ml.
Now, I found this product for £19.95, which works out at roughly 20 pence per 100 ml versus
the Aveda one which retails for about £22 or $25, which works out at roughly 18 pence
per 100 ml.
I should also say guys, that the Aveda one, just because it is a huge company, is more
readily available and you guys across the globe will be able to find this far more easily.
So, based on that and also the value, the point goes to Aveda.
So there we have it; our verdict.
With four points we have Daimon Barber versus 16 points for Aveda.
This one, although it looks like the points are like skewed, it's so hard when anything
goes against Aveda.
The ingredients are amazing, the performance is second to none, but Daimon Barber is a
really great brand and I love what they're doing.
A lot of their skincare is actually really, really solid.
This is amazing and I also love their Clay Pomade.
And I would also say if you're someone that wants texture, but not too much texture or
volume, then you will love this and also, it smells so great.
But this is a fave; I absolutely love it and I think it's well deserved to be winning this
one.
But there you go, guys.
I really hope you've enjoyed this one.
Next week will be a bit of a sort of a round of Brand Battle, what we've seen in season
three and kind of a look ahead to what we can do in the next season, whenever that will
be.
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