If your gray hair has lost its vibrancy or is suddenly beginning to skew a bit yellow, it’s time to invest in a shampoo formulated specifically for your silver strands. Our picks for the best shampoos for gray hair will gently cleanse away build up to reveal a more illuminated color that’s free of brassiness and yellow-tones. Most of these shampoos are gentle enough to use daily, but read up on each pick to ensure it fits with your wash schedule, whether you lather up daily or just twice a week. Shampoo for gray hair can run the gamut in regard to price. Clairol’s Professional Shimmer Lights Shampoo has the lowest price point at $10.79 for an 8 oz. bottle, but L’Oreal Paris Serie Expert Silver Shampoo is the best deal clocking in at around $1.12 per ounce or $18.87 for a 16.9-ounce bottle. Whether you call it gray, silver, white, or salt and pepper, here are the shampoos that will keep your strands in top shape.
L’Oreal Serie Expert Silver Shampoo
Get your shine back with this professional-grade shampoo from L’Oreal. Amino acids gently rid hair of build up revealing more lustrous color.
Buy It: Amazon.com; $28.39/16.9 oz.
Klorane Shampoo with Centaury
The not-so-secret ingredient in Klorane’s gray shampoo is centaury, a perennial grown in France that reduces yellow tones and illuminates white and gray hair.
Buy It: Amazon.com; $15/6.7 oz.
Sachajuan Silver Shampoo
This shampoo from Sachajuan adds pigment to gray hair, keeps pesky yellow and gold tones at bay, provides UV protection, and strengthens strands with each wash. And it’s all packed into one 8.4-ounce bottle.
Buy It: Dermstore.com; $31/8.4 oz.
Aveda Blue Malva Shampoo
This shampoo eliminates brassiness from all shades of gray with a clean, spa-like scent that will have you looking forward to hair-wash days.
Buy It: Aveda.com; $44/33.8 oz.
Clairol Professional Shimmer Lights Shampoo
Ashy tones have never looked better with this budget-friendly color shampoo. It will keep tones cool and give your hair a fresh shine.
Buy It: SallyBeauty.com; $10.79/8 oz.
Drybar Blonde Ale Brightening Shampoo
Don’t let the name fool you, this shampoo from Drybar works on gray hair too. Deep purple pigments cancel out warm tones that tend to creep into gray and white hair.
Buy It: Sephora.com; $27/8 oz.
