Hair Color Removal

Sometimes you think a color looks good on you, and then you find out it doesn’t come out to be the shade you expected, so you want to remove the color and either return to your natural color or remove that color and choose something else. There are very few home remedies for doing a color correction that are both safe and effective.

The best home remedy is to re-dye the hair unless you are familiar with some of the over the counter products for removing hair color. If you choose to do it yourself, be very certain that you follow the instruction exactly or you will do more damage than you did with the incorrect hair color.

Home Remedies For Hair Color Removal:

Professional Color Correction:

When you have made a mistake in the hair color that you chose, there is no easy way to correct it, but it is possible to do. Do not attempt to do this yourself. There are products available to remove hair color, but they are not for the average consumer to use. These products are designed for a professional to use.

Re-dying Your Hair:

The safest and easiest way for someone to change the hair color is to choose a color that will cover or downplay the color you used. If you have used a dark color, you may have to re-dye your hair several times in order to get the color you want as the original dye lightens and your hair grows.

Commercial Products:

Some over the counter products that are safe for the average consumer to use for hair color removal include Color Fix by Jheri Redding, and L’Oreal Effasol Color Removal, and L’Oreal Color Zap. The two products by L’Oreal leave the hair ready for re-coloring, but the Jheri Redding Color Fix tends to be a more gradual process.

Shampoo The Color Out:

Hot oil treatments, hair spray, and shampooing eventually remove the color from your hair. In order to remove the last of the dye from your hair, or to remove the color right away instead of waiting for it to fade, make up a small batch of a bleach mixture and add it to about two tablespoons of shampoo and stir it up in a cup. Shampoo your hair, being sure to “knead” the hair. Be sure to star at the roots and work your way down to the ends and then go back up again.