Thank you soooooooooooooooo much, Hypermommy! I was beside myself because of my gothic looking hair (was supposed to be a medium brown). So in desperation, I was reading on this site and found your post. I was skeptical, but desperate, so I tried out Color Oops. And my hair looks better than ever too. My husband made me promise (about 50 times) to always get my hair colored professionally from now on. And I'm going to keep that promise. But thank you for the wonderful tip!:)

So did this work for you? I have the same problem! UGH

When I dyed my hair too dark my hairdresser told me to soak my hair in conditioner for hours and then wash it. It lighten my hair a little which made me much happier.

Soak your hair in conditioner for hours.

I tried Pantene classic clean shampoo (because I didn't have prell) and it worked. I washed my hair first with it. Then reapplied it out of the shower (wrapped my head with an old towel because it stained) and let it sit for about 30 minutes and washed it out with hot water. I did this about twice. It lightened the color to the point that I noticed (and others noticed the difference) although you can still see the bright red. I bought prell today and did the same thing, and it worked to a much lesser extent. I also tried dawn dish soap, which did nothing but dry my hair out. Hope this helps.

I had grey hair at the tempels that I wanted to cover up, so I went to the store to buy my regular NON-permanent hair color (Clairol Natural Instincts Roasted Chestnut 28B - Dark Warm Brown), but they were out, so I got another type (Clairol Nice'n Easy 131 Dark Brown)... FIRST MISTAKE :rolleyes:

My normal hair color is dark brown with some natural auburn highlights. Well, I followed the directions to a T (made sure since it was a new type) but my hair turned out solid JET BLACK. I was horrified but not completely bazeerk until I re-read the box and saw PERMANENT... SECOND MISTAKE :eek:

So after I could see through my tear-filled eyes to get online to see what I could do, I found this thread and it was very helpful. I went out to our local Sally Beauty Supply store (was really looking for Color Opps because of the rave reviews) and got Loreal ColorZap AND Salon Care Professional Color Corrector.

I was scared my hair would turn grey, yellow, red or orange so I did a test strand of both products. The Loreal ColorZap made the hair turn red-orange (NOT what I desired), but the Salon Care Professional Color Corrector turned it dark brown with just a hint of auburn (not far off from my natural color), so I took the plunge.

GOOD NEWS! I did not leave it on as long as it called for (figured that would just make it get lighter and redder), but left it on for close to 15 minutes and then washed my hair five times. Twice with Dawn dish liquid which was suggested, and then three times with my regular shampoo.

I was very relieved when I dried my hair to see that I no longer looked like the wicked witch of the west. I also went and got my "middle-of-the-back" length hair cut to just below shoulder length and layered for a new change and now I feel so much better.

Hope this helps someone in my situation... good luck! ;)

I just got highlights for the first time in a salon. I have really dark brown hair and wanted to lighten up a bit... big mistake . I asked for a lighter brown but got a somewhat orange color.. does anyone know how to get this off? I only got it done a day ago

You could try what I tried and it worked quite well. I mixed about a 1/2 of a cup of dawn dishsoap, 1 1/2 cups of baking soda, 2 cups of shampoo, 8 Tablespoons of hairspray, about a palm full of blonde enhancing mousse, and about 2-3 pumps of some hand soap.

Yesterday I had my hair coloured brown, it was meant to come out mid brown, but ended up almost black, the colouring was only semi permanent but I am finding I don't like how dark the colour of my hair is, and I just want my natural colour which is dark blonde back. How long do I have to wait before the semi permanent comes out? And how can I get dark blonde hair back?
- Catherine.

I dyed my hair 2 days ago and it was supposed to be "natural medium ash brown" and it came out almost BLACK and I am freaking out. After reading these posts I just went out on my lunch break and bought the prell shampoo, but it doesn't say originial, it says classic - it's a green bottle with a blue top, is that the right stuff? Please help me asap!! :confused: :mad: :( :eek:

Is prell american?
I went into the shopas king for it
And no one had heard of it?
Anyway
They told me head and shoulders strip the colour
And if you use it regulary you will be able to tell
*fingers crossed*!

I recently dyed my hair a dark brown which turned out black!! Just followed the advice of mixing baking soda with shampoo and it really works! Its been 2 weeks since my hair went black, I was washing it twicw a day and it hardly lifted, so I mixed a tablespoon of bs with a cheap shampoo and its really lifted it!:)

My hair was recently colored and it came out too dark. Is there anything I can do about it?

I had really Black permanent hair color and I used this product that Walgreens sells Called COLOR OOPS it really worked for me my hair is now brown and I added some highlights to it ~CK!K@ R3B3LD3~

because I value the advice of a pro.

This spounds like something I could use.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one whose hair is now too dark, for my liking anyway. I read fairy liquid or soap? Would help, but I have no clue what that is. The last time I colored my hair myself I swore I'd never do it again and would let professionals do it right. Oh well, how quickly I forget. If I could add texture to my nearly black hair I think it would help. The product I used said it had 'built in highlights.' NOT!

Well, here I sit, with almost black hair. Went to the salon to take out summer highlights. It was supposed to just be brown. It came out so dark with a little red. I didn't like it so my stylist put some bleach on mixed with shampoo and it did just like Pretty lady said. It lightened up to a strawberry blonde almost. She then put a toner on it and it's way dark again. I'm wondering if she left the toner on too long? Now she is out of town and I'm stuck with way dark hair again. I noticed it has a lot of red in it too. How can I lighten up? The red doesn't bother me much, it's just way too dark. I've tried the Dawn w/shampoo... nothing. I'm going to try baking soda to see what happens. Think I could put some highlights in?

Dye my hair often used to use loreal recital prefrences(espresso) for some reason no longer can get this colour even though loreal have emailed me saying product as not been discontinued... Anyway used loreal now but the dark brown shade after months of using it my hair has gone very dark brown.. Now just been to sallys for a colour remover and she gave me ( dust free blue bleaching powder) never used anything to remove colour does anyone know how I mix it ? As it is a powder.. is it water/shampoo or a developer helpppppp don't know how to mix

P.s tried the bs didn't lift any colour from my hair :(

Hi..

I was looking for the same answer as you are. I had my hair dyed at a salon and it was far too dark for me also so I asked in Yahoo and got a fair amount of answers. Different to the ones you got in here.

1. Lemon juice and olive oil then sit out in the sun (Too drying I thought)
2. Clarififying shampoo "Pentene" (Again it strips the hair so you need to use a good
Conditioner)

3. If You Want To 'Lift' The Color A Little Bit AND Keep The Shine Try Using CLAIROL® LUMINIZE™ (Found In Beauty Supplies) it Is A Gentle,NO AMMONIA Hairlighting Lotion That Gently Lifts The Hair Color Just One Or Two Shades. And Conditions And Shines The Hair. (I copied and pasted this reply. I think this is the best solution)


Hope this helps and Good luck

;-)