How to remove dark hair dye at home?

Experiments with hair, starting with a haircut and ending with a color change, are quite popular among most of the fair sex. Even in adolescence, girls strive to find something of their own, transform and show the whole world how beautiful they are. A huge selection of hairstyles, a large palette of shades and coloring options will help you change your appearance beyond recognition. However, everything does not always work out perfectly.

Attempts to dye your hair at home often lead to a number of mistakes in the form of spoiled hair or a color that is unlikely to be liked by anyone.

One of the most common mistakes is to assume that the color on the hair will be the same as on the dye packaging. In salons, experts select paint depending on the structure of the hair, natural shade and color, which should be the result. And even they do not always manage to do their job perfectly, because it is not known how this or that shade will look when applied to curls. It is possible to return the natural color at home, but this is a rather complicated process, therefore, most often they turn to specialists.

If you still do this yourself, you need to choose the right product that will cause minimal harm to the colored strands. The action of the wash is to break down the paint pigments that are in the curls. Due to this, the hair deteriorates less than during bleaching. There is a surface and deep wash.The first has a softer effect on the hair and is used to correct the shade, while the second allows you to radically change the color, for example, in cases where you need to wash off dark and black tones.

Consider the most popular professional brands: Estel, Brelil Professional and L'Oreal.

Estel offers us Color off emulsion for removing permanent hair dyes. Catalyst, reducing agent and neutralizer in 120 ml vials allow you to remove color from hair, while maintaining the good condition of the curls. Estel declares that this wash is ammonia-free and guarantees that it is free of bleaching agents.

This tool has reviews - both good and bad. Efficiency, absence of ammonia in the composition, ease of use and fast action make you buy a wash immediately. but the product is useless when dyeing hair with henna or basma and, in addition, has a pungent odor. The cost is relatively low - 400–500 rubles.

Depending on the color you want to rinse off, the result may not be as expected the first time. To remove black or dark chestnut paint, it is advised to use the remover 2-3 times. This will not affect the quality of the curls, so the product is recommended even in salons.

For 2 bottles of 120 ml, they ask for about 800 rubles, which is a little expensive. For this amount, we receive a guarantee from the manufacturer that at least 2 layers of paint are removed for 1 application. Proteins and fruit acids in the composition help keep hair in excellent condition and give it a healthy shine.

And this is actually the case. Absolutely all girls note that the color is washed off the first time, and the curls do not suffer at all, because there is no ammonia in the composition. The only negative is the price. Not everyone is ready to pay so much even for a product that does not spoil the hair structure and helps to remove the coloring pigment without affecting the natural color.

Also a fairly popular hair remover. The box contains 12 sachets of powder, 28 grams each. For a slight shade correction, the powder is diluted in hot water. To remove color from dark hair, the powder is mixed with an oxidizing cream. From this it follows that the wash brightens the curls a little. Thanks to this, the dye is quickly removed from the hair, but their structure is slightly damaged. A large number of positive reviews allows us to make sure that this remover best returns the natural color.

You can also remove an unsuccessful dye from your hair with the help of folk remedies.

• With the help of fermented milk drinks. For this, products with a high percentage of fat are chosen. The acidic environment of such products softens the hair and flushes out the coloring pigment. Of course, you won't be able to remove dark and black shades at once, but in 3-4 applications it is quite possible to do it.
• Honey. Honey is sometimes used to remove the dye. It is thickly applied to the strands, wrapped in polyethylene and left overnight. The easiest way is to remove light shades, while girls with dark hair should choose a different method.
• Mayonnaise... Lemon juice mixed with mayonnaise, with prolonged use, removes dye and helps strengthen hair. Citric acid removes pigment, and mayonnaise speeds up this process, removes dry ends and nourishes cells.
• Soda. This product is mixed with water and lemon juice, and then applied to the hair. It is important to remember that soda works stronger than professional washes, however, it dries curls very much.
• Vitamin C. Ascorbic acid is mixed with shampoo and left under a shower cap for 1 hour. The color can be removed in 3-5 applications without spoiling the hair structure.
• Vegetable oil. Masks with oils in the composition are not suitable for everyone, so you should try them carefully. Castor oil is most often used, as it is the best for removing artificial dark pigments in 2-3 applications.

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