Olaplex
Olaplex offers 2 products on RevWix across Beauty & Personal Care, with an average ethics score of 72.5/10.
Ethics breakdown
Average scores across our scoring pillars.
- Sourcing8/10
- Animal Welfare8/10
- Labor7/10
- Environment5.5/10
- Transparency5.5/10
Categories covered
Where Olaplex shows up across our directory.
- Beauty & Personal Care2
What reviewers highlight
Strengths mentioned most often across Olaplex's products.
- ✓Toners hair blonde shades
- ✓Strengthens and hydrates hair
- ✓Easy to use
- ✓Strengthens hair bonds
- ✓Reduces breakage
- ✓Leaves hair feeling soft and smooth
Sustainability commitments
"Considered environmentally friendly due to its water-conscious formulations."
"Olaplex is not explicitly marketed as an eco-friendly brand, but their products are cruelty-free and made without endangered or harmful ingredients."
Olaplex scores & reviews
Product scorecard
| # | Product | Ethics | Shopper rating | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olaplex N°.5 Blonde Enhancer Purple Conditioner | Toning Hair | 75 | 4.4(2,359) | $34.00 |
| 2 | OLAPLEX N°.4 Bond Maintenance™ Strengthening Shampoo | 70 | 4.7(1,862) | $96.00 |
Products from Olaplex
Olaplex N°.5 Blonde Enhancer is a purple conditioner designed to tone and enhance blonde hair. It contains Olaplex's patented chemistry to strengthen and protect hair. Suitable for all blonde shades and tones.
Olaplex's N°.4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo strengthens and repairs damaged hair, especially beneficial for those with curly or coily hair. The primary keyword is 'olaplex shampoo', and secondary keywords include 'curly hair shampoo', 'coily hair shampoo', 'Olaplex hair treatment', 'damaged hair shampoo', and 'Olaplex N°.4 Bond Maintenance'.
How to read Olaplex's ethics scores
Each Olaplex product on this page carries a 0–100 score built from four checkable inputs: active third-party certifications, disclosed ingredients or materials, published supply-chain information, and the brand's watchdog record. Nothing here is based on Olaplex's own marketing language.
The spread matters as much as the top score. If Olaplex's highest and lowest products sit far apart, verification is being applied to some lines and not others — common when a company certifies a flagship range and leaves the rest undocumented. A narrow spread, even at a moderate average, usually signals a consistent policy.
Scores can move without any editorial change, because certification status is re-checked as pages refresh. A lapsed certificate, a new audit or a recall notice will all show up in the product's certification and notes sections.
Questions worth asking before buying Olaplex
Start with ownership: a parent company's testing or sourcing policy can change what a claim on the packaging actually covers. Then check scope — a certification often applies to one fibre, facility or ingredient rather than the whole product.
Finally, compare within the category rather than against Olaplex's own range. A mid-scoring product can still be the strongest verified option at its price, and a high-scoring one can be beaten by a cheaper certified alternative.
What each score input covers
| Input | What we check | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Certifications | Active listings in public registers, with scope and expiry | Only externally audited claims can be revoked |
| Ingredients & materials | Full disclosure, hazard flags, recycled or organic content | Comparable without trusting brand narrative |
| Transparency | Named suppliers, factories or audit summaries | Shows whether claims survive scrutiny |
| Record | Recalls, regulator rulings and greenwashing findings | Best short-term signal of quality control |
Buying Olaplex with confidence
- Verify the mark, not the adjectiveSearch the certifier's register for the exact product line.
- Check the parent companyOwnership changes what cruelty-free or organic claims cover.
- Compare in-categoryThe same score means different things across categories.
- Read open notes firstAn unresolved recall outweighs a few score points.
Frequently asked
Is Olaplex an ethical brand?+
Olaplex's standing here is the average of its scored products, built only from verifiable inputs: active certifications, disclosed ingredients or materials, published supply-chain data and its recall or regulator record. Where a claim cannot be checked in a public register, it earns nothing.
Is Olaplex certified by third parties?+
Any certification we could confirm appears on the individual product cards above. Marks shown are matched to the certifier's own register; self-declared logos and internal awards are not counted.
Why do Olaplex products have different scores?+
Scores are per product, not per brand. Differences usually come from certification scope, ingredient or material disclosure, and packaging — a certified flagship can sit far above an undocumented line from the same company.
Are there better alternatives to Olaplex?+
Compare within the category rather than the brand: category rankings list the highest-scoring verified options at each price level, so you can see whether a cheaper certified alternative beats the Olaplex product you were considering.