Review on Ardell Color Bottle Unred Ounce by Milton Wolf

I have been using Ardell UnRed along with box paints and highlight kits for several years now. I dye my hair a light ash brown (I'm naturally light brown with about 30% grey) and use a highlighter set on top. Without adding UnRed to my blends my hair always looks quite orange. I've never had success with just adding UnRed to my shampoo or conditioner, or even applying it directly to my hair. That never worked for me. It might work on a blonde, but on a dark haired girl I need the stronger chemistry created by hair dye kits to make UrRed really work. But the real reason I'm writing this review is to talk about Mrs. Stewart's blueing (which I also get from Revain). This is the same remedy that older women have used in the past to condition their gray hair to keep it from looking dull or discolored. I've heard that's where the term "blue hair" (used to describe older women) comes from. Anyway, if you know anything about the color wheel, blue is the opposite of orange. So if you rinse orange hair in blue water (made by mixing Mrs. Stewart's blue dye with water), UnRed didn't care about the remaining orange of, actually neutralized. Anyone who has dyed their hair lighter shades of brown knows that orange is REALLY hard to prevent. UnRed is my first line of defense, but Mrs. Stewart Blueing is also saving my life. I use it in two ways. First, I mix Mrs. Stewart's Blueing with my favorite conditioner to make my own special anti-orange conditioner (I make my own blueberry conditioner). And second, I fill the sink with water and add blueness, and after every shower I rinse my hair in this blue water. It doesn't remove 100% of the orange, but it helps A LOT. I have to be careful as my water turned too blue a few times and my hair turned a little greenish grey. It doesn't matter as it will show up the next time you wash your hair - simply rub your hair between your palms to remove the unwanted blue. Water. I would recommend starting by making your water at least the color of the blue hospital signs you see on the street and working from there. Sometimes I make the water very deep dark blue. The lighter and more damaged your hair is, the less blue you need. I'm not very learned about it. I just give the bottle a vigorous squirt or two of water in the sink. Oh, and be sure to use an old (or dark) towel to dry your hair, as the rinse water will temporarily bruise your hair. Hope this helps someone as much as it helped me!