blue rinse
{{Short description|Hair coloring}}
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A blue rinse is a dilute hair dye used to reduce the yellowed appearance of grey or white hair. {{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/09/tangled-up-in-blue-young-stars-and-their-blue-rinses.html |title=Tangled Up in Blue: Young Stars and Their Blue Rinses |last1= Cunningham |first1= Erin |date= 9 July 2014 |website=The Daily Beast |accessdate= 9 July 2014}} {{cite web |url= http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8849023/Welcome-to-the-new-blue-rinse-brigade.html|title=Welcome to the new blue-rinse brigade |last1=Waite |first1=Alicia |date= 26 October 2011 |publisher= Telegraph Media Group |accessdate= 9 July 2014}}
The blue rinse gained popularity after Jean Harlow's appearance in the 1930 film Hell's Angels. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother also contributed to the popularity of the blue rinse in the 1940s. Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu uses the style.{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Jessica|title=Because you're worth it, Bibi|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/because-youre-worth-it-bibi/|access-date=19 February 2021|website=timesofisrael.com}}
In British politics, the term "Blue Rinse Brigade" has been used to refer to affluent older women involved in conservative politics, charity work, and committees.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4199838/End-of-the-blue-rinse.html | title=End of the blue rinse |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 April 2006}}