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What does purple shampoo do?
by: Anjana Rajbhandary, BestReviews Staff
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Did you know that different purple tones neutralize different brassy tones? A lighter purple shampoo can tone yellow tones while you might need a darker purple shampoo for more brassy tones.
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Purple shampoo can protect your hair from brassiness
If you have blonde or silver hair, don’t you always want it to look bright? Purple shampoos have purple or violet pigments, which neutralize light hair’s brassiness, and tones it to restore the original cooler and brighter shade. Getting your hair professionally lightened every week can be expensive.
Using a purple shampoo can maintain the vibrancy of your hair between your salon visits.
What is purple shampoo?
Purple shampoo is a toning shampoo made explicitly for blonde and light-colored hair to neutralize the orange-looking brassiness. Purple is the opposite of yellow in the color wheel, and that’s why the purple pigments cancel out the brassy, yellow tones.
