KUNDAL Honey & Macadamia Shampoo Review: Just the Shampoo, No Commitment

We covered KUNDAL's Honey & Macadamia Shampoo & Conditioner Set as the site's first hair-care review. This is the same shampoo sold on its own — same formula, same bottle size, same fragrance, no conditioner attached. It exists for a specific kind of buyer, and it's worth being clear about who that is before spending the extra money over the set.

Same formula, smaller commitment

Nothing about the shampoo itself changes when it's sold alone: it's still built around honey and macadamia oil for moisture and shine, still uses an LPP protein complex and Ceramide NP for strand and barrier support, and still skips SLS/SLES sulfates in favor of gentler cleansing agents. See the set review for the ingredient-level detail and citations — there's no reformulation to account for here, just a different bundle.

Why buy it alone

• You already use and like a specific conditioner (a color-safe or protein-heavy one, say) and don't want a second conditioner sitting unused in the shower
• You want to test whether the "Baby Powder" scent and sulfate-free lather actually work for your hair before committing to the full set
• You're specifically shopping for a shampoo bar replacement or travel-adjacent single bottle rather than building a two-product routine

The math against the set

This bottle is $19.99 for 16.9 fl oz. The set is $35.00 for a full-size bottle of each — meaning the conditioner in the set effectively costs about $15 on top of this shampoo's price. If there's any chance you'll want the conditioner too, the set is the better deal; buying both separately would cost more than the bundle. This standalone bottle only makes sense if you're confident you don't want or need KUNDAL's conditioner specifically.

Who might not need it

• Anyone who wants a two-product system from one brand for consistency — go straight to the set instead
• Very oily scalps that do better with a clarifying or sulfate-based shampoo periodically — this is a gentle, moisture-forward formula, not a deep-clean one

Bottom line: the shampoo alone is a reasonable way to sample the formula, but unless you have a strong reason to skip the conditioner, the set is the smarter purchase.

References

Peer-reviewed sources for the ingredient claims above, retrieved via literature search. Cite the linked DOI when reusing any of this — see the set review for the full citation list on honey and macadamia oil.

• Honey and Wound Healing: An Update — Am J Clin Dermatol, 2017 — review
• Clinical Efficacy in Skin Hydration and Reducing Wrinkles of Nanoemulsions Containing Macadamia integrifolia Seed Oil — Nanomaterials, 2024 — clinical trial