Anyone who has gone a shade of blonde can attest, the upkeep is no joke. It takes some serious toning and hydrating to achieve the cool mane of your dreams. When it comes to blonde, grey, or silver strands, there’s one thing most of us try to avoid – brassy hair.
At amika, we’ve got you covered with all you need to know about what brassy hair is – how to get rid of brassy tones, and how to prevent them.
what is brassiness in hair?
Let’s start with the basics–what is brassy hair? Brassiness refers to those unwanted warm tones that show up in coloured hair and any type of bleached strands.
Natural hair colours are made up of warm and naturally brassy undertones. When you bleach your hair, these natural pigments can become lifted or diluted. As time goes on and your toner fades, warm tones start to creep back in and become visible in your hair. The result? Brassy hair!
what does brassy hair look like?
So, what does brassy hair actually look like? You can usually detect brassiness pretty easily by looking for any patchiness in colour. Brassiness often becomes most noticeable at the roots of your hair.
Brassy hair looks much warmer than salon-fresh hair and the colour will depend on the pigment that dominates your natural hair colour:
- Yellow pigments appear in blonde hair
- Orange pigments appear in brown hair
- Red pigments appear in black hair.
how to get rid of brassy hair
Knowing how to get brassiness out of hair is quick and easy with amika’s step-by-step routine. It’s time to banish that brass!
Step 1: Wash your way to the brightest blonde with our best purple shampoo for brassy hair, bust your brass cool blond repair shampoo. Packed with bond cure technology and vegan proteins, this ultra-violet shampoo stops brassiness in its tracks and keeps your blonde looking cool and feeling strong.
To maintain tone, we recommend using every other wash. Massage through wet hair and rinse.
