Developlus FCOP0002 Color Oops Hair Color Remover, Extra Strength, Extra Conditioning

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Some people swear by the following methods, but depending on your hair type and how long you’ve had the dye on, they are not usually as effective as those listed above. If nothing works for you, you can give some of these methods a try.

Hi Janet, I really do not think you will get the result you want from Decolour based on your history. You see, whilst your hair is naturally mousy and grey there would have been natural warm tones in the non-grey hair. Therefore, the moment permanent shades are applied to the hair that mousy shade can start turning buttery if the peroxide developer was too strong. It sounds like you have managed to get the secondary sandy colour out (which went coppery). Therefore, based on everything you are saying, it seems you really don’t like too much warmth in your hair. Before you try anything else, I recommend you apply either my Colour Restore Iced Platinum or Cool Ash to your hair. I believe you currently have a yellowish blonde base that will tone very well. I’d also recommend you only wash your hair in a purple shampoo (from now on) as this will also help. If you want a more light neutral blonde, I’d suggest using the Colour Restore Iced Platinum for 20 minutes, then only washing in a purple shampoo after that. However, if you’d like a more beige blonde use Colour Restore Cool Ash. Still wash the hair in only purple shampoo. Colour Restore shades fade off over washes, but they are conditioning and do not damage the hair. Therefore, you can re-apply whenever you want to replenish the colour fade. If you can, try to keep this regime up for about 6 weeks, it will give your hair a rest and create a good interim colour. However, at some point (in months to come) you are going to start see a lot more darker hair appearing nearer the top sections. What it might be worth you trying is to use a tone on tone method. I am mindful of your medical condition and know how this effects hair quality. Therefore, if you started to apply a 9.17 based colourant with 10 volume peroxide your natural white hair will colourise to a silver ash. However, your non grey (darker hair) won’t be lightened, but will take on a cool tone. A permanent colourant with a 10 volume developer is pretty gentle and whilst it cannot lighten it will cover natural white. The 9 base is a light blonde, the 17 pigment is the ash violet. With this approach you are colourizing your white hair to a ivory silver and when this intermixes with the dark hair it will create a more silver medium grey effect. What I would suggest in your situation is you initially do as you (yourself) suggested and apply a semi-permanent (no peroxide or ammonia) grey shade. What you will find is all the time you have lightened areas (as you do from your previous high lift tint) you can apply a blue based semi permanent grey and achieve a very naturalistic grey/silver shade. Strangely, even a very light pastel blue overlaid onto ‘growing out’ blonde hair with darker roots can create a realistic grey. Just keep using blue shampoos on it and keeping the tone in the previously lightened hair as metallic grey/silver as possible. For the forseeable future you will be able to create a good grey shade without the need for any kind of permanent colour intervention. As I said, the contrast between your toned (grey) previously blonde hair and the dark roots will create a very realstic grey/silver. Afterall, natural grey hair is created due to the combination of pure white and dark hairs. Once rinsed, apply half the bottle of the buffer solution and work it into the hair as you would a normal shampoo.

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One thing to note: When talking about hair colour removers, we are talking about permanent hair colour removers. Most hair colour removers work best on permanent, not semi-permanent, hair colour. For semi-permanent dye, you can either rinse it out or wait for it to fade on its own. Now, onto the exposed warmth. Firstly, switch to using only a blue shampoo as your regular cleanser. You will need to use such a shampoo once you are grey/white anyway. Next, I would recommend you apply Colour Restore Lilac Grey to the hair. As you have said, using a Metallic colour will help transition you. Colour Restore Lilac Grey can only display as ‘Lilac Grey’ on white hair; if someone with warm hair uses it, the hair will take on a cool-muted tone. Therefore, it’s a perfect product for using after Decolour Remover. In addition, applying the Colour Restore Ash Spray ‘Instant Toner Spray’ as your regular leave-in conditioner Ash Spray Instant Toner Spray will add further cool tone to the hair.

Hair colour remover is effective, but it does smell pretty grim. You can get rid of the lingering odour by using some natural remedies: baking soda mixed with water in a spray and sprayed all over your hair is a good solution.But it works really well. Instead of using bleach that will damage your hair, get a bottle of this. It’s easy to apply. It comes with clear instructions to guide you. That’s a common and easy issue to fix. Usually with blue shades, the blue comes out but it kind of warps the natural yellow in the hair with a mild blue tinge, this causes a mint green colour – as you say, like you get from a swimming pool. I’m not unrealistic, I know it’s a constant work in progress. Even then, let’s face it, I’m sure I will get it to the desired result I want right now but as the progression happens so does my desired result being, in two weeks time I will undoubtedly desire a result a lot lighter than I am wanting today. Next, mix up your L’Oreal Light Ash Blonde as instructed, and apply it to all the hair pulled through the cap that has just been stripped and dried. Because this hair has been pre-lightened, it will lift further and then tone to a very good lightest ash shade. Let this colour develop, then remove the cap and rinse and wash the hair thoroughly. Also, natural white hair is quite stubborn to tone (with semi products). However, when you colourize it with a tone on tone colourant (using 10 volume developer) it softens the hair. Therefore, what you can also do is continue to use the grey (semi-permanent) toners on top of this colourized hair. This will enhance and intensify the permanent silver foundation and give your hair a ‘greyed’ edge. Again, opting to apply a light pastel blue semi to this base (your natural white hair coloured with a permanent silver tone on tone) will also produce a more sharp ‘grey’ look.