Removing Dark Hair Color

Beckie16 · May 28, 2008, 12:41 PM

Lois_lou :

No whether or not yo go to the hairdresses having dark hair is hard to die over because the pigments of the hair dye is very strong. Having to get lighter you would have to use a color zap or get your hair stripped at the hairdresses. Getting it stripped leads to hair snapping and being very brittle and sometimes even falling out. If you really want to go lighter you are best off ither letting it fade and grow out, keep washing it with head and shoulders conditioner it makes the hair dye fade, you won't realise the difference straight away but after a few washes with it your hair will really fade which may fade enough to dye lighter. I suggest getting the color zap or letting it fade though, you don't want your hair to go orange, green, purple, yellow you want it nice so its not worth taking the risk honestly!
Good Look.

jenn4094u · Jun 2, 2008, 08:35 PM

I've Been doing Hair For 14 Years. It Will Be Damaging To Your Hair To Do This, But If You Only Want To Lighten That Much It Can Be Done. The Key Is To Lift Only The Amount Of Pigment Out Of The Hair That You Need To. Go To The Beauty Supply Store ( Not The Drug Store Or Walmart,as You Never Know What You Sure Getting) And Get A Off The Scalp Hair Bleach And 20 Volume Developer. Mix According To Instructions And Apply Only To The Hair That Has Color On It, Not Your New Growth!at All Costs Do Not Put It On Your New Growth As It will Make It Blonde Because It Is Natural Pigment. Leave Lightener On Until The Colored Hair Is A Medium Orange, Then Wash It Out And Shampoo. Then Apply A Demi Permanent (again, From The Beauty Supply Store) ...choose A Color That Is Close To What You Want, But Make Sure It Has A Blue Base (blue Cancels Out Orange). Do Not Apply This To Your New Growth Either. Try To Match The Color You Have As Closely As Possible, It Will Not Be Perfect, But This Is A Start...

jenn4094u · Jun 11, 2008, 09:04 PM

I Am A Stylist And If You Email Me A Picture Of You Hair I May Be Able To Help You More...I Don't Know Anything About The Color Zap, But I Do Know That Black Is The Hardest Color To Remove And Would Feel Better Giving You Advice If I Could See What Were Dealing With...jomamma123@live.com...feel Free To Email Me

kitsune22 · Sep 14, 2009, 12:57 AM

I dyed my hair black a while ago, what would be the best way to get rid of it? I heard dyeing your hair after using colour zap made your hair purple ^_^; I'd rather avoid going to a salon if possible

Michellehair35 · Oct 9, 2009, 08:51 AM

Try mixing baking soda with shapoo, wet your hair, towel try it so it's damp, then cover it with a plastic cap and leave it on for as long as you can stand it, when darkening hair remember to only use demi- unless you are trying to cover grey.

Perito · Oct 9, 2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Michellehair35

Try mixing baking soda with shampoo, wet your hair, towel try it so it's damp, then cover it with a plastic cap and leave it on for as long as you can stand it, when darkening hair remember to only use demi- unless you are trying to cover grey.

I'd like to know why people think that baking soda is good for anything. It does nothing! Baking soda is simply sodium hydrogen carbonate (sodium bicarbonate)

$NaHCO_3$

It dissolves in water to form sodium ions and bicarbonate ions:

$NaHCO_3 \rightarrow Na^+ + HCO_3^-$

The bicarbonate ion will not react with artificial haircoloring, developed or not. It will not react with natural pigment, either. It can't oxidiize like peroxide or persulfate (hair bleach). It won't dissolve the pigments, either. All it'll do is sit there on your head and irritate your scalp.

Bicarbonate will break down when heated to form carbon dioxide -- a gas. That leavens the bread and that's why they call this baking soda.

$NaHCO_3 \rightarrow CO_2 + NaOH$

Bicarbonate is useful in buffering solutions (Keep the solution in it from becoming very acidic or very basic) by reacting with either acid (H+) or hydroxide (OH-):

$HCO_3^- + H+ \rightleftharpoons H_2CO_3 \rightarrow H_2O + CO_2\uparrow$

$HCO_3^- + OH^- \rightleftharpoons H_2O + CO_3^{-2}$

Bicarbonate has been touted for a lot of other things. It's claimed that it will absorb odors from the 'fridge. It will absorb airborne organic compounds, but it doesn't even do that very well. Arm N Hammer has hyped their product a lot but basically, it's only baking soda.

Don't waste your time.

MsRodriguez23 · Nov 11, 2009, 09:24 AM

Some people can't afford to go to the salon and have to end up doing it themselves...

jwalker4 · Dec 14, 2009, 11:03 AM

I have been coloring my hair forever...(prematurely gray) and I was coloring my hair using Nice and Easy Natural Dark Brown...and well, it turned out black. Which was fine for a while, but now I am tired of it. This color has been on my hair for a while and I have tried Dawn dish soap, and Head and Shoulders to try and lighten it up, but no luck. I have even tried a new color to try and lighten it up, but it won't take. What are my other options since this color has been on my hair a while?

danniellaxox · Jan 17, 2010, 01:51 AM

Hi I have naturally red hair and I stupidly died it dark brown for a fancy dress party it said it came out in 28 washes this was not true as I've had this colour for 3 months now and it hasn't fadded one bit, HELP! My hair looks terrible and I have red roots its really imbaressing I can't even look in the mirror. I used to hate my natural red but now I miss it I want it back so much.
If anyone can help me I will be so grateful, its stressing me out so much!
Thanks

hairmistakes · Feb 16, 2010, 05:32 PM

A few weeks ago I died my naturally golden blondy hair with a permenant dark brown dye, except it didn't work and ended up looking quite orange, so the next day I put in a darker 28 washes dye in. Which I loved and looked quite nice, except now the 28 washes dye is coming out and I'm left with really orangy undertones and bloned regrowth which makes me look like I'm going greyish...

I have decided I want to go back to my natural colour, if I use l'oreal colour zap will my hair go back to its natural colour or will it be bleached and will it damage my hair?

Or should I use the colour zap and then tone it and it will return to my natural colour?

Will it all really damage my hair?
It is worth trying to fix it myself or should I go to a hairdresses and what will they do and how much will it cost?

I'm really regretting colouring my hair!

Please help!

Removing Dark Hair Color

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