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How to get rid of a bad hair color


 

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Don’t make a bad hair color into a nightmare

The problem of how to get rid of a bad hair color dominates my comment boards. More often than not, the right answer is to go to a professional, who can do a thorough consultation with you. They can see and feel your hair and consult with you to get all the history of chemicals that are on your hair. This will always be my first advice to anyone asking me how to fix a bad hair color.“If you choose to try this at home, here are some tips”In removing color from your hair, the potential for damage and unwanted or uneven color results, especially for the novice, is high. If you can’t afford to go to a hair salon, next best thing is to call a cosmetology training school and ask about their prices. They will be priced considerably less than a hair salon. If they are a reputable school they’ll get it done right, possibly saving you from lots of grief!

That being said, fixing it yourself is not an impossible task but it helps a lot if you have some hair color know how. If you choose to try this at home, here are some tips from on how to avoid the biggest mistakes users make in trying to remove hair color.

I have found ONE-N-ONLY COLORFIX , by Jeri Redding, the most user friendly and effective products for retail sales. After reading reviews of the successes and failures of users of Colorfix on follica.com , I went to the source at Conairpro.com to get answers to my questions. Linda was great at answering all my questions. By the way, there were far more positive responses of results from the people using Colorfix on follica.com than negative results. But for those who had bad results, here from the horses mouth . . .

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 The biggest mistake made by the user Linda says is “not knowing what is on their hair.” If you color at home, I suggest you keep a card file of when you colored, the product name, what type of color and the 800 number of the manufacturer. This way you can determine exactly what is on your hair at anytime. It will be valuable information for any future color changes you want to make. Any hair color you do on your hair remains there until it is cut out. Since hair grows about a half inch per month, just do the math to tell if that color you did a year ago is still in your hair. If you have the phone number of the manufacturer, you can always verify the type of color you used ie; Semi or demi-permanent etc.

Here are the big mistakes to avoid!

  1. The user needs to understand this will only remove permanent hair color.
    It will not remove semi or demi-permanent colors.
    It will not remove colors such as hennas or Grecian formula (progressive colors) or colors with metallic salts.
    It will not remove your natural underlying color.
  2. Don’t make the mistake of skipping step 3 which is the called the “Processing Lotion.” After you use Colorfix, you must shampoo out the product and apply the “processing lotion” for 5 minutes. Within 5 minutes, this step lets you know if you have successfully removed the “dye molecules” out of the hair. If the dye molecules are still in the hair, the hair will re-darken. How does this happen? If the dye molecules have not all been removed, the hair ends up oxidizing on its own and will return to dark. You then would know you need to redo the first two steps, providing it is a permanent color you are trying to remove.Important: Visually after applying Colorfix it will look as if you have removed color from the hair but, you will only know internally if you have removed the color by doing this step, applying the processing lotion. If your hair turns dark in 5 minutes it’s letting you know, these dye molecules are still in the hair. If you have repeated the process 2 to 3 times and this step still reverts your hair back to dark, you probably have a semi or demi color in your hair, which it won’t lift out.
  3. If the user doesn’t understand color, they may easily reapply their targeted color and end up with a much darker color than they wanted. They need to choose a color 2 to 3 shades lighter than their desired end result. Your hair will be more porous on that day and will grab the color, darkening your hair more than the color you see on the box.

  4. A bad smell left on the hair was mentioned a few times in the reviews, to which I was told they need to do a better rinsing out of the product. The directions will tell you to rinse out thoroughly, twice. Another step they can take if the smell is still bothersome, is to make a paste of baking soda and water and put that in the hair and rinse.

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    17 Comments »

    1. I colored my hair 5 hrs. ago and it is almost black. I have a meeting 1st. thing in the morning what can I do to lighten it a little?

      Comment by Donna — August 9, 2006 @ 11:38 pm

    2. Just had a quick question, is it possible to do a strand test to make sure im getting the color i want. and if not, can i return the product to the store or website?

      Comment by charlotte — August 13, 2006 @ 10:03 pm

    3. I just would have one question here. I had been dying my hair dark brown for years and now i need a change I would like to try going to blonde, but when I tried this it is now orange is there a way that I will be able to dye my hair blonde without making my hair dye.

      Comment by rebecca lindner — September 7, 2006 @ 3:31 pm

    4. I used a color 9n on blonde hair and it turned green. I theb toned it with a tsb toner. I got the same blonde I started with. I then used a 7n to try to get a light brown and got green again. Do you think if I use a 6rb will i neutralize the green and be left with just the brown?

      Comment by lorena — September 16, 2006 @ 12:02 am

    5. I dyed my hair twice, in jet black then blue black. Now, I just don’t like it in black anymore and, i plan to put somethin’ light for the summer. Could somebody pls tell me how to get rid of the black color bfor the summer? It was a permanent color.

      Comment by Pascale — January 9, 2007 @ 4:13 am

    6. Hi I have natually light blonde hair the most I have ever had done to it is 6 highlight foils on the top.
      Underneath although hairdressers call it light blonde it is a dark and very dirty looking colour which I hate so on the weekend I put a permanant colour in it. It was a lore’el one with highlights aswell. I went for a darker colour and so not like it. To me it basically looks like now my hair all over is the same as my under colour it looks very mousy and boring.
      I want a caramel blondy brown colour like Mischa Barton brown with highlights or like kate mosses when it looks caramel blonde.
      What can I do and is it to early to put another one over top if it is not that noticeable.
      Cheers

      Comment by Natalie — January 15, 2007 @ 1:47 am

    7. just recently i changed my hair colour from brown to blonde but unfortuantly the blonde turned into orange, i was wondering if there is any way to remove the orange from my hair without causing any damage to it.

      Comment by shenae — July 15, 2007 @ 1:36 am

    8. Hey,
      i died my hair two night ago with colour pulse.
      I died it brown but like most of their dies, it died my hair red.
      I can’t work with red hair and im workin in 4 hours.
      Ive shampood my hair about 11 times in the past two days.
      It would be greatelly apreciated if you could get back to me with an answer, and get back quick!
      Thank you

      Comment by amanda — July 23, 2007 @ 6:18 am

    9. Hey,

      I have dark blonde to strawberry blomde hair naturally. I had it all over dyed red today. I hate it. How can I get rid of the perm color and get my own back asap. thanks

      Comment by Jamie — September 1, 2007 @ 5:23 pm

    10. i have dark hair and i want it permanently light brown but if i dont like it can i put another permanent color over top of it safely?

      Comment by Briana — September 16, 2007 @ 1:45 pm

    11. I dyed my white hair med ash blond and it came up
      med dark brown . what formula can I use to
      to get a light ash blond? or to remove the dark
      color? I used a Jeri Redding hair color.
      Marge Foltin

      Comment by Marge Foltin — September 18, 2007 @ 1:01 pm

    12. I just colored my hair “dark golden blonde”…my blonde highlights are now blue/grey. I want to recolor it immediately. Is it possible to fix it? How?

      Comment by sue — September 23, 2007 @ 5:47 pm

    13. hi i highlighted my hair last feb. and last oct. and i really dont want highlights now.. so how can i get my hir back to its original color without hurting it or even dying it? thanks =]

      Comment by elana — September 25, 2007 @ 6:33 pm

    14. hi i dyed my hair bright red a live dye i hate it .it was permanant i would really love to know how i can get my hair back brown without causing any damage or changing it a different colour.please let me know asap as i would hate to be like this over xmas.thank you

      Comment by gail conway — December 4, 2007 @ 12:40 pm

    15. i have naturally dark brown hair and have been dying it different shades of red for years. the last two times i dyed it with loreal hicolor higlights, red. but now parts of my hair are turning a blondish orange while the other parts are still red. im just want to get it back to my natural brown. please let me know how i can do this without patchy results or damaging my hair. thank you

      Comment by martina — June 15, 2008 @ 6:15 pm

    16. Thank you for this. I just contacted Linda abd she was very quick to answer my questions. I ordered colorfix after reading the reviews on folica and I think i will do ahead with the second step now. I also just checked to find out my colour was permanent… which is good to know, as I had thought it was semi permanent, and I’m glad I get second chance, and not have to wait a year of more for the darker ends to grow out. I was happy with the first colour I tried when I first coloured a few months ago, but got a little too curious and used another colour that a bit dark for my skin tone (or turned out to be.. the picture on the box played up the highlights.) Am still a little nervous, but feel much more prepared after reading this post. Linda said the second step is only a 3 percent hydrogen peroxide and not likely to cause damage… and at least now I understand the purpose. It may stop brassiness and avoid any unpleasant surprises. Think I will wait a week or two for my hair to settle down so I can get back to the initial colour or use my target colour instead of something several steps lighter… wish me luck. I’m still waiting for my colorfix to arrive.

      Best regards, Jennifer.

      Comment by Jennifer in Canada — November 14, 2008 @ 8:08 pm

    17. hi,i am a natural red head.for the last year or so,ive been a brunette,ive found that after a few washes my own red hair would start to shine through.so i decided to get the brown stripped from my hair and to get a rice copper red back into my hair,which is something similiar to my own natural hair color,the problem is the color the hairdresser put in is horrible,its not even a copper colour,its more of a brassy red,its just horrible,got it done yesterday,and im so embarressed to step out in public,cause its so bright

      Can someone please help me with this,i’d be very grateful;/

      Also ive green eyes,pale skin,but no pinkish tones.

      Comment by melissa — November 16, 2008 @ 3:25 pm

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