Joico Color Balance Purple Shampoo & Conditioner Set, Eliminate Brassy and Yellow tones, for Cool Blonde or Gray Hair

A perm damaged my light gray hair making it brassy. After using this shampoo and conditioner one time, it is already helping to cut down on the brassiness!!! Looking forward to using again! Thank you!

I have used this product for years, it is fantastic!!!

I really like this shampoo and the conditioner. The conditioner is the best I have ever used it is really great.

I have naturally dark brown hair with some auburn highlights. When I started to go gray (about 50% according to my stylist, and mainly on top of my head) I found it tough to keep up with all-over color. I decided to work towards letting my gray come in, in hopes of embracing my natural hair color in a year or so when it all grows out.A week ago my stylist put highlights and an all-over toner in my hair. As I left the salon it looked lighter all over; some blonde in the sunlight, but subtle. Within 24 hours the blonde was more gold-orange and I looked nothing like I did only a day before.I sent my stylist a picture and asked: "Is this what it was supposed to do?"She called me right back and we discussed my options. She suggested a purple shampoo as it would put an 'ash' tone over the gold and orange which should provide more gray, white and platinum versus gold and orange. She assured me that the worst that would happen would be violet shades on the lighter hair, but nothing would happen to the darker hair on my head.It was worth a shot.I looked at the options and went for the Joico brand as it's one I trust and because I could get a set of products for about twenty-two delivered. I didn't want to invest in the large 30+ ounce sized bottles, not knowing if it would work for me.The bottle directions indicate the user should alternate between their regular color-safe, moisturizing shampoo and conditioner and these products. Using the Joico purple stuff every 2-3 days.My stylist said that if you have well water with lots of minerals (specifically iron which brings out gold and red tones), it would be OK to use the purple shampoo every day. It seems like it's a very individual thing that users will have to test out for themselves.I decided to shampoo and leave on for 3 minutes, then rinse and use the conditioner for 3 minutes. I have an Echo Dot in my bathroom so Alexa timed it for me.The shampoo is thin and it seemed to take more than expected to cover my shoulder length hair. It is very dark purple and while it's unlikely to discolor your skin, you will want to rinse down your tub thoroughly after shampooing to prevent any issues.Rinsing the shampoo was not as easy as expected. My hair is naturally curly, but generally rinses cleanly without any tangling. This shampoo made my hair tangled and didn't rinse as cleanly as hoped. It's scent was pleasant and mild.Adding the conditioner was a lot easier, and I needed less product to cover all my hair. The color of the conditioner is lavender instead of dark purple and it has a much thicker consistency. It rinsed out of my hair very easily and left my hair soft with some shine which was noticeable during styling. Its scent was also pleasant and mild.After using these products I do notice less yellow, gold and orange tones in my hair. I will continue to use it daily until I achieve the shade I want and then go to the every other day routine suggested on the bottle.I am also going to be trying two other brands of professional purple shampoos, in hopes that they give me similar results with less tangling.For those who are going gray and want to perk up their silver highlights, I'd suggest giving this product a try. It definately takes out the warm, yellow tones in favor of cool ones.

Great product

As advertised and on time

Found them to be a bit drying for my hair type- maybe would work better for straight hair thin girlies! Not great on my curly thick hair. It does help keep the brassy tones at bay and my blonde hair still looks as blonde as the day o had it colored

It's a good purple shampoo for blond hair. It helps with the yellow.