Blonde Hair Treatments

What are the recommended hair treatments for blonde hair?

Whether you have natural blonde, bleached, highlighted or colour-treated hair, the right blonde hair treatment helps keep unwanted brassy tones at bay. It also leaves your hair feeling soft, smooth and protected.

Blonde treatments are loaded with nourishing oils, butters and botanical extracts that can deeply condition chemically lightened hair. Many treatments also have blue or purple pigments to counteract warm and yellow tones and help maintain the coolness of your hair between salon visits.

With the right treatment for your hair, you can keep your blonde looking brilliant and maintain long-term hair health. These treatments work well for all hair types, including dry hair, curly hair, frizzy hair, oily hair and damaged hair, so everyone can maintain their perfect blonde look.

What product should I use for blonde or bleached hair?

When you get your hair coloured at the salon, your hairstylist will apply a special toner after bleaching to keep your blonde looking fresh and icy cool. But when this toner washes out, those warm undertones can start to show through, leaving you with brassy hair.

To maintain the beauty of blonde, grey or bleached hair, a few blonde hair products can help. Here are our top recommendations for maintaining healthy, vibrant hair:

• Purple shampoo: A blonde shampoo should be your number one product for keeping blonde, grey or bleached hair vibrant. It has blue or violet pigments, which neutralises brassiness and yellow undertones. The theory is simple. Blue sits opposite yellow on the colour wheel, making it perfect for cooling down warm tones. Unlike a toner that works immediately, this shampoo offers a great long-term solution by gradually maintaining cool tones.
• Blonde conditioner: A good blonde conditioner locks in moisture, keeps your hair soft and helps maintain the colour and health of your locks. These conditioners often contain nourishing ingredients like botanical oils and butters that hydrate and smooth your hair and prevent it from drying out and becoming brittle.
• Blonde hair treatment: Adding a hair treatment to your routine can improve the health of your hair. Look for treatments packed with proteins, botanical oils, extracts and butters to restore, moisturise, smooth and protect your locks. These treatments are especially important for healing damaged blonde hair. Treatments like hair masks and hair oils can be incredibly nourishing.
• Blonde hair mask: This treatment is a fantastic way to hydrate, soften and brighten dull blonde hair. It works similarly to blonde shampoo but provides deeper conditioning and more intensive colour correction. It’s perfect for giving your blonde tones a quick refresh and keeping your hair looking vibrant and healthy.
• Hair toning treatments: These treatments prevent brassiness between salon visits. Toning treatments can include at-home toners or salon-quality products that provide instant results. They work by neutralising unwanted brassy tones and enhancing your hair's cool, icy shades.

Incorporating these hair products into your haircare routine will keep your blonde hair fresh, vibrant and beautiful. Maintaining blondes & highlights needs the right products and a bit of extra care. If you need specific recommendations or more advice, our Hairhouse experts can help you when you visit us in-store.

How to care for blonde hair at home

Blonde hair might be one of the trickiest shades to maintain, but we've got the quality hair products and expert advice you need to keep your blonde looking beautiful right at home. Whether you're a natural or bleached blonde, these tips will help you get the most out of your hair colour:

1. Wash your hair less often: Blonde hair is best when washed 1-2 times a week so that natural oils have time to nourish the roots. If your hair gets too oily, use a dry shampoo in between washes.
2. Use the right blonde hair products: Blondes should use a purple shampoo, toner and hair treatment that's made to prevent brassiness, condition and rebuild hair fibres.
3. Use a heat protection spray: Styling blonde hair with hair dryers, hair straighteners and hair curlers can strip away the cool tones and make it look brassy. A heat protectant spray can help protect your hair from heat damage and slow down the brassiness.
4. Use a detangling spray: Bleached hair tends to tangle more, which can lead to breakage and split ends. Use a detangler and a good hairbrush to remove knots without pulling. This keeps your hair smooth and healthy.

How to prevent brassiness in blonde hair

Keeping your blonde locks looking cool and bright involves more than just the right shade. You need to neutralise brassy and yellow undertones while nourishing your hair to stay moisturised and healthy. Here’s how to prevent brassiness and maintain beautiful blonde locks with our top product recommendations:

1. Best treatment for bleached hair: Bleached hair needs extra TLC since the chemicals can leave it feeling coarse and frazzled. Use a rich treatment like Kérastase Blonde Absolu Cicaextreme Masque that soaks deep into the hair follicles to rebuild and plump the fibre structure with ingredients like Edelweiss Oil and Hyaluronic Acid to hydrate and strengthen your hair.
2. Best purple treatment for blonde hair: For an all-rounder that neutralises brassiness while conditioning and restoring shine, go for ELEVEN Australia Keep My Colour Treatment Blonde. This holy-grail product will help you reach iconic Australian blonde status while also moisturising and protecting hair with soothing Macadamia Nut Oil.
3. Best purple treatment for blonde hair when you're short on time: In a rush? The NAK Hair Platinum Blonde Anti-Yellow 60-Second Repair wastes no time in eliminating pesky yellow undertones and leaving you with brilliantly fresh platinum reflects in blonde or grey hair. It also detangles, softens and repairs in under a minute, making it an all-in-one rescue remedy for busy blondes.
4. Best anti-brass treatment: Give brassiness the boot with a blonde hair treatment loaded with blue or violet pigments. Redken Colour Extend Blondage Mask is super-pigmented to correct and neutralise even the most stubborn brassy tones in hair for a cool blonde shade in under five minutes.
5. Best bleached hair repair: If your hair feels dry and brittle after bleaching, you need a treatment that can restore moisture and shine. The Schwarzkopf Professional Blondeme range uses 3D Bond Creation Technology and protein complexes to build new bonds and restore hair strength. Try the Blondeme Rich Mask to deeply condition normal to coarse hair, the Blondeme Wonders Restoring Balm to reduce frizz and seal split ends or the Blondeme Neutralizing Mask to strengthen, soften and prevent brassiness and yellow undertones from coming through.

Incorporating these products into your blonde haircare routine can help maintain the beauty of your blonde locks. To get the best care without harmful ingredients, choose products that are cruelty-free, paraben-free, sulphate-free and silicone-free.

You can find all these products and more at a Hairhouse store in your area or online with free delivery on orders over $50. With our store locator, you can easily locate the nearest Hairhouse store and get all the expert advice you need.

Keep your blonde hair looking its best with the right care and products!