How To Remove Hair Dye From Your Hair

A new hair color can do wonders to your confidence level and personality. However, it can sometimes, turn out to be a nightmare as well, especially if you have not chosen the shade carefully. This often happens when the new hair color is too light, too bright, too dark, or not the color that you had actually desired. Although dyeing your hair is a very tricky and serious business, removing the same is a completely different problem, which needs to be carefully worked upon. You can visit a color correction specialist to get the color removed. Apart from changing or removing the color, you can also get a new, flattering haircut to draw attention away from the ghastly shade. Yet another option - why not try different styles or accessorize for your hair! In none of this seems to work for you, read through the following lines and explore some of the best tips on how to remove hair dye from your hair.

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Removing Dye From Your Hair

Removing Light Hair Dye

The first step that you need to undertake, after you notice the unsatisfying hair color, is to contact your hairstylist at the earliest. Get another appointment booked and visit the salon for a color correction.
In case your hair has been colored lighter than your natural color, the only solution to this problem is to get your hair colored again.
In case the color is extremely light, re-color your hair with a shade or two darker. Select the shade darker than your natural hair color.
If you are opting to go back to your darker natural color, you will have to get the underlying pigment replaced first. The underlying pigment for blond hair is yellow, for light browns is orange and for medium to dark browns is red. If you skip this step, you will end up getting a different-colored hair altogether.

Removing Dark Hair Dye

In case you have colored your hair in a darker shade, which turned out be a disaster, it is advised to get it corrected as soon as possible. It is easier to remove dye from hair that has been colored just a few days back.
To remove the color at home, use L’Oreal’s Color Zap. The kit works after one application and removes the dye from your hair, while leaving the natural hair color intact.
In case the dye color is marginally darker than desired, you can prematurely fade it by washing your hair more often. If the color is semi-permanent, let it fade on its own.
If your hair dye is permanent, wash your hair with a clarifying shampoo to make the color fade away. Use a shampoo that has been designed for removing product build-up or chlorine build-up.
In case the clarifying shampoo does not work on your hair, try using a dandruff shampoo. This will strip the color from the hair. If you want to fade your too-dark color speedily, shampoo your hair several times until you get the desired shade.

Tip

It is better to seek a professional stylist or advice from the color kit manufacturer’s help line, when you want to color your hair a shade darker or lighten it to the proper color level.

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