Purple, blue, or beige shampoo: which one do you need?
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You’ve just come from the hair salon and your hair color is exactly as you wanted: fresh blonde, cool brunette, or a beautifully blended balayage. A few weeks later, that color can look warmer. Blonde hair becomes yellower, brunette gets a brassy glow, and highlights lose their fresh appearance.
A color shampoo can help keep your hair color looking beautiful between salon visits. But do you choose purple, blue, beige, or a special balayage shampoo? In this guide, we will help you choose the right MUVO color shampoo.
Quick pick
What does a color shampoo do?
A color shampoo contains pigments that temporarily deposit color onto the hair while washing. This allows you to neutralize unwanted tones or enhance specific nuances in your hair color.
Which color you need depends mainly on two things: what tone you currently see in your hair and what result you want to achieve. This is why not every toning shampoo is suitable for every hair color.
Purple shampoo: for yellow blonde hair
Purple shampoo is probably the most well-known color shampoo. Purple helps to optically neutralize unwanted yellow tones in blonde hair. This makes purple shampoo especially suitable for blonde, bleached, gray, and highlighted hair that becomes warmer or yellower over time.
MUVO Ultra Blonde Shampoo is designed to neutralize unwanted yellow and brassy tones, while keeping the hair supple and vibrant.
Choose Ultra Blonde if: you want your blonde, gray, or highlighted hair to look fresher and cooler.
Blue shampoo: for warm tones in brown hair
Brown hair can also become warmer between salon visits. While blonde hair often looks yellow, brunette hair is more prone to showing orange, red, or brassy tones.
MUVO Coolest Brunette Shampoo is designed to keep dark hair cool and soften unwanted warmth and brassy tones. The shampoo is also suitable for brunettes with highlights or balayage.
Choose Coolest Brunette if: you want to reduce warm, orange, or brassy nuances in brown hair.
Beige shampoo: for soft beige blonde
Not everyone wants ash blonde, silver blonde, or very cool blonde hair. Perhaps you want a soft, creamy beige blonde tone. In that case, toning continuously with purple isn't always the best choice.
MUVO Creamy Blonde Shampoo refreshes and strengthens soft, cream-colored to beige tones in blonde, gray, and highlighted hair.
Choose Creamy Blonde if: you want to maintain beige blonde, creamy blonde, or a soft, warm yet well-groomed blonde tone.
Which shampoo do you choose for balayage?
Balayage requires a slightly different approach. Your hair usually has multiple color levels: a base color, lighter lengths, and highlights or ends. That is why MUVO has separate balayage shampoos for blonde and brunette color results.
Balayage shampoo for blonde: for a light blonde balayage
MUVO Balayage Shampoo For Blondes is intended for light to medium blonde hair with lighter blonde lengths and ends.
The shampoo helps keep a blonde balayage fresh and is tailored for hair in which various lighter blonde tones come together.
Choose Balayage For Blondes if: you have a light blonde balayage and want to keep both the base and the lighter lengths nicely balanced.
Balayage shampoo for brunette: for a dark base with lighter lengths
MUVO Balayage Shampoo For Brunettes is developed for medium to dark brown hair with lighter, dark blonde, or blended lengths.
This makes this version interesting if you want to maintain a dark base while keeping your balayage looking fresh and well-groomed.
Choose Balayage For Brunettes if: you have a brunette balayage and want to maintain the balance between your dark base and lighter lengths.
Which color shampoo do I need?
Start with your color goal: don't just look at the color your hair should be, but primarily at the tone you currently see and the result you want to achieve.
How often should you use a color shampoo?
More pigment doesn't automatically mean a better result. How often you need a color shampoo depends on factors such as your hair color, porosity, how often you wash your hair, and how quickly warm tones return for you.
Porous, bleached, or very light hair in particular can absorb pigment more quickly. Therefore, start gently and always follow the usage advice and recommended processing time for the specific product.
Note for very porous hair: color pigments can take hold faster and more intensely. When in doubt, test first on a small section of hair and build up the processing time gradually.
How do you use color shampoo?
A color shampoo replaces your regular shampoo on the occasions when you want to refresh or neutralize your hair color. Always follow the specific instructions on the packaging, as the recommended processing time can vary per product.
Distribute water thoroughly through your hair before applying the color shampoo.
Massage the shampoo carefully through the lengths and onto the areas where you want to correct the color.
Follow the recommended processing time for your MUVO shampoo and check the result in between.
Rinse thoroughly and follow up with a suitable conditioner or treatment.
The right color shampoo starts with the result you want
There is no single color shampoo that is automatically the best choice for every blonde or brunette hair color. Do you see yellow in your blonde hair? Then Ultra Blonde is a logical choice. If you want to reduce brassy warmth in brown hair, look at Coolest Brunette.
If you want to maintain a soft beige blonde tone, Creamy Blonde is a better fit. For balayage, don't just look at the lighter ends, but at the entire color gradient: choose Balayage For Blondes for a lighter blonde balayage and Balayage For Brunettes for a dark base with lighter lengths.
So, first look at what you see in your hair and then determine which color you want to maintain or achieve.
Find your MUVO color shampoo
Keep your hair color fresh between salon visits with the MUVO shampoo that fits your color goal.