I finally purchased some of the shampoo I had heard about to deal with Lyra’s “dingy“ hair. It’s called Shimmer Lights, and you can buy it from a beauty supply store, Sally Beauty Supply in my case. On the back of the bottle, it says the product “Brightens white and gray hair, Shampoos away yellow, and Tones down brassiness.”

It really did work quite well on Lyra’s hair. Her hair looks a lot brighter and whiter and clean and shiny. :) It’s pollution free, at least for now.

One thing you definitely need to do the first time you use it, is dilute it a little. As you can see in the picture below, this shampoo comes out of the bottle in very DARK purple color. If you’re not careful, your child could end up with purple hair. I had to rinse Lyra’s hair multiple times to get all the purple out. For now, I am just going to use it on her hair once a week. We’ll see if that works to maintain things.