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Is the Blue Shampoo Great for Brassy Brunettes?

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If you have dyed brunette hair, you may find that your hair takes on brassy orange tones as the dye fades.

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Blue shampoo is a color-depositing shampoo with a deep blue-violet tint that is intended to reduce unwanted brassiness in dyed brunette hair.

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If you have unwanted yellow tones (generally found in dyed blonde hair, or naturally grey hair), purple shampoo is recommended since yellow is the opposite of purple on the color wheel.

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If your hair is resistant to color, using blue shampoo on dry hair may be more effective.

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Don’t use it too often: It is very drying, so it should only be used once a week.

Don’t leave it on too long: I accidentally left it on my dry hair for 30 minutes.  My hair felt quite frizzy afterward, and even the Joico K-Pak wasn’t enough to get it back to normal.

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WHAT SHADE OF EYEBROW LOOKS BEST ON YOU?

Do you HAVE to use blue shampoo while going gray cold turkey? Definitely not! Only use it if the brassy tones in your fading dye bother you.

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I found that the blue shampoo really helped me for the first 9-10 months of my gray hair transition.  But towards the end of my transition, my fading brunette dye was SO orange that even blue shampoo barely helped.

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