Box hair dye

Jan 7, 2017

Olivia H.

I dyed my hair like 4 months ago and I want it gone now. I miss my light hair. What products can I get to strip my hair of this box color?

Jan 7, 2017

Brook A.

I wouldn't trust it, honestly. I've been in the same position you're in and I decided not to go with the "dye strippers". I'd find a picture of your light hair in good lighting and see a hairdresser to help fix it up. I'm pretty sure a whole head dye is cheaper than highlights, at my salon it is. Good luck. :)

Jan 7, 2017

Anna D.

Yeah I would definitely get it done properly! ♡

Jan 7, 2017

Leah A.

I have used a few different colour strippers, both professional and not. I, personally, have had the best experience with "Color Fix" stripper from sally's (http://www.sallybeauty.com/permanent-color-remover/SBS-342350,default,pd.html)

Just a few warnings, I am not a professional, this is from my own experience and knowledge of permanent colour and hair.

You definitely need a a deep conditioner after this, preferably a reconstructing one with keratin to restore that natural protein in your hair.

Secondly, this smells awful, I think it smells like sulphur (chemically, rotten eggs lol), so just be aware of this because it can last a couple of washes. I only noticed it when my hair was wet.

Please keep in mind that this only strips permanent hair colour. When you strip the colour out, your natural colour is not going to be there. It will be the natural pigments that make up your colour and depending on your natural colour this can range from yellow to nearly orange. So, you more than likely will have to throw another colour on to match your natural hair colour.

The colour stripping also depends on the colour that you have put in. Red pigments are always harder to pull out. So if you have used a brown, red or a purple, those red pigments are present so bear in mind that these will be more difficult for the stripper to pull out of the hair.

This is not a simple process for someone who doesn't have a working knowledge of hair or chemicals so if you don't have these or are not willing to put in the time to educate yourself and research I would recommend a professional.

Jan 7, 2017

Olivia H.

Darn :( I guess I'll just let it keep growing out hah, I don't want to dye it anymore especially to just fix it

Jan 8, 2017

amanda L.

Yeah hun unfortunately Leah's right. It's tempting to just go for it right at home to save Time/money and hope all goes well, but it's rare when it comes to removing hair color. My natural color is a level 2 which is nearly black and I used to do something crazy with the color every month or so. The first time I went about removing hair color, I used a formula made to "color balance" (aka strip lol) Which I will give to you in case. My hair was black yellow and orange , no specific order 😜 so I had to leave and go in public w that to buy hair color to dye over it. I've never had a situation where it was a one step process to get a client back to their natural color. It always involves either toning it or more often, permanently coloring it all over again. Which is just more harm on the hair. That being said, if you see a professional, you are preventing at least some of the damage because the product plays a big part in this.

I don't want to go against everything I just rambled on about, but I figure I'll let you know a process (in case you're anything like me)and are going to just do it at home anyways. It really just takes 3 products that can be bought at Sally's. I'm. Not too familiar of too many of the brands there, I wish you could get your hands on the real pros stuff but clairol? Is a good one if they have it. You're going to need a clarifying shampoo (it doesn't have to be an intense one), lightening powder (if they still sell them in little packets you'll only need a few depending on how much hair you have) and lastly, developer (10vol) just the smallest bottle they sell. The formula is 1/2oz lightener : 1oz developer : 1oz clarifying shampoo. Lather it onto your head as you would with shampoo and let it do its thing before rinsing. You WILL know when it's doing it's job as you see those lovely yellow orange tones coming showing up. There's not a specific processing time so to prevent over processing, rinse as soon as it's been more than 5 minutes w out making any more changes. It means it's not going to make any more changes this time around. After rinsing, conditioning treatments X10000

Aaaaand thennn... you will now have to color your hair again to get your desired color so don't forget that at the store if you go :)

Jan 8, 2017

Olivia H.

Yeah, no I'm not about that life. I would feel bad dying my hair again, I'll just watch it SLOWWWWLY go back to original &forever remember not to dye my hair again (': but thank y'all for all the information , I thought it would be alooot easier!!

Jan 8, 2017

amanda L.

You're welcome! I did too lol, I'm sure many people think the same