Hydrating and/or Reparative Ingredients: In related news, if you can find a formula that touts hydrating or conditioning ingredients (think butters, oils, and silicones) and/or strengtheners such as keratin or proteins, you’ll greatly reduce the risk of damaging your hair during the process.

My go to hair colour remover would be "magic off" by Sassoon, Wella colour for professionals. Stripping at home is not something I'd recommend unless you want to compromise the condition of the hair and have uneven results,' says Fitch. What do hairdressers use to remove dye? Revolution Pro Hair Colour Remover doesn’t smell as strong as the likes of Colour B4. It does have that ‘egg’ like scent but I found it a little milder. Colour removers only remove semi/demi and permanent colours. Also if you have had bleach (High lights, full head etc) those areas where you applied colour onto the bleach may have stained the hair. So this will not remove staining. A colour remover will not remove bleach from your hair. Bleached hair has had the colour pigment stripped from it.

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Ok so, for me, this is a slightly different blog to usual because it’s not Makeup related but I do think that this is something my readers would enjoy and be interested in. To conclude I’m glad I tried the Revolution Pro colour Remover. I would recommend it for those trying to remove colours they have applied from their hair. Obviously not for those using direct dyes though. I feel Colour B4 max strength is stronger than this. But that this is the same as Colourless. In fact I think its made in the same place and wouldn’t be surprised if it is the same (I just can’t remember if that ones comes with a conditioner and if it smelt the same). Colourless Hair Colour Remover is the simple way to wash away your unwanted colour and allow you to be the colour you desire. You can safely recolour immediately after use. After lots of rinsing, shampooing and blow drying I was so pleased with the result. I have not applied any dye to my hair, this is literally the colour that it went after removing the lotion. I love the colour and I also love the ombre type effect where the lengths have had more colour build up on them. I was planning on dying my hair but, having seen the colour it has gone, I am actually so happy and will be leaving it the colour it turned out. The finished result after rinsing, shampooing & blow drying Try using an anti-dandruff or clarifying shampoo that’s high in sulphates (SLS). This will help to loosen the colour and fade it slightly. You'll need to do a few washes of shampoo and may have to leave the shampoo on the hair for 10-15 minutes. This will help fade colour – for example if you've left a dark hair dye on for too long – but if you're wanting to strip out certain hair tones, it's best to wait and visit your hairdresser,' reveals Muldoon. What is the best product to strip hair colour?

I want to also add, DO NOT put a permanent colour straight on top of your hair after using a colour remover. It will only go dark again. Use a semi permanent preferably (One that lasts only a few shampoos). Products that last up to 24 washes (Clairol Nice n Easy non permanent and L’Oreal Casting Creme Gloss) are best left till a while after as they often will take the hair too dark. Almost 75% of American women and men color their hair. If you're one of them, you've probably walked away from a salon appointment— or DIY scenario—unhappy with the result. Hey, hair color snafus can—and do—happen! It's how you handle them that matters. Enter: hair color removers. They're essentially magic color erasers that strip out unwanted dye or help fade it to the point where it's more to your liking. In an ideal world, you'd have a professional do any kind of color removal or correction, cautions colorist Kristen Fleming, color director of 3rd Coast Salon in Chicago. She stresses that it’s a complicated process, even for the pros. But, if you are going to take matters into your own hands, here’s what you need to know. But don't despair, because there are things you can do to fix hair dye that's gone wrong. We spoke to hair colour experts – Harriet Muldoon, colour expert at Larry King and Leanne Fitch, creative master colourisr at Josh Wood Atelier to figure out how to fix a hair dye disaster, plus the best hair colour removers to strip colour at home. How to remove hair dye at home? Apply the remainder of bottle C and massage to lather like a shampoo for 1 minute. Now rinse for a further 5 minutesI would like to take this opportunity to thank Colourless for agreeing to send me their product to review. I couldn’t be happier with the result. The buffer made my hair feel so dry I thought it would snap! It was like the strongest clarifying shampoo ever. I honestly was concerned!