Selective color partial de-saturation (both specific area AND specific color)

Hi All,
I searched a little both here and Google and am now convinced this is not possible in LR. Please let me know your thoughts.
I want to select a specific area, say bottom half of the image, and then desaturate blue by 50% and aqua by 25%, without affecting any other colors at all.
Is this possible in LR? Takes 5 seconds in Photoshop, but I don't want to have to export and edit there. I experimented with the color picker under adjustment brush in LR, in hope de-saturation would only apply to the color I selected, but it doesn't seem to work like that.
There's the "HSL / Color / B&W" section, which is very useful, but it applies to the entire image. Basically I'm after HSL/Color type adjustment for a brush if such a thing exists.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Greg.

Oggodei81,
regarding color change with the adj brush:
If I wish to change the color of, for example, hair, I first select that hair with the adjustment brush with all settings at default. then I fully desat the selected hair. I then END that adjustment and begin a NEW adjustment and, using color picker, paint on the unsaturated hair.
There is always the problem with getting the desat step and the color change step precisely alligned, but..........
Not always great but often works.
vince
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