katie goes platinum
If you have dyed brunette hair, you may find that your hair takes on brassy orange tones as the dye fades. There are measures you can take to prevent brassiness but if it’s too late for prevention, your best recourse is blue shampoo.
Blue shampoo is a color-depositing shampoo with a deep blue-violet tint that is intended to reduce unwanted brassiness in dyed brunette hair. Blue is the opposite color from orange on the color wheel, so it neutralizes the orange tones and helps get your brunette hair back to looking fabulous.
Blue shampoo is best for brassy brunette hair since brunettes are the ones who end up with unwanted copper and orange tones in their dyed hair.It’s a great bonus to ditching the dye!
1. Rub the shampoo between your hands and apply it all over your DRY hair. 2. Wait for 5 minutes 3. Step into the shower, wet your hair a little, and keep working the shampoo through your hair. 4. Rinse, and then deep condition.* Let the deep conditioner sit on your hair for 5-30 minutes before rinsing out.
I took these photos while I was transitioning to my natural gray hair, so I’ve totally got a skunk stripe going on, as well as brassy orange tones in my fading dyed ends.
If your hair takes color well, do a strand test on dry hair. If you rinse it out and end up with unwanted blue tones, you may be better off applying the shampoo to wet hair in the future.Make sure to check out the long gray hair tips at the end of this article to find a super-easy method of getting waves!