Color Oops Extra Strength Hair Color Remover, 1 Application, Hair Dye Remover Processes in 20 Minutes, Safely Removes Permanent & Semi-Permanent Dye, Ammonia & Bleach Free

This is great for removing permanent hair dye. It smells horrible, but it gets the job done with less damage than using a hair lightener (bleach). If you have long or thick hair, you may want to get two bottles. Make sure to have reasonable expectations. This product is unlikely to restore your hair to its original color. You'll likely need to follow up with color correction. The great thing about this product is that you can apply a toner or dye immediately after using it. I've accidentally gone too dark, and this could only lift so much of the black dye out of my over-processed hair. I waited a couple days, using deep conditioning masks, then gave my hair a gentle bleach wash to remove the remaining pigment to achieve the base color I needed. I don't think I could've safely achieved the desired results without first using this color remover. Also, if you dye your hair often, it's nice to use this every once in a while to kind of get a "clean pallet" of hair to work with. That way your hair color comes out more predictable and even. *Note: Rinsing is very important when using this product. I have both long and thick hair, which is very porous from over-processing with bleach and high-level developers for the past year. I spend about 45 min rinsing this product and unwanted color dye from my hair. Maybe I go a little overboard; but if you don't rinse well enough, your unwanted color could return or your hair will turn out in uneven shades. (This may not be apparent right away. I messed up once, and it took 2 days for my hair to gradually darken.) Also, I tend to spend a long time rinsing my hair because I'm paranoid about smelling like rotten eggs (which is basically what this product smells like). Anytime I've used this product (at least 5 times), I felt like I smelled bad for a couple days. I asked people if my hair smelled bad. They'd always say no. However, there was no denying that my bathroom and room smelled horrendous. You'll want to immediately throw your trash out when finished with this product. If you have even semi-clogged drains, you'll want to unclog them because any trapped hair will continue to emit that rotten egg smell. Even though this is not bleach, this will leave your hair dry (not anywhere close to the damage bleach will do, though). It will leave your hair feeling slightly damaged or fragile for a bit. However, the dryness seems to go away within a week or so. I think it's because this leaves your hair shaft open (that's basically how you're able to wash the color out). If you don't need to recolor your hair right away, I would suggest immediately following this up with a protein and moisturizing treatment. And let your hair rest as long as possible before recoloring it.

This is my second time using this product. It definitely works. It lifted all the dull black dye from my hair which was previously dyed a burgundy brown on top of my natural brown black hair. After lifting the black there was a lot of brassiness. Like other viewers may have mentioned there is a strong sulfur smell that lingers and is strongest when hair is wet. Last time I used the product it took about a week or slightly longer to fade. This time around, I got it out it less than 14 hours with only a slight hint of it at future washes for up to an additional 4-5 days. Like a waft when I first wet my hair in the shower then it faded as soon as I started sudsing up my hair. I used 2 boxes. 1. To get an even result make sure you part you hair in sections and detangle before using. Apply tilting your head back or to the side...don't let the chemicals get in your eyes. 2. After rinsing, I used Tio Nacho Younger Lookingg Shampoo for my first round of back to back shampoo-rinse-repeat cycles. The tomato and ginseng ingredient help pull the smell and toxins from your hair. 3. 2nd round of shampoo-rinse-repeat was done with Maui shampoo. The aloe base helps revive, rehydrate and protect your hair. 3. Used a high quality tomato paste (tube) and put it my hair just like hair dye, section by section then wrapped and let sit for 3 hours. It helped neutralize most of the sulfur odor and even more amazingly, pulled ALL the brassiness out my hair. Went from reddish brown to just medium-dark brown. Rinsed and did another tio nacho shampoo. 4. Hair is dried out a bit so I then used my Deity America Extra strength deep penetrating conditioner. This has a very strong Chinese herbal scent but it revitalized my curls and helped pull out the last of the sulfur smell. I let it sit for about 30min before rinsing. I still smelled it throughout the night (hair was wet) but the next morning I couldn't smell the sulfur in my dried hair anymore except for the wafts during subsequent showers as mentioned above. For context I have thick, long wavy/curly Asian and black mixed hair that is very porous. By getting the brassiness out with tomato paste it kept me from redying my hair immediately. My hair would have gotten really dark if I did because the product opens it up the cuticles and your hair will grab color really quickly. I am planning on trying to re dye in about a week. Whew this was long but hope it helps someone. For the shampoos and deep conditioners, these are just products I already use. I'm sure you can get the same or even better results with other similar products.

ça a vraiment bien fonctionné sur moi. J'avais les cheveux rouge vif (coloration semi-permanente à base de pigments) et ça a bien dégorgé. Certes l'odeur n'est pas agréable mais après les deux shampoings recommandés l'odeur était totalement partie. Il a également fallu rincer très longtemps pour que le produit prenne toute son efficacité (encore une fois comme recommandé) donc je conseille de vraiment bien suivre les instructions. J'ai fait un bon masque hydratant après et mes cheveux ne sont pas plus abîmés qu'avant application

Did the process twice on a black box dye hair, with a month break in between. About 15 cm of my hair on top was orange but the bottom barely lost any color at all. The natural roots at the time were about half of that length. I kept the formula on my hair for 60 min each time and the damage was minimal, fixed with hair mask in a week. I had better results from drugstore brand color remover at one time without the smell and in shorter time.

I liked that it worked as promised, removing my old build-up of hair colour from many years of dyeing.

Horrible!!

Ok I'm generally a review reader, not writer. This product saved my hair. I have waist length blonde hair starting to go white. I decided to embrace it and have spent the last couple of months trying to achieve that, so after bleaching, toning, etc I ended up with purple hair after toning with a silver hue. I have spent the last week trying to vet rid of pink and purple. I used vinegar rinse and then tried baking soda wash. I didn't want to use any more bleach or harsh products as my hair was getting incredibly dry even after using conditioner between every step. So after doing research on Color OOPS. The reviews were mixed, they reflected a really unbearable smell, tough to rinse and being very drying. Bit the bullet and purchased. I am ecstatic. The smell was absolutely no issue. None. The product started working immediately. I ened up keeping it on for about 15 min. No burning or scalp issues. Just was doing an awesome job removing silver box dye. My hair is now a very light blond and actually feels great. I shampooed twice in between rinses and did a good conditioner on final rinse. It is important to thoroughly rinse. Though it's probably the most strenuous , rinse it thoroughly! My hair is softer and feels better than it has in a month. If you are on the fence, jump off. I wish I had done this right away, rather than using the baking soda and or vinegar.