How can I get black hair dye out?

Question

I've seen in the US there's this brand called Prell that everyone raves about and says gets dye out but can't seem to find an equivalent in the UK, does anyone have any suggestions on this or how to get black hair dye out at home? Don't want to go to a salon as hear it's really damaging to your hair.

Answer 1

You don't say what your natural colour is but if you want to remove a build up of dark tint out of your hair this is the only way to go:
1) You must go to a salon, they will use a much stronger 'stripper' than you can buy retail.

2) They will then replace the missing pigment with a red filler

3) Then you have the colour applied.

If you try to fix it yourself you could end up going green - due to not replacing the red pigment

Answer 2

Ahhhh I have that syndrom myself...I bleached my hair purple then dyed it black cause my school doesnt allow purple....I have to say that the only way to get it out is really by either waiting for it or drying it again a dark brown. Sadly its the only way out, for a quick fix.
You could also use some of those herbal products out there. Some of those have these kinda acid extracts found in lemons that make hair lighter...Or you could try with a real lemon but it'll probably burn ur scalp, and take longer.
But if ur serious about the Prell order ir online, I'd get two bottles though, since it's black dye were dealing with, or just ask for a free sample to test it.

Prellshampoo.com

Answer 3

Hey

It all depends how many layers of the dye you have put on it to how easy it's going to be to get it out. You need to start fading it out then you can recolour it.

I'd recomend Paul Mitchell Shampoo 3. It helps strip colour out . U can buy it in hairdressers that stock paul mitchell for about £6 also make sure your using a good rehydrating conditioner as it can dry your hair and this will help keep it healthy.

Hope this helps

Answer 4

i recently had a problem with this also, what i did was buy 4 boxes of superdrug hair lightener (£3.50 each :D), head and shoulders (bad for dyed black hair) and a lemon.

first of all what you do is give your hair a good clean, wait 4-5 hours, and mix in teh first batch of lightener, wait and hour, rinse it out, DONT use the conditioner

again, wash lighten and wait and wash, repeat that till its a very light brownish, if its a hot day you squeeze the lemon all over your hair and stay out in the sun for as long as you can.

if not, mix it with a small batch of shampoo, say a 2/1 radtio of lemon and shampoo (lemon being the most dominant 2)

wash and slightly rinse, just be quick about it so its still in your hair, but not as sticky.

yet again, leave it in allllllllll day

and after all that and you have very lightened hair, you can finally use all of those packets of conditioner you got with the lightener, i hope this helps, it worked for me, why not you!?

Regards,

Dr. Rider

Answer 5

well. the best way to get it out is to go to a salon and get your hair bleached to get all the color out and then dye it back closest to your original hair color. but when it comes to doing it at home, i dont know. but dyeing your hair, will over a period of time damage your hair. so if you want normal hair color back i would go to a salon.
sorry if i didnt help
:/

Answer 6

i dyed my hair black a year ago and wat i used was head and shoulders as it strips the colour outta your hair. it lightens it if u keep using it, i swear this really works as it worked a treat on mine after a few washes i was a dark brown and hadlost the black tint.i got my hair dyed saturday and it came out too dark again so im off to get my head n shoulders to lighten it. try even leaving the h&s on it for a few mins before rinsingand use a deep conditioning treatment if possible. goodluck!

Answer 7

Go to the hairdressers! I dyed my hair black a couple of years ago, and they gradually got it blonde :)

It's better to leave it to the professionals than try using stuff yourself that won't sort your hair out properly

Answer 8

The only true thing I know about hair that when u wash it regularly with camomil it becomes lighter, and it's really good for ur hair as it moisturizes the hair

Answer 9

1. Get Some Laundry Detergent [tide works great]

2. Pour all over damp hair

3.let it sit for 30-40 minutes

4.wash out and repeat if ness.


But as its black I think that it will just lighten it

not much you can do with black sorry x

Answer 10

Not a lot! Try using a chlorine removing shampoo regularly - it will reduce the shade a bit.