"blue rinse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue rinses [plural], bluerinse [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue rinse (plural blue rinses)
  1. A diluted blue hair dye used to reduce the yellowed or translucent appearance of greying hair on older women (because the ability to see the color blue decreases with age). Derived forms: blue-rinse (english: verbal form), blue-rinse brigade, blue-rinsed Related terms: bluehair
    Sense id: en-blue_rinse-en-noun-bJbFvQQo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
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