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Just threw $35 down the drain on a bonding shampoo that wrecked my highlights
I picked up a bonding shampoo from a beauty supply store in Phoenix last week. The bottle promised to repair damage without stripping color, so I figured it was worth trying. After 3 washes, my foils looked brassy and flat, totally ruined the cool blonde I'd been maintaining. My client even asked if I switched products because her tone was off. I went back to my regular purple shampoo and it helped some, but that $35 is just gone. Has anyone else had a specialty shampoo mess with their color work like that?
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the_richard1mo ago
That $35 is just gone" is exactly how I feel about the purple shampoo I bought last month that turned my hair a weird shade of silver. The bottle said it was for "cool tones" but it just made everything look dull and ashy. The problem with these specialty shampoos is they either have way too much pigment or way too much stripping agent, and there's no way to know until you've already wrecked your color. I've gone back to just using a basic sulfate-free shampoo and a cheap purple conditioner once a week. Works better than any of those $30+ bottles I've tried.
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rubyreed1mo ago
Hold up though - purple shampoo doesn't strip color, it deposits violet pigment to cancel out brassiness. If it turned your hair silver, you probably left it on too long or used it too often. Most boxes say 3-5 minutes but people think more time means more toning. That's not how it works.
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