If there’s one product every blonde needs, it’s a silver shampoo! Blonde hair, whether natural or from the bottle, tends to look brassy. It’s unnecessary to say that almost all blondes dread brassy tones! Your beautiful blonde hair sometimes takes on an unwanted yellow or even orange colour, caused by its natural enemies: smog, air pollution, hard water and UV rays. No need to panic: enter silver shampoo! Silver shampoo is perfect for maintaining your lustrous golden locks. In this blog we’ll tell you what silver is, what it does and how you can use the purple liquid.
What is silver shampoo?
Silver shampoo, aka purple shampoo, is a shampoo that contains a purple pigment to counteract brassiness. Think of the colour wheel you learned about in art class. If you look at the colour wheel, yellow is across from yellow, meaning it will work to counteract and neutralise the yellow tones that all blondes don’t want. So, the purple colour of the silver shampoo removes the brassy yellow tones and brightens your hair.
What does silver shampoo do?
Blondes have more fun, but let’s not forget about the grey-haired among us! Naturally or ‘from-the-bottle’ grey and blonde hair can develop yellow tones from environmental factors like pollution and rain. Silver shampoo is crucial to blonde or grey hair colour maintenance. The purple pigment neutralises strong yellow tones in (artificially) blonde or grey hair, helping your hair keep a gorgeous cool colour. Depending on how long you leave the silver shampoo on your hair, you can achieve any colour from honey blonde to the coolest white shade.
How to use silver shampoo
Using silver shampoo correctly is not rocket science, but you want to avoid any lilac staining. But with the right hair care routine, you’ll be sure that your hair colour stays fresh, amazingly toned and gorgeous at all times. Here’s how you use silver shampoo.
- Apply a golf ball-size amount of silver shampoo to towel-dried hair. Make sure that your hand are coated in the purple product.
- Swipe the silver shampoo into your hairline and work your way down. Start from the base of your hairline and work the shampoo into your hair using slow rubbing motions.
- Comb your hair all the way through, and let the silver shampoo sit for several minutes. If you’re in the shower, you have plenty of time to continue the rest of your beauty routine while you wait for your hair to absorb all the shampoo.
- Rinse out the silver shampoo. Use warm water to rinse out all the shampoo.
- Use conditioner and let it sit for 1 minute. Start from the ends of your hair and slowly work up.
- Rinse out the conditioner with cold water. This will close the hair follicles and creates a gorgeous shine.
How long should you leave silver shampoo in for?
There’s not a single answer to this question, but in general you can say that the cooler the blonde, the longer your should let your silver shampoo penetrate your hair before washing it out. To help you out, here’s how long it takes to let the silver shampoo in your hair to get these hair colours before rinsing.
- Cool blondes: 5 – 15 minutes before rinsing
- Neutral blondes: 3 – 5 minutes before rinsing
- Warm blondes: 1 – 3 minutes before rinsing
How often to use silver shampoo
As good as silver shampoo works, it’s not designed for daily use, and doesn’t replace your regular shampoo. We advise using silver shampoo no more than twice a week to avoid lilac staining. If you wash your hair more often than this, then it’s best to alternate between your regular shampoo and the silver shampoo. Another option is to mix the silver shampoo with your regular shampoo. The silver shampoo adds some of the purple pigment into your hair-wash-routine, without risking going overboard.
2 common silver shampoo mistakes
Silver shampoo is a gentle way of controlling unwanted yellow and orange tones in your hair. Most people are happy to grab the bottle of silver shampoo, apply a very generous amount and lather up to the max. The key is not to overdo it. But hey, we’re all humans after all, and most people make mistakes when applying silver shampoo. Here are the 2 most common silver shampoo mistakes.
#1 Use too much silver shampoo
Silver shampoos should not replace your regular everyday shampoo. If you OD on the purple cleanser, your hair will look lilac and dull. Limited use will benefit the healthy look of your strands.
#2 Incorrect application of silver shampoo
Most of us rub our regular cleanser in quickly, rinse it off and we’re done. If you do the same when you apply silver shampoo, the shampoo will be less effective. The best way to use your silver shampoo to get the most effective result is to apply it on damp, towel-dried hair. Then comb it through evenly, and let it sit for several minutes before rinsing. The result will be amazing.
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