Curly-haired gals who color and highlight have fewer brass toning options. Brass toners are notoriously chemical-laden. They dehydrate already damaged tresses. So I volunteered in a heartbeat to try a hair rehabilitating brass toner. It’s called ProBerry No More Yellow Gojiberry Shampoo. It contains Certified Goji Berry Extract, known to repair damaged hair, soothe dry scalps, and promote hair growth. And as the title indicates, it completely negates brassy yellow tones.
ProBerry No More Yellow Goji Berry Shampoo
I cringe when my sunkissed highlights turn brassy. And right when my hair could use some love, I further dehydrate it with a brass shampoo toning treatment that leaves dry hair crunchy feeling. Even the brass conditioners from the salon aren’t all that conditioning. It is like trading brass for dryness.
Why use A brass shampoo that rehabilitates hair
Goji Berries improve hair and scalp health
By the time your hair has brassy tones, your hair has probably seen some things. Bad things like hard water, oxidation, bleaching, color correcting, color processing, highlights, or dyes.
Or perhaps your hair just experiences natural aging causing a yellowing or dingy tone on gray or white hair.
Are you a natural blonde with healthy but too yellow locks? Then keep your blonde hair healthy with a safe toner that hydrates.
ProBerry No More Yellow Gojiberry Shampoo
packaging
The shampoo comes boxed and capped. There are directions and a click-lock pump dispenser. I like this feature to avoid shampoo leakage and pigment staining when not in use.
ProBerry No More Yellow Gojiberry Shampoo has a Click lock dispenser
ProBerry No More Yellow Gojiberry Shampoo is capped until use to avoid leaking in storage
ProBerry No More Yellow Gojiberry Shampoo comes with a dispenser pump top that click locks into place to avoid leaks
What Makes ProBerry special
- Many anti-brass/purple toner shampoos dehydrate the hair, leaving hair feeling dry and crunchy. Many toning shampoos include some botanical to offset the damaging effects of toning. Goji Berries offers significant benefits
- It doesn’t leave a weird residue film atop hair that is detectable in office or bright sunlight.
- it is the most intense blue-violet purple I’ve seen, and I’ve tried most of them, from drug store to salon to professional only products. This is not a watered-down lavender. It is deep blue PURPLE. There will be no yellow tones after one wash.
- No parabens.
One wash leaves brassy hair cool and healthy.
ProBerry No More Yellow Gojiberry Shampoo is a deeply pigmented formulation that rehabilitates hair
Very pigmented!
curly girl approved ingredients
If you have naturally curly, coarse or brittle hair, brass control is difficult as already delicate hair once dyed or bleached can become practically parched. All the ingredients in this formulation are considered safe for curly hair and dry hair types. Notably:
- Most of the Curly Girl community consider the cleansing agent in this formulation, Decyl glucoside, to be gentle and safe for delicate curls and brittle hair types.
- Acid violet 43 is considered safe within an otherwise safe formulation, such as this one.
- Glycerin is a natural, non-toxic, vegan-friendly humectant that helps hair retain moisture. It is hydrating for all hair types and especially helpful to curly, coarse and colored hair.
- Free of parabens and sulfates.
And notably, this formulation contains Lycium Barbarum fruit extract, better known as Goji Berries.
Goji Berry Fast Facts
The Goji berries in this shampoo have vitamins to repair damaged hair and aid in hair growth. Lots of products with natural ingredients make promises, but Goji berries are packed with several research-backed nutrients.
Goji berries are also known as wolfberries. They are considered a superfood. These berries are grown without pesticides or other chemicals. Goji berries have nutrients to repair damaged follicles, nourish the scalp and even help healthy hair growth.
Research shows the following topical application properties for hair and scalp:
- Goji berries are rich in vitamin C to synthesize the collagen necessary for hair growth.[1]
- Goji Berries contain 19 amino acids, the building blocks of the hair protein keratin. Amino acids penetrate the hair shaft to repair and strengthen. Amino acids are also hydrating and increase the efficacy of other hydrating humectant agents in this formula, such as glycerin.[2]
- Goji berries contain trace minerals to topically feed follicles including zinc, iron, calcium, germanium, selenium, and phosphorus.
- Copper aids hair growth and follicle health. The topical application of copper increases the size of shrunken hair follicles. It stops hair thinning and often reduces premature graying. [3]
- Goji berries are antioxidants that contain vitamins B1, B2, B6, and vitamin E, plus beta-sisterol, an anti-inflammatory agent.
- Linoleic acid is an omega-6 fatty acid has anti-inflammatory and hydrating properties for hair and scalp. Omega-6 makes hair feel lush and stronger. [4]
One wash leaves brassy hair cool and healthy.
Intense deep blue purple Pigment
This is a very intense violet purple. More saturated and powerful than others you may have tried. See the photos in the pigment section below.
Who an intense blue-violet toner can help
ProBerry No More Yellow Gojiberry Shampoo removes unwanted yellow tones from:
- Dingy white or gray hair that needs brightening
- Natural or dyed Platinums and Blondes
- Brunettes or Brondes with blonde highlights that have gone brassy
ProBerry No More Yellow Shampoo keeps yellow tones out of natural or enhanced blonde
THE PIGMENT
The pigment looks almost black in its’ concentrated form when pumped out of the bottle. Check out the hue of this shampoo as seen here with some fingerpainting with ProBerry on a white plate.
Squiggles of ProBerry deep violet blue-purple on white
Painting with ProBerry
DIRECTIONS OF USE
This shampoo comes with a sturdy pair of gloves. The toner pigment can stain skin, nails, and cuticles, so use the gloves to disperse and massage in the shampoo.
Comes with a set of gloves so hands/fingernails don’t get stained
Shake well before use to distribute the pigment.
No More Yellow Directions: Just two to five minutes is enough to remove the yellow brassy tones!
My Experience
I am a dark brunette with red undertones dyed to a 7 base with 8 and 9 level blonde highlights. Proberry No More Yellow tones my highlights nicely without disrupting my base. While intended for blondes and platinums, the deep blue-purple is effective on brondes as well.
I am impressed with the moisturizing benefits of this shampoo and find it especially useful after coloring or when yellow tones creep in, once or twice a month.
If you are enduring a color correction, this hydrating purple toning shampoo is a must-have.
Tips & Observations:
- It is very concentrated. Platinum, white and lighter shades can pick up a purple tinge if left in too long. Leave it in for only a few minutes and build up. Since it is good for your hair, you can always repeat.
- It is not especially lathery. Don’t let the lack of suds trick you into using too much.
- Use the gloves even if you typically skip gloves with other toning shampoos.
- Dry Toning: Many have success combing purple shampoo onto dry hair and leaving it on for 15-20 minutes. This gives better control, greater pigment, and more even distribution on brassy sections and highlights. We recommend caution on this dry hair approach when using ProBerry No More Yellow. First, it isn’t really necessary from the standpoint of an adequate pigment deposit. If you want to comb through and control placement, don’t leave ProBerry No More Yellow in as long as the less pigmented formulas. At least the first time, only for a minute or two at the most. It is a more hydrating treatment when hair is wet.
Very concentrated pigment, a little goes a long way!
We are so impressed by this gentle paraben-free formulation to rehabilitate dry, colored or highlighted hair while fighting brassiness with an especially deep blue-purple tone.
where to Find It
Find ProBerry No More Yellow GojiBerry Shampoo at Amazon
ProBerry No More Yellow GojiBerry Shampoo
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
Have any comments or questions about ProBerry No More Yellow GojiBerry Shampoo? The Style Chicks are here to answer them.
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references
- Andrei Mocan, et al. UHPLC-QTOF-MS analysis of bioactive constituents from two Romanian Goji (Lycium barbarum L.) berries cultivars and their antioxidant, enzyme inhibitory, and real-time cytotoxicological evaluation, Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 115, 2018, Pages 414-424, ISSN 0278-6915, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2018.01.054.
- Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology, July 2001, pages 392-399
- Bernice Cheung, Macy Kwan, Ruth Chan, Mandy Sea, Jean Woo, Chapter 47 – Potential of Asian Natural Products for Health in Aging, Molecular Basis of Nutrition and Aging, Academic Press, 2016, Pages 659-676
- Alessandra Cristina Pedro, Mara-Cortes Sanchez-Mata, MarIa Luisa PArez-Rodriguez, Montemara, Jose LuisLopez-Colon, Fabiane Bach, Marcelo Bellettini, Charles Windson Isidoro Haminiuk, Qualitative and nutritional comparison of goji berry fruits produced in organic and conventional systems, Scientia Horticulturae, Volume 257, 2019, 108660, ISSN 0304-4238, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2019.108660.
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Like you, the Style Chicks team needs time to evaluate and form an opinion about the products we try. We received compensation for our time and effort to form an opinion of ProBerry No More Yellow GojiBerry Shampoo and its’ benefits. We produced this blog post because we think this product is great and want to share it with you!
Kellie Bellamy says
Goji berry is such an amazing superfood! Never thought of it for hair.
Style Chicks says
We agree, Kellie! Goji berries are amazing and have such wonderful nutrients to rehabilitate and moisturize hair.
Christianne Janson says
Love Goji Berries!
Style Chicks says
And Goji works great in this formulation, Christianne!
Britney Pierce says
How does it compare to Fanola?
Style Chicks says
Good question, Britney. More pigment in ProBerry I think.
Fanola was my go-to for some time and I think one of the better ones.
My experience with Fanola is it negates the brass, but looks a bit darker than i intended my color to be. And maybe this is just me, but Fanola also seems to leave a tinted film coating that looks strange in some lighting, like you can see it is purple film atop my hair?
Fanola doesn’t dry my hair but doesn’t make it feel softer after. I liked my hair more after ProBerry wash day than after Fanola wash day.
And Proberry is quicker to set pigment.
Hope that helps.
Rachelle Johnston says
That is very violet! I have so much trouble with brass ðŸ˜
My colorist uses a level 10 NA on my 5-6 level natural hair with some gray/white. I get so brassy! We tried a gloss, I think it was Redken Shades EQ 11 mixed with 10N. It looked good for a few weeks but now it is dry and yellowish-orange tones again.
Style Chicks says
Hi Rachelle! Brass is so tricky!
I get glazes sometimes but don’t always get consistent results.
The Redken Shades do have some good combinations to quell brass. And some colorists are wizards with the glaze combinations! It wears off quickly though, especially if you like long hot showers! And on compromised hair, even a demi can over-deposit. Even the glazes are still using 10 developer, so there’s a bit of processing happening.
It also depends on what kind of chemicals you are okay with using to get the results you want. I found the shampoo route tends to be less damaging and fewer silicones.
Angela Baker says
I wrecked my hair pretty bad recently. i bleached one time too many. Used Olaplex too. Letting it rest for a few weeks and using Olaplex 4 & 5 but hate this yellow color! A toner that fixes hir would be wonderful right now
Style Chicks says
Oh no Angela! It happens sometimes though, even with Olaplex.
It is good you are resting your hair. Is the Olaplex 5 helping?
ProBerry No More Yellow did leave my hair in better condition and the cleansing agent (Decyl glucoside) is quite gentle.
If you are level 10 or 11 now, don’t leave ProBerry on more than a few minutes though, you could get purpley-blue, especially if you are porous.
The road to Platinum hair is an arduous one!