Purple vs. Blue Shampoo: What They Do and How to Choose Between Them

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Purple shampoo is beloved by bleached and blonde-haired heads around the world.

“These shampoos have the same effect on different shades of hair.

Basically, purple is to blonde as blue is to brunette,” explains Leake.

Valdes agrees, sharing thatblue shampoocan especially benefit brunettes without any bleaching or highlights.

Both shampoos can help extend your time between colorings, too.

What Is Purple Shampoo?

Purple shampoois a term used to describe purple color-depositing shampoo.

It is formulated with violet-colored molecules that combat unwanted yellow tones in blonde hair, explains Leake.

This helps to neutralize brass in yellow/blonde hair colors.

Blue color-depositing shampoos can be helpful to neutralize moreorangeor bright brassy tones in the hair.

(Blue is opposite to orange on the color wheel.)

But blue shampoo is not only beneficial to brunettes.

Purple and blue shampoos are at-home tools for battling discoloration between salon visits.

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