Beauty

[moonandthestars]

I had my hair done the other day and it didn't go that well.     It came out very very dark, which is exactly what I didn't want - I had this sort of thing happen once before many years ago. So is felt like a sad deja vu.  Anyway, hair person tried to lighten it twice with a solution.  The color barely budged.  Then at my suggestion she added some highlights to help add some light to this very very dark situation.  Those areas lifted pretty well.   Final gloss over to add some shine to this overworked over dark hair issue she created!  Now I'm home and I need to lighten my hair more. Of course all of my shampoos are gentle and free of sulfates.  I also have very dry hair and was looking forward to working on making it very healhy with great hair products.  But now I need to lighten this hair!

Suggestions needed for a shampoo to fade my color and not damage or overly dry my hair.  Does that hybrid exist?  All suggestions would be very very appreciated.

[SilleeMee]

A hairdresser told me once that Prell shampoo will lighten/remove hair dye in one wash. 

[Shelbelle]

I was advised by a color expert at Revlon years ago what to do and it works.

 Use either a dandruff shampoo or a clarifying shampoo, lather it onto DRY hair, leave on for at least 30 minutes before rinsing, you can keep repeating until desired results are achieved. 

[On It]

A clarifying shampoo will remove fresh color. You might give it a try. I had a hairdresser wash my hair with the old powdered Tide. Tide was hard on colored fabrics but kept whites glistening. I do not know if that stuff is even available today. If you have a Sally's close by, they may have a product designed to remove color. At one time their employees were very knowledgeable.

I would use a hot oil treatment on my hair after trying to remove the color. Ask Sally if they have a good one. Cover it with a plastic cap and let it set for 20 or 30 minutes before washing out. 

[Somertime]

Mr. Clean will work, seriously!

[Carmie]

Mix a little 20v hydrogen peroxide into a little bit of shampoo. I mix in a non metal container...plastic dish is good. Buy the peroxide at Sally or make sure it is the type made for hair.  The cream version is less harsh.

Just shampoo without rubbing scalp being gentle. Let sit on hair for 5 minutes and rinse in cool water.

That's how professional colorists do it.

You can buy color remover, but I don't recommend it.  It is very damaging.

[customerqvc2]

The same thing happened to me with one of my hair colorings.  I looked under my sink for an older shampoo.  I found Vidal Sasoon (remember that).  Older shampoos always were harsh.

I looked on Amazon and Clairol still makes a clarifying shampoo now called Healthy Scalp and Shampoo Two and Paul Mitchell have similar products.

[moonandthestars]

@customerqvc2 @Carmie @Somertime @On It @Shelbelle   

Thank you everyone.  All good suggestions.  I don't know about the Tide and Mr. Clean tho!  Not sure I'm brave enough for that.

Question:  how do you lather shampoo onto dry hair?  Just glob a large amount on?

It's also a good idea about the hot oil treatment because I remember when I used to do them that not only  would they help my hair be healthy but they also seemed to fade my color.

My problem .... I mean my original/other problem  ... is that I'm not really mobile at this point (had an accident and broke my knee!) so I don't picture myself being able to go in and out of the shower more than once a day for a treatment or be able to leave something in my hair for half hour before rinsing it out. Probably won't want to use any oil either.  Safety first!

I'm so upset that this person did this to my hair. It is sooo dark. She tried the professional lifting solutions - looked like powdered detergent that she mixed with water  or something but it didn't do much.  The highlights are helpful, but the base color still shows through of course and is harsh.  I just wanted to feel better about myself/life.  I was def. Overdue for color and cut,  and wanted cross this off my to do list!  Yikes.   Ok, whine over.  I will say tho the other time this happened to me that after making my hair almost black that hair person lifted the color of my hair so much that it was a weird light orange color.  That began another hair color / hair health odyssey.  Took many moons to really fix.  

I'm going to try the dandruff or clarifying shampoos or prell and see how that works.  Send good thoughts!!

Any other ideas, please post.

[Shelbelle]

Shampoo will lather perfectly on dry hair, just try it, the key to success with this is to use it on dry hair. 

[Carmie]

@moonandthestars   You didn't mention that your stylist used Effasol to try to remove your color ( powder mixed with water or peroxide) and it didn't work.

If that stuff didn't work, it makes me wonder what kind of color she used.

I would try to go to a professional colorist to get this fixed.  If you use harsh chemicals your hair is gonna have the texture of straw.

You need some deep conditioner now. 

You could also let it fade on its own and use mayonaise to moisturize.  Put it on wet hair, comb through, let it set for 20 minutes and rinse it out with warm, not hot water.