The fastest way to fix yellow tones in your hair

Being a basic brunette for most of my life (besides one whiter-than-blonde mishap when I was sixteen – eeek!), I’ve never had to worry about toning products, violet shampoos and the like. Whenever my brassy-toned besties nattered on about their tresses (for the eleventh time that day), just zoned out.
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So when I took the plunge and got balayage, I couldn’t help but wish I’d paid closer attention in those mop meetings. Sure enough, after a month or two, my ashy blonde became more like a blorange, and I knew swift action was needed. I pulled out the Fudge Clean Blonde Violet Toning Shampoo that had just crossed my desk, and headed straight for the showers.
I know this may sound silly, but I never realised that these shampoos were quite so violet. My whole bath became a wonderful shade of purple and I had some fun lathering up my strands, all the while secretly hoping the hue was actually doing something to neutralise the brassiness.
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After a rinse and a quick towel dry confirmed my hair was back to a brilliant blonde, with no coppery tones in sight. Yippee! Want to know the best part? You only need to use this sparingly, perhaps once a month or whenever your colour starts to look less than luscious, which means it will last you through many a blonde hair trend or two.
bh also recommends: JUSTICE Professional Perfect Violet Shampoo, BedHead Dumb Blonde Violet Toning Shampoo, Creightons Sunshine Blonde with Argan Tone Correcting Shampoo, Catwalk By TIGI Fashionista Shampoo, Touch of Silver Brightening Shampoo
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55 Member Comments
I'm so tempted to try JF gradual bleaching spray. If used properly can give great highlights, without scorching the hair. I am a bit wary though
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I just purchased some as I recently went back to getting highlights, thanks for the heads up about the purple-ness, won't be so shocked now!
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Purple bathroom, love it hahahah...I will try, since I have same issue, brassy thing
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I use Matrix so silver blonde shampoo when my roots start to look a bit brassy, I love the shampoo but sometimes find it difficult to try to blonde up the roots rather than the other strands of my hair which tend to go a more purple colour as they are already a platinum blonde. Sometimes my hair is left looking a mixture of shades which I hate, therefore I resort to a toner only applying on the roots.
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my daughter has just dyed her thick waist length, brown hair using 1 packet of a blonde color dye. Her beautiful hair is now orange. Her first major beauty mistake I tried to warn her that this would happen
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I want to go blonde now!
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Balayage.. I love it! I really want to try it on my dark hair!
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I have a dark blonde colored hair so i get high lights put through and i like the way that it breaks the blonde. And yes i did bleach my hair once when i was in my 20s' and it was white and it looked terrible i was stick thin as well so i was a real sight to behold. I have one photo of me looking like that and i can tell you not many people have seen it nor will they
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yeah not sure i would bleach my hair either
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I used to be blonde and unforunately was never advised to tone my hair or use toning products inbetween hairdresser sessions, so it was always brassy :( I've recently added some light foils to my dark hair but the damage even with quality treatment products is just not worth it for me. I'll be going back to dark soon.
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i would never bleach my hair, i dont know why, it just never seems to be a good idea with my dark hair
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Ooh, I've been on the look out for a purple shampoo, this one sounds perfect!
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Thanks for the tip, will check it out this week. Been trying to find a good toner, none have worked for me so far.
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Sounds like a fantastic product!
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I'm always on the look out for a product to deal with the brassiness of my hair. great ideas here. thanks.
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i love the dipdye look!!
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hmmm never thought of using this 'purple shampoo' will give it a go since i'll be bleaching my hair soon.
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i am a natural strawberry blonde, but have decided with the help of my hairdresser to go ash blonde, oh my gosh it is so difficult to stay ash blonde, mine goes brassy within two weeks, it is alot of maintaince and money but worth it if it looks great.
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I bleached my hair at home a few years ago and it turned orange, no matter how many dollars I spent at the hair dressers they couldn't fix it. Luckily I have very strong and thick hair so it wasn't too damaged and I just dyed it back to brown and pretended it never happened. I learned my lesson though, never again!
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i love blonde hair, but i just dont suit it! my mum bleached her hair twice (2days in a row) and it really damaged her hair :(
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I had to use a toner like that when I had blonde highlights, it looked nice. However, it was so so much upkeep to always get regrowth done as well, that i had to go back to brown. I often think of getting blonde highlights again, but i can never make up my mind.
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Purple toner shampoos are so convenient!
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I'd love to go Blonde!! still deciding whether it will suit me or not though! :s
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