The Best Purple Shampoos for Getting Rid of Brass on Blonde Hair

If you're an unnatural blonde — or even a blonde-from-birth who is blessed with sun-kissed highlights in the summer — you may find yourself fighting to keep your hair color from looking brassy, orange, or downright green (yikes!). And in the year of 2020, getting to the hairdresser to touch up color hasn't exactly been the easiest, what with the Covid protocols, shut downs, and such.

So if your hair is in need of some at-home toning treatments, purple shampoo is probably the product for you. And sure, dumping dark purple pigments onto light blonde hair sounds like a recipe for disaster, but it's actually the secret to keeping blonde hair bright.

If you think back to third grade art class, you'll remember that purple is opposite orange on the color wheel. Dark purple pigments counteract the brass, which help cool and tone your hair color.

There isn't too much to it when it comes to how you should use purple shampoo. All you have to do is lather up with a quarter-size dollop of shampoo and rinse it out. Just don't leave it on for more than five minutes, or you might find yourself with a few purple-tinted highlights.

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Since not all purple shampoos are created equal, we've rounded up a few that we count on to keep our own heads of hair the perfect shade of blonde.

Keep on scrollin' and get ready to kick some brass!