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Why Blue Shampoo is Fantastic 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.   There are measures you can take to prevent brassiness but if it’s too late for prevention, your best recourse is blue shampoo.

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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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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. 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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How to Use Blue Shampoo 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.

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

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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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.

WHAT SHADE OF EYEBROW LOOKS BEST ON YOU?

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If your faded brunette dye turns so orange that blue shampoo no longer works for you (while you are going gray), you have a few options: – Only dye the brassy ends, while leaving the gray roots untouched. – Hide the brassy ends with hairpieces or extensions. – Just learn to live with the orange tones until all of your dye fades away.

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