Fanola No Yellow Purple Shampoo - Purple Color Depositing Shampoo for Blondes, Bleached & Grey Hair - Formulated with Violet Pigment to Remove Brassy Tones from Hair (33.8 Fl oz)

I recently went back to bleaching my hair .(best decision I've made since the beginning of the pandemic - I love fun colors, but blonde looks good on me. I also chopped all my hair off, so whether I'm going through a phase or just manic? Who knows.)Point is, I wanted something to make it look nice and ... not yellow. I don't have money to go spend at a salon. It's extremely expensive to get your hair bleached by a professional - I have just enough money to buy box bleach and make questionable decisions. This does the job - for toning that is, does nothing for the questionable decisions - and leaves my hair looking blonde, not bronze.I will say that I do apply it differently than many people might. I have fine, thick hair. And while I did lob it off into a pixie cut thanks to Georgia having the temperatures of the Devil's nether regions, I'd still like to keep what little of it I have looking nice and fresh - not fried. This shampoo isn't exactly moisturizing or softening. It's a shampoo carrying a coloring agent. So.. I treat it as such.Don't be surprised by how dark the color is. I was at first, and only used it in the shower for about 5 minutes. It didn't do much for me. I came out looking much the same.I want to clarify once again, these are the decisions I make in applying this product - this isn't a recommendation. But it sure as hell works for me.1) Starting with dry hair, I plop this bad bitch on with some gloves on. DON'T FORGET THE GLOVES. It will stain your hands - but not the rest of your body. My biologist mother would probably have something to say about it being the way your hand skin is different from the skin on the rest of your body. Science and I are casual lovers.2) I leave it on for anywhere from 25-40 minutes. It really depends on if I forget to set the timer or not. I usually forget to set the timer. I'm typing this review while still forgetting to set the timer - yes, I have it on right now, and am continuing to choose writing this instead of rubbing my two braincells together. Don't be like me.3) Shower time! Rinse it all out. You may notice your hair feels a bit dry - once again, this isn't a moisturizing shampoo. It's less than $20 on amazon, don't get your hopes up. Instead, go in with a moisturizing mask. My hair needs some serious TLC, and the best moisturizer I've found for myself is Shea Moisture's Purple Rice Water Strength & Color Care Masque. I leave that and my skincare mask on for about 5 minutes while i wash my body, shave whatever I feel up to shaving that day, you know the deal. At least I assume it's 5 minutes. You know by now my track record with timers.4) Rinse that equally bad bitch out. Your hair will feel much much softer. I add this step now for my wonder bread cousins. Our hair can look oily as hell if we just moisturize it - it probably doesn't know how to be treated right because we were raised on 3 in 1 bodywash, shampoo, and conditioner. Forgive it. Be patient with it. Go in with a good quality moisturizing shampoo. I use my Function of Beauty shampoo, and then follow that slight rinse up with my FoB conditioner. I may be gaslighting my hair. It's okay, it looks fine at the end of it all.5) After letting that conditioner sit for the normal amount of time I let any conditioner sit, which is usually about a minute or two. I then rinse it out til I don't feel sticky. Finish up my shower routine, and at the end I put in my leave in conditioner. It's also a FoB product. I swear by the stuff, but this isn't a review for that. I'm gonna run out soon, and I have enough depression as it is. Lets change the subject. You should have beautifully toned hair!I will remind you not to make any decisions on if you like it or not UNTIL YOUR HAIR FULLY DRIES. Your hair will always look more bronze when it's wet. When my hair dries it's a completely different animal, and thanks to me adding that conditioning routine, it's soft as well. If that sounds like a lot of steps... well, it is. Your hair doesn't work for free. But I promise it doesn't take long. If you think 25-30 minutes in the shower for your FULL hair and body routine is a long time, you may have other issues that need addressing. But hey, I'm not a therapist.At the end of the day, I LOVE this stuff. And it's a gigantic bottle. I mean, about the length of my small dog. I'll get a lot of wear out of this stuff. I don't recommend washing your hair every day, and I don't recommend doing this deep cleanse and tone more than once a week. Wash your body all you want, but let your hair breathe. Dry shampoo is your friend.5/5 stars for affordability and function. Now let me go set my timer.

I've been buying this shampoo for years here on Amazon. The color is dark purple and works perfect for keeping my platinum blonde hair white! It is tangle resistant; however, I do use a conditioner following it. My hair is soft after using it and the price is great compared to other purple shampoo brands. I will continue buying and keeping my hair platinum! Care in shipping is great also as it comes sealed with plastic on the pour spout to not leak any of the miracle solution.

I absolutely love this shampoo!The left side of the picture is my before - about 6 weeks since I’ve been to the salon - and the right side is after using Fanola No Yellow and letting it sit on my hair for just 2 minutes.*Warning* - this review will be long.. I wanted to go in depth about how I used it in case you are searching for some detailed instructions like I was before I tried it out. If you don’t feel like reading it all here’s the gist of it…start out with just a couple minutes and if you still have a bit of brassiness left over, leave it on for a couple more minutes the next time. Use a good conditioner and leave that on for a bit longer than you normally do. After you get out of the shower, use some good leave-in products. If you do that, you shouldn’t notice your hair feeling dry at all. Oh, and for the reviews that commented on the smell being awful, I didn’t think it was bad at all. It didn’t bug me at all during the process, and after it being dried, my hair smells great. It smells slightly different than it normally does, but not in a bad way whatsoever.I still have 2 more weeks until I go back to the salon to get my hair lightened even more, but the brassiness was driving me mad. My stylist suggested I try Fanola No Yellow. I read a bunch of reviews before using it and decided to leave it in my hair for just 2 minutes the first time as I didn’t want my hair to look grey or purple at all. I really didn’t expect much change the first time doing just 2 minutes, I figured I’d need to use it a few times and up the time I leave it in before I would notice a difference at all. For just one use and only leaving it in for 2 minutes, I was stunned with my results. It definitely got rid of a lot of brassiness in very little time.The process - I first shampooed my hair in the shower with Nexxus Clean and Pure Clarifying shampoo. I then turned the shower head off and while the tub was filling up I quickly towel dried my hair just a bit. I then used the Fanola No Yellow and scrubbed it in well making sure all of my hair was saturated. I waited 2 minutes and then rinsed it out. I then coated my hair with my Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner, twisted my hair into a top knot and let it set on my hair for 10-15 minutes while I shaved and relaxed in the bath. When I got out I sprayed my Pureology Color Fanatic Multi-Tasking Leave-In spray all throughout my hair from roots to ends, and put my Olaplex No. 6 Bond Smoother from mid-length to ends, and then my Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil just on my ends. My hair isn’t dry at all, it is extremely soft and tangle free.The only thing I did differently than what I normally do is let the Olaplex conditioner set on my hair for 10-15 minutes instead of 5 minutes like normal. And my hair is just as soft, maybe even a bit softer, than it generally is. I know everyone’s hair is different, but for me, I didn’t find Fanola to be drying whatsoever. I use my Olaplex conditioner (and the shampoo) once a week and my Nexxus clarifying shampoo once every 3-4 weeks, and it was time for me to use those anyway so I went ahead and did that today while using the Fanola. Usually I will use the clarifying shampoo, then shampoo again with the Olaplex shampoo, and finish with Olaplex conditioner. Since I was already washing my hair twice (Nexxus and Fanola), I skipped the Olaplex shampoo because that would have been overkill to shampoo 3 times 😂So my recommendation would be to use a clarifying shampoo first to get rid of any gunk that may be on your hair so the Fanola No Yellow can really penetrate your strands. I also recommend using a good conditioner (or hair mask even) and letting that sit on your hair for a little longer than normal. I’d also recommend using a good leave-in product afterwards.Next time I plan on letting the No Yellow sit on my hair for 4-5 minutes and I can’t wait to see the results after that! When I get my hair lightened again, the goal is for my hair to be icy white. This shampoo will definitely come in handy to use in between salon trips (I have a balayage and go in every 10-12 weeks) to keep away the brassiness.

Works really well, better than the stuff you'd find at Walmart and such. Only reason im not giving 5 stars is cause I dont really like the smell of it.. also be sure to wear gloves when applying it. It does stain temporarily