Color Oops: New Way to fix Hair Color Nightmares
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Topic: Color Oops: New Way to fix Hair Color Nightmares
Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Subject: Color Oops: New Way to fix Hair Color Nightmares
Date Posted: Nov 20, 2007 at 12:56pm
For those of you who have dyed your hair a god awful color only to ruin your hair at home with bleach or pay big money at a salon to have it fixed, you are going to be really glad. Anyone with half their weight of at home hair coloring experience knows that you can't color over color. Hair won't lighten that is colored and coloring over color produces a muddy result. So what are we to do?
There's a new technology out there that will actually remove the artificial color you put into your hair but, and this is key - without removing any of your hair's natural pigment. It is available in drugstores and is called Color Oops. It is made by Developlus, the same people who make satin hair color. Curiously, I could not find Color Oops in the beauty supply store although I did find a L'oreal hair color remover that does lift virgin hair's pigment.
I just used this product yesterday to remove hair color and I'm amazed at the results. (I read a lot of positive reviews on Amazon before taking the plunge.) This product could have saved me when I was younger and making so many hair coloring mistakes. Especially that time I died my hair brown from blond using a drugstore color and ended up going greenish brown! Yikes!
For those of you that's been dyeing your hair so often, you don't even know what's under there, you might want to have a look. (kidding) Here's an article about it I found:
http://newsblaze.com/story/2007042506012000001.pz/topstory.html
Pros:
1) Won't remove natural underlying pigment
2) Uncolors more evenly than bleach
3) Damages hair much less than bleach
4) Much easier to use than bleach
5) Removes both permanent and semi-permanent color
Cons:
1) Smells nasty
2) Won't remove natural pigment but every time you color your hair some natural pigment has already been removed so your hair will likely need a toner after using since your undertones will be showing
3) Will make your hair more porous so you will probably need to use a filler before dyeing again and use a lighter less ashy shade. (Doesn't make your hair nearly as porous as bleach does though)
4) If you've already removed a lot of natural pigment by bleaching your hair, this pigment does not get magically restored with this product so it's not much help for those who wish they hadn't bleached or gone lighter.
Overall, I am really pleased. This is a real breakthrough for us at home hair color addicts especially so I thought I'd spread the good news around. Bleach is not the only way to lighten hair that has been dyed too dark. PerfectBrunette2007-11-20 12:58:02
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Replies: 31
Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Nov 20, 2007 at 12:56pm
For those of you who have dyed your hair a god awful color only to ruin your hair at home with bleach or pay big money at a salon to have it fixed, you are going to be really glad. Anyone with half their weight of at home hair coloring experience knows that you can't color over color. Hair won't lighten that is colored and coloring over color produces a muddy result. So what are we to do?
There's a new technology out there that will actually remove the artificial color you put into your hair but, and this is key - without removing any of your hair's natural pigment. It is available in drugstores and is called Color Oops. It is made by Developlus, the same people who make satin hair color. Curiously, I could not find Color Oops in the beauty supply store although I did find a L'oreal hair color remover that does lift virgin hair's pigment.
I just used this product yesterday to remove hair color and I'm amazed at the results. (I read a lot of positive reviews on Amazon before taking the plunge.) This product could have saved me when I was younger and making so many hair coloring mistakes. Especially that time I died my hair brown from blond using a drugstore color and ended up going greenish brown! Yikes!
For those of you that's been dyeing your hair so often, you don't even know what's under there, you might want to have a look. (kidding) Here's an article about it I found:
http://newsblaze.com/story/2007042506012000001.pz/topstory.html
Pros:
1) Won't remove natural underlying pigment
2) Uncolors more evenly than bleach
3) Damages hair much less than bleach
4) Much easier to use than bleach
5) Removes both permanent and semi-permanent color
Cons:
1) Smells nasty
2) Won't remove natural pigment but every time you color your hair some natural pigment has already been removed so your hair will likely need a toner after using since your undertones will be showing
3) Will make your hair more porous so you will probably need to use a filler before dyeing again and use a lighter less ashy shade. (Doesn't make your hair nearly as porous as bleach does though)
4) If you've already removed a lot of natural pigment by bleaching your hair, this pigment does not get magically restored with this product so it's not much help for those who wish they hadn't bleached or gone lighter.
Overall, I am really pleased. This is a real breakthrough for us at home hair color addicts especially so I thought I'd spread the good news around. Bleach is not the only way to lighten hair that has been dyed too dark. PerfectBrunette2007-11-20 12:58:02
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Posted By: julesyjul88
Date Posted: Nov 21, 2007 at 4:45am
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Wait,you just used this? I thought you liked your new hair color,what happend?
There is also METALEX by clairol (removes semi)
and color zap (removes permante)
I saw this color oops at Rite Aid a few months ago and wondered if it worked.Good to know.
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Nov 21, 2007 at 12:10pm
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I did like my haircolor. Ultimately, it was too red for me though. It was more of a reddish brown than golden brown and I figured the longer I leave it in the harder it will be to take out.
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Posted By: julesyjul88
Date Posted: Nov 21, 2007 at 4:48pm
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Well,glad you got it out and everything is ok.
Did you re-color yet?
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Nov 21, 2007 at 5:50pm
No, I haven't recolored yet. I still don't know what to do exactly. I really like how my hair looked after the color oops because it is like my natural hair color but warmer (like a dark caramel blond). I don't like the extremely ashy mousy tones of my natural color which doesn't suit my light warm skin tone.
The only thing I don't like is that my hair has some orangey undertones. I like the gold, just not the orange. So I'm not quite sure how to cancel out orange but leave the gold. I may just need a color depositing shampoo like Blue Malva. Ultimately, I plan to get lowlights done by a professional after I figure out how to tone this one.
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Posted By: julesyjul88
Date Posted: Nov 22, 2007 at 2:17am
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Anytime I have removed a color,it seemed I was always left with an orangey tone too.Without using ash,it's hard to say how to cover it up.
Well,Good luck...and Happy Thanksgiving! julesyjul882007-11-22 05:29:36
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Posted By: redheadlov
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2007 at 6:07pm
Thank you for your advice! ironically i have been colouring my own long hair with professional cream+peroxide for 5 years and doing a very good job but throughout i always wondered if i could do better... so I have had my hair done at the salon 3 times and only once have they done it as I asked and given my the desired results
Today was the third time and I swear never again!
If you know your base tone and you only go up or down one base colour number you can't go wrong, but the pro stylist was dealing with my long locks and decided to put on a l'oreal richesse quasi colour over my porous locks... and against my desire she put on a 5 base level, and I am natural a 7 and the locks were a faded red 8!
So now I have locks with a dark blue mahogany base and of course washing it out is only removing the red warmth.
Do you think this colour oops will work?
Also Its unclear if that is what you used as you also mention this other l'oreal product?
hopefully you will confirm which product you think is amazing, you didn't mention whether you found the color opps or not.
what did the product you used do to your hair, Did you then put a vegetable last 10 washes colour afterwards?
I hope you get back to this forum, I can't believe I let a pro on my hair again....
I think colourists are unsavvy in the UK, the only time I ever had it done correctly was is Paris France!
redheadlov2007-11-28 18:39:18
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2007 at 6:32pm
Hi,
I was talking about the Color Oops. that is the product I used. The L'oreal product does not work in the same way so I would avoid it personally as it removes natural pigment along with the artificial pigment althoguh I have not tried the L'oreal product personally. It sounds like your natural color is about the same shade as me. It comes out a level 6 but the ends fade to a level 7 in the sun.
I know how you feel with the going to the salon and paying big bucks only to be disappointed. I am sure there are great colorists out there but they are not easy to find. (Wow, so cool that you found one in Paris!)
Anyways, since you are simply removing artificial color from your hair, I think the color oops would work well for you. Keep in mind that some of your natural pigment was removed in the process of her dyeing your hair so it won't look exactly the same as before. You will have to color it afterwards most likely.
You also have to be careful when you dye it because the color you dye it will turn out darker and ashier than normal after using the color oops. They mention this in their leaflet. Itis because using color oops increases the porosity of your hair (but not as much as bleach does). They suggest going one shade lighter than you want and using golden tones, staying away from ash tones.
I gave my hair a few days to feel soft again and deep conditioned before coloring again. I used lightest golden brown from L'oreal colorpsa a couple days later. My underlying pigment didn't look too bad since I've only used demi's on my hair and not much pigment was lifted. Ironically, the color I was removing was light golden brown from L'oreal colorspa which came out too red. The "lightest" golden brown that I used instead came out lighter and more golden so I am happy with it for now. I first tried a strand test with a neutral dark blonde and it came out too ashy so be careful!
So as long as you follow their directions and recommendations you can color again no problem. I'd recommend a demi-perm instead of a permanent shade over it if you're going darker. A neutral protein filller will also help even out the porosity of your hair before you color again and is recommended by Color Oops.
I'm not sure if they sell this stuff in the UK so if they don't, I feel bad recommending it. Yikes. Hope you find it! Maybe try ebay if you can't. I ended up finding it in a Rite Aid drugstore in the US and I know they sell them at Walgreens drug stores as well. Beware of other products. Make sure that they only remove the artificial pigment and not your actual hair pigment like bleach will as this will damage your hair too much.
Good luck to you!
PerfectBrunette2007-11-28 18:34:55
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Posted By: redheadlov
Date Posted: Dec 3, 2007 at 5:15pm
perfect brunette,
hi thank you for your advice... its fab!
unfortunately I can't find colour oops or the l'oreal stuff either in the uk. I found it on the walgreens site and may order from them... although the postage is quite high.
The colour is washing out from the main length but the ends are still mahogony,, this is from the semi permanent l'oreal richesse that they put on... I have also heard that anti dandruff shampoo lightens colours. i''l try that at first, then if no joy then I'll order from walgreens.
Btw, you were right about the going to level 7 in the sun... huh, u knew that and you haven't even seen it!!
lol
thank again for the support.
here's to happy hair days!
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Dec 3, 2007 at 10:14pm
Shoot! Bummer its not available in the UK. I doubt the dandruff shampoo will do much besides fade it a little though. Let me know what you decide to do. I'd love to hear what happens.
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Posted By: redheadlov
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2007 at 2:21pm
i'm about to do my hair with a product from Goldwell
Colour remover...
Its about the only thing i could find in Sallys...
it may go orange and patchy the assistant said so she suggested a colour conditioner to go over it afterwards... by revlon.
I am pooing myself because although i hate my hair now i'm scared it will be worse afterwards...
here goes... i'll be back to give a review
lol
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Dec 14, 2007 at 12:46pm
Hi redheadlov,
I checked out the Goldwell color remover and it seems very similar to color oops. This is what I found on the Goldwell:
System Hair Color Remover
Easily and safely removes oxidative pigments from the hair to help correct a
hair color service or to change the tone to reach a target color. Unlike bleach,
System Color Remover Hair will not lighten the natural or untinted hair.
- Quickly removes oxidative pigments from
the hair by reversing the coupling action
- Works effectively with all oxidative hair
colors like Topchic and Colorance (not Elumen)
- The gel base makes it easier to apply for
controlled application
- Wipes out old color to let you start from
a fresh base
- Does not lighten natural pigments
Anyways, if it doesn't remove natural pigment, it must work in the same way as Color Oops. The only way I would imagine it coming out patchy is if
a) You miss spots in your application...make sure to drench all your hair good
b) Your underlying hair pigment is patchy due to uneven color application of the color that you are removing.
I didn't have any patchiness with the Color Oops. It does come out a little orangey, especially if your underlying pigment has been lifted (i.e. you used a permanent 20 volume or higher developer when you colored.) That's why you will need a toner.
I'm really excited about this new technology and am glad more companies are catching on. I hope you keep us posted on your results and good luck!
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Dec 22, 2007 at 2:21pm
Hi Redheadlov,
Just wondering what your results were like with the Goldwell hair color remover?
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Jan 7, 2008 at 2:23pm
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Note: Color Oops removes oxidative hair colors, the most common type. It does not work for direct dyes containing metallics such as Feria and most types of henna. Try Metalex instead.
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Posted By: r4ch3l
Date Posted: Jan 7, 2008 at 3:22pm
I prefer Colorzap to Coloroops
..just sayin!
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Jan 7, 2008 at 3:29pm
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How is Colorzap different? Does it also work by shrinking the dye molecules?
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Posted By: r4ch3l
Date Posted: Jan 7, 2008 at 4:53pm
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Errrrm, I'm not sure how color remover even works, colorzap has just always worked better for me, and it doesn't smell as bad.
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Posted By: littlekitty
Date Posted: Feb 28, 2008 at 8:05pm
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Great post - I've been going thru the old posts trying to figure out what to do to get back my (natural) medium golden brown hair. After using a Loreal product, I am now a brownish golden-coppery redhead - the color I used was supposed to make my hair a light caramel. I've been told it looks flattering but I think it just looks garish - esp. in fluorescent light. I'm thinking of using Color Oops (or is Color Fix better?) but does it bring one's hair back to its original color or does it bring it to its natural underlying color? In my case, my hair is naturally light brown with underlying red pigmentation. So will I end up red or brown after using Color Oops or is there no way of knowing? I have to admit the red hair does provoke a lot of attention from men - I got a few car honks today (I'm just hoping I wasn't mistaken for a streetwalker though!) - who said blondes had all the fun! Just the same, I'd prefer less attention and my golden brown hair back.(!$$
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Feb 28, 2008 at 11:30pm
Hi Kitty,
The Color Oops will remove all artificial color but no natural color. The problem is that every time you dye your hair you remove some natural pigment via the developer action before the new artificial pigment deposits. So what you will end up with is your natural hair color minus anything the coloring process already removed. This means you will usually get reddish orange pigment showing through if you are naturally medium brown. All that means is you need to use a hair color after the Color Oops to tone it. If you are a true medium brown and want to look natural, you could go with a neutral light brown hair color. (Always go lighter since your hair will be more porous and tend to soak up dye after the treatment.) If you like golden tones, a light golden brown could be nice as well. Stay away from ash tones after using the Color Oops though as it tends to make hair more susceptible to overabsorbing ash tones due to the porous nature of the hair. Golden tones and neutral tones are recommended on the directions. Good luck to you. Let us know if you do it and how it turns out.
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Posted By: Longhairdreams
Date Posted: Feb 29, 2008 at 2:32pm
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Colorzap is bsically a bleach for all intents and purposes.So it does change virgin hair.Color oops is sulfur based and it is much gentler than the bleach based kind.It works exaclty the same as Colorfix and phantom igora.I actually prefer the swarzkopf phantom igora(not sure its still called this).It seemed to work the best with the gentlest result.And I have tried alot of the color removers including the crappy bleach based ones. |
Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Feb 29, 2008 at 9:24pm
Thanks Longhairdreams,
It's good to know which ones are sulfa based direct dye solvent like Color Oops and Colorfix and which ones are glorified bleach like Colorzap. I wish the labeling on the packages required more explanation. BTW: I'm trying to grow my hair long too! It takes forever.
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Posted By: littlekitty
Date Posted: Mar 1, 2008 at 11:24am
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Thanks so much for the informative reply, Perfect Brunette! I really do appreciate it.
I wasn't sure about coloring after the color oops - I went to the Walgreens site and scome color oops users reported that the immediate color they got afterwards was pretty so I thought maybe I wouldn't need color at all. I had was wondering about using an ash tone after the color oops to neutralize the coppery color but thanks to you I now know this will not work.
I have to say redheads do get A LOT of attention. Yesterday a drop-dead gorgeous guy - he had beautiful curly-wavy thick black shoulder length hair!!! - held a door open for me for a long time with a big smile - I was approaching from several yards away. God, I wish I had that guy's phone number! Maybe I shouldn't change my hair color after all! LOL! Makes me wonder if a woman's hair color is a huge turn-on for men. (!$$
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Mar 1, 2008 at 4:55pm
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LOL! Men totally are into hair color. Haven't you heard them talking about their fantasies? They always involve some generic girl with a certain haircolor - a blonde, redhead or brunette.
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Posted By: littlekitty
Date Posted: Mar 3, 2008 at 12:18pm
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I was thinking how hard and unrealistically judgemental we women are on ourselves and how we look. Here I was thinking I had Ronald MacDonald-colored hair (it's not that bad but that's how I picture it) and lo and behold on Saturday I see the same reddish-brown haircolor on a celebrity on the cover of a magazine! I have to say I didn't like it much on Angelina Jolie either but...
Anyway, I have another question. I just got a call from a very expensive and chi-chi hair salon that needs a hair color model for Wednesday. It's free too - the normal price is over $300 for my long hair! I've been there before and they do lots of extremely fine and beautiful natural blonde highlights - this is the salon's specialty. The trainees always do a super job. Do you think it would be ok to highlight over the reddish color? The salon told me highlights over permanent color is fine but they don't do color corrections. Btw, I haven't bought or used the color oops...maybe I won't need it now. I know the salon sometimes uses bleach highlights and something non-bleach - it's called "fashion color." I'm just wondering what would work better.
Thanks so much, it's great to have a place to get so much hair info and generally just to vent! :)
(!$$
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Mar 4, 2008 at 12:07pm
Hi littlekitty,
I say if you like the base color, go for the highlights. Why not? Free highlights are a steal. Just make sure you don't give them creative license. I was asked to be in a hair show once for Aveda and I let the guy dye my hair bright orangey red. I hated it so much I didn't want to be in the hair show and dropped out.
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Posted By: littlekitty
Date Posted: Mar 5, 2008 at 6:45pm
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Hi Perfect and everyone,
It's really strange but this haircolor seems to be changing from day to day. Perhaps I'm just getting used to it - but it seems be more brown and the red is fading a bit. What might have helped too is I got my hair cut yesterday as a prep for the highlights (had to cancel the hi-lite appt today because of bad weather but I made another appt for 2 weeks from now) and it actually looks pretty good.
My hairstylist mentioned that I missed a big spot when I was coloring (underneath and not noticeable) and he asked if I combed the dye thru...I said, "ummm, no, it didn't say to comb it thru." LOL! I also got a different hair style than what I usually get.
We were chatting about American Idol and my stylist mentioned there were some cute guys on the show and I think he went off into some sort of Am. Idol sexual fantasy daydream. He was cutting this way and that way and hair was raining down like crazy and I thought OMG I'm not going to have any hair left. Last time I'm talking about cute guy singers to a gay guy cutting my hair!!! :) But my hair looks really really good so maybe the fantasy worked out for my hair. I got one of those swingy-flippy layered cuts (no bangs) that falls away from the face and toward the face - like that judge on "Shear Genius" - Jacqueline something...I was going to say Susann but that one's dead!
So I'm happy and I'm hoping the highlights add another dimension to what I originally assumed would be the worst hair mistake of my life. Sometimes things aren't as bad as they seem. (!$$
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Mar 5, 2008 at 9:35pm
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Glad things worked out! I love American Idol.
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Posted By: babygyrl799
Date Posted: Mar 28, 2008 at 11:29pm
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I lightened my dark dark brown hair going for a lite almost blonde color and it turned platinum blonde at the roots and then orange. how do i fix that? ( ! Qaab`410
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Mar 29, 2008 at 10:23pm
Yikes. Sorry to hear about that. Color removers are really only for hair that has gone too dark with color, not too light. How to fix it depends on what color you currently are going for. If you still want to go light blond, you could either ...
1) Go to a professional and have them finish the job
2) Apply bleach to the darker parts of your hair only (sparing the roots). Level of difficulty for beginners is quite high, however and its hard to bleach evenly.
If you just want to go back to a brunette color, you could apply either a semi or demipermanent shade in one color lighter than you want. This should help even out the roots and the rest of the hair although it won't look perfectly even. For better results, leave on roots for twice as long as the rest of your hair.
Good luck.
PerfectBrunette2008-03-29 22:23:32
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Posted By: Slipknothartgir
Date Posted: Apr 22, 2008 at 5:36pm
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You are right about trying to color over color,but I have colored over color for years & my hair turned out good.I think that just means when u try to lighten it after it's darken.Then again I had a dark red & wanted it lighter & a girl I know that does hair said she would have to bleach it to lighten it, wrong!I got it lighter without bleaching it,so I guess u can lighten certain colors by using just haircolor.Mine is a lighter red just like I wanted.I always chnage my hair color.I have been doing it for 20 years now.The only time I mess my hair up is when I used bleach.I'll never bleach again. ) Pif` Pe`d
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Posted By: PerfectBrunette
Date Posted: Apr 22, 2008 at 7:14pm
Slipknot,
What type of hair dye did you use? What brand and developer? Usually, you cannot lighten hair that has already been colored without removing the color somehow first. I wonder why it worked for you?
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Posted By: StylistMartin
Date Posted: Mar 16, 2012 at 4:33pm
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Hey! Colour reducers are fab but I must advise, They work best on recently coloured hair because the colour molicules have not had enough time to set and get trapped under the cuticle, For those who have coloured there hair with box coloures for longer than you would care to remember, I would recommend to not use a colour reducer no more than three times in one go.
Usually as a stylist if the client has got alot of hair colour build up I would usually have to use bleach because I know a reducer will not lift all the colour molicules from the hair, Saying that sometimes I would have to say that the colour choice is unacheivable.
But all of this is in question ofr hair type, density and texture.
I hope this helps a little. ! % Bib `ddp
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