11 Best Shampoos for Purple Hair
09.05.2023 - 22:13
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Getting a new hairstyle is a great experience! You get to go and be pampered for anywhere between 15 minutes to hours on end. Sometimes though, updating your look can come with a few stressful moments as well.
One of those stressors can include finding a new shampoo, and is particularly challenging if you are going through a big change, like dying your hair purple. The difficulty can be compounded if you also have curly, wavy, coily or damaged hair.
With all these potential stresses attached to changing shampoo, some people might choose to either not color their hair(and miss out on all the fun of purple hair!), or just stick with their original shampoo.
However, your stylist is likely to warn against using a regular shampoo on your newly transformed hair for a few reasons, and none of them are to upsell you a product you don’t need. Most importantly, a shampoo specifically formulated for purple hair is color-safe, meaning that it won’t remove color from your hair, which can make your expensive dye job last longer.
Other reasons include the health of your hair. Purple hair is usually achieved by first bleaching the hair very light blond, especially if you are going for a cool toned, or light purple.
Unfortunately, reaching the light blond necessary for this color to stick in your hair can be detrimental to it. The bleaching process is well known for damaging and drying out hair, and if you have to have multiple rounds of bleach to get an even color, it can have a major impact.
A properly formulated purple shampoo will help to reduce this damage through focusing on hydrating and repairing your hair. So,