![]() ![]() ![]() By this, I mean you have to wash it then dry it fully then wash it again then dry it again etc until the color comes out – rinsing on its own doesn’t seem to have such a good effect, I’m not sure why. With semi-permanent color, you should theoretically be able to wash your hair enough until it comes out. It’s in a different place, attaches differently, and doesn’t use the same chemical color compounds. Semi-permanent color doesn’t go inside the hair shaft so it can’t be removed by the specific action of color remover. ![]() If the color you’re trying to get rid of is “semi-permanent” such as in image 2 in the above diagram, the color remover won’t work because the way it sticks to your hair is different. If the color molecules get left in the hair, they will recombine with the oxygen and make your hair look colored again (oxidisation) and the results can be embarrassingly bad. This is why, when you use color remover, you have to rinse your hair for inordinate amounts of time. It penetrates the hair shaft and “shrinks” the hair molecules – they don’t mean the atoms or bonds of the molecules get smaller (which is impossible due to forces), what they mean is that it gets the oxygen off the color molecules, making them small enough to fit back through the spaces that the developer has already made in the hair shaft when it was colored in the first place. It doesn’t work on natural hair – there’s no artificial color to remove – it won’t work on semi-permanent (more below) and it won’t work on bleach – again, there’s no artificial color to remove, because bleach is an absence of color.Ĭolor remover will only work on the hair in pictures 4 and 5. In the diagrams 1, 2, and 3, color remover won’t work. If they can’t get rid of the pre-existing natural color molecules, the artificial ones can’t get inside to change the hair’s color because there would be nowhere for them to fit in the hair shaft. This is why permanent colors (even black) always contain the peroxide/ammonia combo (or something similar that works in the same way). After the natural colors are removed, the artificial ones are forced inside to take their place. What really happens with permanent dye is that you have to get rid of some of the molecules of natural color before any artificial color will fit inside the hair shaft. That’s not how it works – it’s a Find and Replace job. With permanent dye, a lot of people think that the dye just changes the color of their natural color molecules (the brown circles in picture 1). To dye hair semi-permanent, your natural color is not affected, because the color sits between the cuticle (on the very outside of the hair) and the shaft. The diagram below shows the different ways hair is affected by different types of color. Let’s look at this in more depth How color worksįirst you need to understand how color works. Color remover doesn’t get rid of bleaching to restore your hair to a pre-bleached color or condition.Ĭolor remover removes molecules of artificial pigment from your hair’s core. Color remover doesn’t remove semi-permanent hair color.ĥ. Color remover doesn’t remove cuticle staining.Ĥ. Color remover doesn’t make your hair blond (read on, and see).ģ. Color remover doesn’t turn your hair back to your natural color.Ģ. ![]() Here’s a list of things color remover doesn’t do:ġ. Wait at least 2 weeks after using color remover before using any box dye, bleach, chemical perm or straightening – check the instructions to see if you need to wait even longer. It’s better to rinse for longer, it’ll make sure more of the unwanted color gets out of your hair.Ĥ. Do overestimate the rinse time, particularly if your water pressure is low or you have long/thick hair. Don’t use “the coconut oil method” – that’s for bleaching, not color remover, and can interfere with the chemicals involved (but do look it up for bleaching, it sounds really good).ģ. Don’t use dry shampoo or products between the last time you washed your hair and using color remover.Ģ. How to make color remover more effective:ġ. What is color remover?Ĭolor remover is a product such as Color Oops that removes the dyed color from your hair. I’ve also done a Hair Color Remover FAQ (which is science-free) for my most frequently answered questions. I am going to get a bit technical in places, read around these bits if you just want color remover tips. This is an explanation as to how color remover works, because I’ve seen a lot of color remover reviews recently that lead me to believe people have unrealistic expectations of their color remover. ![]()
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