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semi permanent hair colour - quickest removal suggestions
Bonny1
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hi there,
I have a little disaster on my hands or head rather... :cool:
one of those Semi Permanenet things that supposed to last 6-8 weeks.. I hate it, I look like a goth (yes I lost track of time)
any suggestions on how to lift he colour, or reduce the severity of the colour.. without killing my hair
I have a little disaster on my hands or head rather... :cool:
one of those Semi Permanenet things that supposed to last 6-8 weeks.. I hate it, I look like a goth (yes I lost track of time)
any suggestions on how to lift he colour, or reduce the severity of the colour.. without killing my hair
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Baby shampoo is good for lifting hair dye... as is washing up liquid :eek:
I tried to dye my hair chocolate brown and it went black and washing it a few times with washing up liquid helped it look less scary... But loads of conditioner as your hair will feel horrid!!!
Fairy Liquid ? I never thought of that?? I'll go give it a try.. thank you
There is actually a product known as 'hair dye remover', which I imagine you will find in a large Boots or via the internet. However, I have no idea how much these cost. I've heard of one called 'Oops- Extra Strength Hair Dye Remover', or something of the like, which may be worth a google.
I also did a quick search for you and apparantley the hot oil hair treatments you get are also known for fading out hair colour. Also, I read that mixing the contents of some Vitamin C gel capsules with baby shampoo can really strip it out, left on for about 45mins-1 hour.
Hope I helped, good luck!
Baby shampoo is more likely to lock the colour in than fade it out. The reason for this is that baby shampoo is NOT fairy liquid (god help your baby's scalp if you wash it with fairy liquid). Baby shampoo is formulated to be the same PH level as our tears (around 7) which incidentally is the same PH level as water. That's pretty gentle.
Fairy liquid is around PH 9.4 (150 times more alkaline than baby shampoo). The alkalinity will help lift the cuticle, allowing the semi permanent colour to escape. Leaving it on the hair and wrapping a hot wet towel around your hair at the same time will also help to open the cuticle and remove some of the colour.
Good luck!
I'm stunned at the fabric conditioner suggestion.. that's a real trade secret that one huh... lol lol
Thanks again, you've been great x
Has anyone tried this? Does it really work?
http://www.idealworld.tv/Hair_Colour_Remover_Max_for_Darker_Shades_and_Colour_Build-up_-_Twin_Pack_172583.aspx?fh_location=//idealworld/en_GB/categories@lt;{idealworld_8006}/categories@lt;{idealworld_8006_1107}
I've ordered some of this, to keep in, just incase it happens again.. lol lol
http://www.boots.com/en/Colour-B4.-Hair-colour-remover-extra-strength-by-Scott-Cornwall-hair-expert._1000976/
It should get a semi permanent dye out no problem
I've been dying my hair for about 10 years and I've been getting darker and darker each time. Now I've had enough of dying it and trying to grow it out but the roots are getting so obvious now. I really don't want to dye it again but my hair is about 2 inches past my shoulders so it's going to take a long time to grow it fully!
Hi Kissie, I have a friends who after hearing my hysterical dilemma (there's usually one), I referred her to this very product after hearing about it on here.. She RAVED about it, and she's a dyehard (escuse the pun) tinter...
She used the one up from B4 though.. Extra strength or something..
Yeah, I've seen the extra strength one and I think that's the one I'll get. Might pop into town this morning and try it... eek scared! :eek:
I've been dying my hair for about 13 years and have gone from reds down to blacks and up until 2 hours ago my hair was a very dark brown/black. After using it, it's now a much lighter mousey brown.
I can still see a few hints of the reds I have used in the past, but if anything it just adds to the colour and gives it more depth.
I am so impressed, one of the best £12 I've ever spent!
I had dyed my hair with a very dark brown, almost black, permanent dye, which I wanted to remove so I could re-colour it a chocolatey mid-brown - kind of Kate Middleton-y.
First time; Colour B4 worked well to remove the colour, leaving my hair kind of reddy-brown, but also giving me a bad asthma attack from the fumes. I immediately re-coloured with a semi-permanent brown to even the colour (as recommended in the instructions, it says not to use permanent colour as the original colour will return as it is still in the hair but invisible) and it instantly returned to almost black.
Second time; I decided I should have used a gentle temporary colour instead. I used Colour B4 again, this time in a well ventilated room and no asthma attack. The colour came out well again and I successfully toned it with a wash-in, wash-out colour. I let my hair rest for a couple of weeks before using a permanent brown dye to colour my regrowth and greys - and it immediately went back to black.
Third time; I used Home Bargains dye remover this time (only £5!) and if anything it worked even better than the Colour B4. I did however forget not to apply it in the bathroom with the window shut and I had an even worse asthma attack. Afterwards I left my hair for a week without re-colouring it. When I did recolour it I used L'Oreal Casting Creme Gloss - ammonia-free non-permanent colour, just like the remover instructions advised. And guess what? It went straight back to black again.
I'm getting pretty fed up of this now. It would have been cheaper to have had my hair stripped and re-dyed at a salon in the first place!
Does anyone have any experience of how soon I can successfully re-colour my hair after using dye remover? I might give it one last attempt.
I did back in the 80s and was modelling. Used to give me chronic headaches, don't know why. Hair was nice through