All Blondes Need to know

Hey hey!!
I hope you are having the best week! Today I want to talk to you alllll my blondies out there. I can not believe it has taken me this long to address a question that I get asked literally 3-7 times a week. “How do I keep my blonde looking like it does when I leave the salon?”, or “why does my blonde always fade?”. Or a question along those lines. There are few key factors (we will get into that) but the main answer to a blondes problem, is purple shampoo. You. Need. To. Have. It. 

No matter how amazing your stylist is, no matter how healthy your hair is, no matter how minimal you keep your hair washing, your blonde hair will start to yellow out eventually. When that starts to happen your hair will look a little duller, not quite as bright, or even look ( the worst word) brassy. Our eye sees dull or brassy when yellow and oranges become apparent in our hair. The cool thing is, purple and blue counteract those colors. That is where the purple shampoo comes to play, it deposits the blue violet tone onto your blonde hair and evens out the tone again. Using purple shampoo is necessary, the amount of times you use it a month is totally up to you. Some like to use it every other time (me) some use it once a month. It alll depends how you like your blonde tone, and also how hard your water maybe. 

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Let’s talk about Pulp Riot, the brand of purple shampoo, that I put all my money on. Over the years I have tried so many brands, very very expensive high end brands to cheap drug store brands, and pulp riot takes the cake. It is the perfect blend of strong tone (giving you the biggest bang for your buck) a really fresh scent, and doesn't leave your feeling over dry. You can shampoo with it like normal, or you can shampoo and leave it in for 2-10 minutes (definitely chat with your hairdresser first) to deposit even more tone on your hair. I love when my blondes start using a purple shampoo and realize they don't need their hair done as often, but they just need to keep up the maintenance of being a blonde at home.   

Please do not be fooled, that the only thing you need to be a beautiful blonde, is a toning shampoo. It helps so so much, but keeping it healthy and strong plays into the longevity of your hair as well. Keep up with using a heat protectant, and using olaplex, and moisturizing products, because being blonde can be an aggressive service. Healthy hair, listens better, meaning whatever tone or color you put into the hair will stay longer and more vibrant. So the healthier your hair is the better the blonde will be, with the help of a toning shampoo. 

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Perfectly toned blondes, have more fun. Stay blonde, my friends. 

Looking to go blonde for summer? Now is the time to start that process sister!

xox
​Ellie