Regular readers of this crap our great blog will know that I’ve been on a mission to get my bleached hair silver/grey for quite a few months now. While toners and dyes are obviously the main way to achieve this, maintaining the colour is just as important as getting it in the first place.
A lot of blondes swear by silver shampoos – which are usually actually lilac or purple in colour – to eliminate the brassy yellow tones from their hair. This is because yellow and purple are opposite each other on the colour wheel, meaning that when put together they neutralise one another. So to get rid of yellow tones, you need to add some purple.
I’ve tried a fair few brands of silver shampoo in my time, ranging from the super-cheap Poundland favourite Bristow’s to the more mid-range Osmo from Sally’s. I can now safely say with confidence though that my favourite is the Touch of Silver range from Pro:voke.
I got all of these from my local Bodycare for only a couple of quid each, so this whole range only cost around a tenner. Can I get a whoop whoop?! No, please don’t whoop whoop. Anyway, according to the Touch of Silver website there’s also an Intensive Treatment Conditioner and a Dry Conditioner so I’ll obviously be keeping my beady eyes open for those on my next trip.
Featured above are:
Ultra Firm Hairspray
This has all the perks of a normal hairspray – ie stops us looking like cavewomen when we get caught in a bracing wind – but also apparently has UV Absorber to help protect the colour of silver hair. It also allegedly has Silk Proteins (whatever they are).
Revitalising Dry Shampoo
Everybody knows I hate washing my hair so this is of course a god-send. Again this has UV Absorber to help minimise colour fade, and I also notice that after using this my colour looks a bit more even – so I suspect it’s coloured a little bit differently to your usual dry shampoos too.
Daily Maintenance Shampoo
This is to be used as the regular daily (or every other day, depending on how often you wash your hair) shampoo. To add to the collection of pseudo-scientific ingredients that shampoos are always packed with, this also has Optical Brightener (ooh!) to ‘intensify the reflected light’ which basically just means it makes your hair dead shiny. This is actually really difficult to do with blonde hair so, mocking aside, the fact that it delivers on this promise is actually really good.
Daily Nourish Conditioner
To be used after the daily shampoo, this conditioner has all of the other junk but then also makes hair nice and soft. This is of course essential for us ladies who have abused the crap out of our hair to stop us looking like scarecrows.
Twice A Week Brightening Shampoo
And now we reach my favourite of the products. This shampoo is a much more intense violet than the daily one, hence why it’s only supposed to be used once or twice a week. After leaving this one on for a couple of minutes, it works its magic and actually tones your hair, banishing the yellow tones.
It’s important to remember that the amount of pigment used in this range – especially in the Twice A Week shampoo – actually makes it effectively a semi-permanent dye. If you’re not used to using silver shampoos then I would recommend treading carefully the first couple of times and not leaving them on your hair for longer than it advises on the bottles, or else you might end up with lilac tones in your hair (which I don’t personally mind, but hey ho I just walk on the wild side of life). The website also advises not to use these products on your hair immediately after it’s been bleached, as the porousness of the freshly coloured hair could lead to patchiness.
Have any of you tried this range? What are your favourite silver shampoos?
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I’d love to try these – I’ve heard great things about it. I had the John Frieda Sheer Blonde Color renew, and it was OK, but it felt a bit dehydrating on the hair :o) Xx
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Ahh definitely give them a go, they’re so cheap you can’t go wrong really! xx
This used to be the bane of my life when I was blonde!!!! I will definitely bear this in mind if I ever leave the dark side xxx
Ooh I can’t imagine you being blonde! But definitely, if you ever go back then these need to be top of your shopping list 🙂 xx
I used Pro:voke brightening shampoo for years, it was the only product in the Pro:voke range that I found significantly improved the colour of my hair. Over time, however, I found that it dried my hair out (which is never good news for bleached hair).
I went on to try Indola Innova Colour Silver Shampoo and haven’t looked back since! The quality of the shampoo is loads better than Pro:voke. It has a much better lather, doesn’t dry my hair and does a much better job of toning my bleached hair!
I buy it online in 1500ml bottles for £15 but you can buy smaller bottles if you’re just wanting to give it a try (which I highly recommend doing!).
Ahh that’s amazing – thanks so much for the tip! Will have to give it a try 🙂 xx
Do you know if this will come out of platinum blonde hair? I want to go this colour but I just don’t know if it will or won’t wash out!
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