Most women have tried at least one
home hair color! Sometimes it turns out great but sometimes you
create a mess and end up with a bad hair color. Trying to fix
your hair color at home can be challenging but there are a few
things that might help. Most of all, don't panic. Take deep
breaths and realize that most mistakes can be relatively easy to
fix. You do have options!
Many women try a new color when
they get frustrated or bored with their own hair color. Many
women have tried to 'go blonde' but been left with orange hair
instead. This generally happens after the blonde color they used
didn't lift their hair as much as the package promised! When
color mistakes happen, remember that life is full of hair
blunders. Most hair color mistakes are fixable! It may take a
few more colors to reverse your color disaster, but have
patience. After all, good things come to those who wait!
If you can afford to go to a
color professional, that may be your easiest route! However,
you'll need to do this in the first 48-72 hours. After that your
color may lock into your hair and may be harder to remove. If
you can't afford to go to a hairdresser, you might consider
calling the hair color manufacturer for assistance. (i.e.
Clairol, L'Oreal, etc.) Most of the major companies have toll
free consumer help lines printed on color labels. Sometimes
they're helpful, sometimes they're not. It largely depends on
the problem you have and the persons working knowledge of color
that you contact.
Dark Hair Color
You'll have better success in removing brown and black permanent
hair color with a color removal product or bleach, but these
shouldn't be used very often. These are strong products and can
permanently damage your hair. Depending on the color you
selected, you may be able to cover permanent color temporarily
with a semi-permanent color. This is especially true if your
color isn't too dark. Its much easier to cover mistakes quickly
on lighter brown colors than it is on darker colors.
Henna Hair Color
Many people have home hair color disasters with henna. Not only
does henna coat the hair, it can be highly unpredictable. To get
rid of henna colors, try alcohol and mineral oil.
Red Hair Color
Try L'Oreal Tone Refiner to remove red hair colors. This brand
new product has mixed reviews. It depends on how fast you use
the product, your hair texture, the color you used, and how
'locked in' the color is. Tone refiners are somewhat limited, as
they only have two types available; one for blonde hair and one
for brown hair. This product is a minimally invasive way
to tone down the red colors you have. The only way to completely
remove unwanted darker red colors is to bleach your hair, then
add another color or a toner. You can do this yourself at home,
if you have the right color information.
Brassiness For
brassiness, try Clairol Shimmer Lights shampoo for blonde or
white/gray hair. Shimmer Lights is a purple shampoo that is
specially formulated to eliminate brassiness and orange hues.
You can also try Silver Expressions Daily Color Enhancing
Shampoo for gray to silver shades.
Hot water is notorious for
fading chemically colored hair but should only be used once or
twice. Using hot water longer than that can really damage your
hair, not to mention what it does to your sebaceous glands and
scalp! Damage plus a bad home hair color is double trouble! If
you do damage your hair trying to get rid of home hair color,
try hask placenta. It's sort of a disgusting product if you know
what's really in it, but it's a great way to heal damaged hair.
The safest and least invasive
way to remove bad hair colors is to use more color. You just
have to know which colors to use. A good
home hair color guide can help you fix your hair colors, if
you like coloring your hair at home and are tired of guessing
which colors to choose. Coloring your own hair is a lot of fun
and you'll have such a wide variety of color choices! Knowing
what color you'll end up with before you color helps you plan
for better home hair color success!
