I’m always excited to try out new Wella Professionals hair products because I had a wonderful time with their Enrich range last year. So I was definitelywas eager to try out their Blonde Recharge range. Intended for use on all blondes (natural, or otherwise), the Invigo Blonde Recharge uses pigments within the product to prevent hair from yellowing and to eliminate brassiness.

I’ve always been quite curious about purple shampoo (and this one is DECIDEDLY purple) and how the pigments could affect blonde hair. I’ve even heard horror stories about how if you used too much purple shampoo you could somehow tint your hair purple. With all that in mind, I still decided to move forward with using this shampoo every day on my hair for over a month. And I can happily report that my hair was never tinted purple! I was left with happy, healthy hair, but the colour variance relied mostly on the conditioners.

There are two conditioners in this range – a warm blonde one and a cool blonde one. I tend to think my hair is quite warm, yellow even, so I was curious how these two conditioners would work to shift the tone of my hair.

I used the Warm Blonde for two weeks straight, and while my hair looked and felt great, I noticed no change in the colour of my hair. That could be because I am already quite warm though!

When I switched to the Cool Blonde, I noticed an immediate yet subtle difference in my hair. My hair definitely took on a slightly ashy tone – as if it was more of an icy blonde. I don’t think the difference was dramatic however, and I really only noticed the colour shift in certain lighting.

You can see the pigments in the swatch shot above. The shampoo is incredibly  dark! But I promise it won’t stain your hair whatsoever. The warm blonde conditioner is obviously more yellow in tone, and the cool conditioner is more of an electric lavender.

It’s hard to provide photos of my hair and use them to compare from day to day conditions because the way my hair looks varies a greatly depending on lighting conditions. For example, cool lighting will make it look more ashy, and warm lighting will make it look more golden. While I don’t think the colour pigments in the product had much overall effect on my hair (if they did do anything, they were very, very subtle changes), I can vouch for Wella products. They feel good on my hair and they always make my hair very, very content.

The products featured in this post were sent to me for consideration.