Best shampoo/conditioner for getting yellow out of silver hair?

[GreenPartyVoter]

I've tried Jhirmack. Meh. It's fine on the gray hairs, but not doing much for the brassiness on the older, colored part of my hair.

Anything better out there? (Also, really need a purple conditioner because my hair is so DRY!)

[Scuba]

1. Do like Romney. His hair around the temples is actually silver plated...

Or maybe that's platinum, not sure.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. *snarf*

[monmouth]

29. ROUX..FanciFull color refreshing rinse. White Minx is very nice, I've used this

for years and love it. It is also a great conditioner. Usually drug stores but mostly beauty salon stores have it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. Is this the leave-in stuff?

[monmouth]

32. It washes out with each shampoo. You just comb it in so you have options on how much

or little you need/want. It really comes out nice. If I needed a touch up it blended my hair with the roots well.

[The empressof all]

3. I don't know how much it will impact the brassy dyed parts

But I swear by Wen. It's pricey but it the only product that I have used on my hair that gives it any body and keeps it from breaking. It maintains moisture and gives a great deal of bounce and shine.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. I haven't heard of that one before. Will definitely look into it!

[The empressof all]

15. you need to order on line

I buy it through qvc which has best price. Just be aware it isn't like regular shampoo. It doesn't lather and you need to use quite a bit. Make sure you watch the tutorial. My once dead and lifeless silver hair is now shine and bouncy. I won't use anything else. Ymmv. My sister hated it

[OriginalGeek]

31. I've been wanting to try Wen myself

I saw an infomercial for it (lol, i know...but sometimes they tell the truth don't they?) but what caught my ear as I was surfing by was that it has no detergents like <anything> laureth/laurel sulfate. That shit is in almost every commercially available shampoo out there and its' only purpose is to create lather because way back when some marketing puke convinced people that lather was a good thing. Detergent is there ONLY for appearances because people THINK they want lather. It does you no good and often harms your hair.

It was even worse when some shampoos used formaldehyde (Pert was one but I think they stopped doing that a long while ago).

[siligut]

4. L'Oreal?

I have blond hair with the front turning white, I tried L'Oreal's purple conditioner and noticed it did tone down the yellow. I don't know about the shampoo though. Good luck. Someone in the lounge knows a whole lot about hair stuff, maybe she will see this and chime in.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Thanks! I will check that one out.

[applegrove]

5. Do you swim a lot in a chlorinated pool? That's how my dad got yellow hair. I think he used

anti-chlorine shampoo.

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. Nope, not a swimmer. I have chestnut hair with red and gold highlights that I have colored to

cover the grey for years. So now that I am going au natural, I am having a problem with really brassy highlights in the brown hair, and a dull yellowness in the grey.

[a kennedy]

18. and cutting it short is out of the questions I suppose.....

??? Good luck, au natural is the only way to be.... edit for grammar

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. Yeah, the non-treated hair isn't even quite 2 inches long yet. :^(

[Tikki]

6. No way you have grey hair yet...

GPV

I use what ever is on sale that is for silver hair...

It'll look light purple in the bottle.
I don't color my grey hair...but I do use the silver hair shampoo.



Tikki

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Been going grey since my early 20s. I now am pretty white from my temples

to the top of my head, but if I pull my hair up in a bun, the back is still mostly chestnut! Turning into a silver fox is gonna be a loooong process. LOL The good news is that I am making peace with the grey and am starting to find it pretty, actually.

My hair is feeling pretty fried, so I am hoping to find something that will definitely soften it up. I am hearing bad things about a couple of brands as far as drying your hair out, so I am hoping someone out there has found the right thing for treated hair.

[my2sense]

7. Clairol Shimmering Lights

You may have to get it at a beauty supply store.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. I think there is a Sally Beauty in the nearest big town, but I probably will

just order whatever I pick online. Living in the boonies as I do, I just love the internet!

[surrealAmerican]

8. This thread is kind of surprising to me.

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I've had gray hair for thirty years, and it never occurred to me to use a special shampoo or conditioner for it. I just use the regular stuff, but I've never colored it either.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Yeah, they have some that are just condtionioning, but others are the blue-rinse sort of stuff

that will take the dull yellow out and leave it more silvery.

[one_voice]

16. pardon my ignorance...

what is a purple conditioner?

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. It has a violet tint in it that will coat your hair and tone down brassy yellow

highlights. It also makes grey and white hair look more silvery and shiny.

[pipi_k]

19. Queen of brass here...

I use Pantene Pro V Silver Expressions.

My hair is naturally dishwater colored but it can get brassy at times, especially when I've tried to lighten it or dye it a real brown color. It just wants to be red, and that's that.

The white hairs are starting to pop out more and more now, and I find that the Pantene makes my whole hair look so much better.

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. I think I am one of the few people who can't use Pantene products. :^( I've tried

a couple of variations of it and it left my hair covered in what felt like wax and made my "clean" hair look like it hadn't been washed in a week. I had to use citrus dish soap to get it out, and it took multiple washings before it was finally gone.

[csziggy]

21. For horses with gray/white tails we used to use laundry bluing

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Would it stain a white bathtub? That's the main reason why I stopped coloring my hair to begin with.

[csziggy]

23. I don't think it would stain an enamel tub - not sure about the new materials

But I am also not sure how safe it would be for human use. It was kind of a joke.

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. Well, I figured people wash with Mane and Tail, so maybe you were serious. LOL

[csziggy]

28. It could be perfectly safe, I just don't know

So if you want to try it, you'd need to do some research. We did use it on the horses without any problems, but LOL!

[GoCubsGo]

24. potato skins

http://in-hi5.com/hi-hair/Make-a-Hair-Highlighting-Rinse-from-Potato-Peels.html

Other natural options: http://stress-free-mama.com/coloring-gray-hair/

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. Potato skins? That's a new one on me. :^)

[TreasonousBastard]

33. No idea, but why not...

blow the bucks on a good salon and let the experts figure it out?

[GreenPartyVoter]

34. No bucks to be had just now. Maybe later on down the road, though. :^)

[janggeungulk]

35. Best Conditioner

The Best Conditioner for Hair are listed below, dove hair conditioner, tresmme hair conditioner.Please use it

[michellehenninger]

36. Best shampoo and conditioner!!

The best I've used is from Pro Naturals