Color Oops? Color Corrector Here!

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Heather H.

Apr 4, 2013

Heather H.

So we've all had that horrible moment when the hair color we picked was not what it said on the box or it was left on too long. I had my hair done almost 6 months ago. I picked a Rich Medium Brown. My hair was a light brown at the time and my dirty blonde roots were coming in. So I decided to dye it that color just to cover my roots. Boy was I wrong! It turned jet black. Looked horrendous. I have very pale skin so it didn't mix well. Anyways, I listened to a professional and she said to use a clarifying shampoo and let the color fade. So I did that, nothing really happened. I was annoyed at that point. Did some research and purchased Ion Brilliance Color Corrector. I bought mine at Sally's Beauty Supply. It comes in a little purple box! Around 9$! It's a sulfate based product. NO bleach. That's what caught my eye. I finally did it and it actually lifted my black hair to a medium brown!! Yes, the smell is horrible. Smells like rotten eggs. But I kept mine in a bottle to squeeze out of! All you do is mix the two phases together and leave it on for 25 minutes. I put a shower cap over my head too. So I thought, lets try again! I let my hair rest for a day went back and bought another box. I did the whole process again and I got better results. I'm going for a honey blonde color, so this will help me out a lot until it needs to be bleached. This second time took most of the black pigment out and took it to a copper light brown. Which I was totally expecting. I did a deep conditioning treatment on it and my hair isn't fried or damaged. It's actually pretty soft.
Sorry this is so long but I hope this will help someone's hair disaster out like it did for mine :)!
The picture attached is after the 2nd process. I am so happy with the results. Good luck!!

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