Is it true that vinegar can remove hair color from hair? If not, then what home based products can remove hair dye?

I'm so glad I found this! I dyed my hair black, like I always do. I'm naturally a brown/black and I dye to cover the grey. Well, this time it came out awful. It looked like I dipped my head in a bucket of black shoe polish! First I tried washing it in Dawn dish soap and that helped a little bit. The next day I went to the drug store and got some Vitamin C gel caps. I split them open (six of them at 500mg each) and mixed them with about a table spoon of baby shampoo. Now, this is the step no one has mentioned so far, I wet my hair down before mixing in the shampoo and vitamin c. Don't know if I was supposed to do it that way or not. It might have worked better without wetting it first. If I ever have to do this again, I'll definitely do it on dry hair! Either way, I left it on for about 45 minutes because I didn't want to lighten it too much, just take the terrible flatness out of the color and lighten just a little bit.

Anyway, it worked out just great. My hair is still black but it's a natural black now and I even have some highlights to it. This worked perfect for me and I'm sure that if I'd used the powder and left it on longer, I could have lightened it much much more! Thank you!!!

I have died my hair since I was 16 and I'm now 54, so I know a little bit about hair dye. I'm letting the gray come in naturally and trying to get rid of my existing hair dye. I used dish washing detergent to wash out the hair dye, which left me with this darken, dead color on the tips of my hair. I was just about to remove all the hair color and start over, when I read the suggestion for the Vitamin C mixed in to your shampoo. I took (6) 500 mg of Vitamin C tablets and crushed them to a powder, adding the powder to a quarter size of shampoo. I mixed the two together until it made a paste. I applied the mixture to my hair and let it sit for 60 minutes. When I washed the paste away, my hair looked FABULOUS!! That flat color on the ends was gone and my hair is beautiful. I can't believe this cure all hasn't been made public before. Thanks for the information!!

No, it's not true. You cannot remove color from your hair with anything that is typically hanging around your house. This is a process that is better left to a professional. It is complicated and can really damage your hair if you don't do it right. If you are detrmined to do this at home, visit a beauty supply store for products that are made to remove color from hair (they typically have many different products available depending on what you need).

Also see http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/13449

Good luck.

Here's what I've learned....all things that sound crazy aren't! Used the C and shampoo remedy and was pleasantly surprised to see hair color going down the drain! Lifted my color atleast 3 shades! Believe it or not, all I had around the house was some chewable Acerola cherry vitamin C wafers. Figured it wouldn't hurt to try so after I crushed them to a fine powder I mixed with VO5 shampoo (I have long hair so I mixed 15 wafers, crushed, with 3 tablespoons of shampoo. Allowed it to sit for a few minutes and after the mixture got a little thick stirred again. I applied only on the really dark areas which started about 2 inches from my scalp. I left it on for an hour and a half then shampooed out and double conditioned. The results are that the color is more blended and natural looking!) I found that crushing the tablets with a hammer (don't hit hard or they shoot off into the sunset) in the bottom of an empty shoe box worked best for me. Then I mixed with a fork in a glass bowl so I could see what I was doing. Thanks to all here who recomended this mix. I no longer feel that I have to cut off all my hair and wear a wig! Nothin' but love for ya!

Windex.

washing up liquid works well

i was wondering if you can use a multi vitamin that had the vitamin c in it...i live way out in the middle of no where and it takes about 45 min to get to the store and was going to try the paste but wanted to know if the multi vitamin would work the same ?

dont do what i just did and use vitamin c and zinc disolvable tablets from schlecker mixed with herbal essences "wundervolumen" shampoo. burnt my scalp like hell! ouchhhhhhhh!!!!

dont do what i just did and use vitamin c and zinc disolvable tablets from schlecker mixed with herbal essences "wundervolumen" shampoo. burnt my scalp like hell! ouchhhhhhhh!!!!

I can't believe it either, but the vit. C and shampoo really worked! I used 3 Tablespoons Neutrogena clarifying shampoo and 12 tabs of 500 mg chewable C. Put the C in a baggie and crush it with a hammer--make sure to crush it all or you will have little orange specks falling on your floor. Stir it into the shampoo and apply to your dry hair. I left it on 15 minutes and washed out with the shampoo alone twice, then slathered with conditioner. Looked and felt great, but I had put most of the goop on top and had to redo ends, as another person wrote.

I'm not sure this wouldn't have worked just as well with just the shampoo--but I'm thrilled it worked!

Awesome is all I can say! I dyed my hair yesterday with permanent color and it was a medium blond, colored to a supposed "red" which actually turned out this deep burgundy that looked awful with my skin tone! I have used the vitamin C mixture - Vitamin C used with Suave Clarifying shampoo and it's working! 10 minutes the first time and then I did it a second time (my hair is very fine and takes to change too well sometimes)for 15, and my hair is back to it's color - I have very fine hair so I was afraid in the first place, but not a problem :-) thank you so much - big sigh of relief, now I can go out in the world LOL!

Why baby shampoo?

DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT PUT LAUNDRY DETERGENT, TIDE, DAWN ON YOUR HAIR. I PUT BOTH TIDE AND DAWN ON MY HAIR AFTER finding out about how it can take dye out of hair. I have naturally medium auburn brunette hair and had beautiful blonde hair with lots of highlights and lowlights. It was long...to the middle of my back and very healthy and thick. I decided in a stressed moment 5 days ago to dye my hair to my natural hair color. It came out very dark as I remember from the past having dyed my hair quite a bit...is normal when hair is first dyed. It almost always comes out very dark and then lightenens fairly quickly. Anyway...last night I put tide on my hair left on for 15 minutes and then rinsed..I repeated this with dawn 3 x's. I obviously over did it because my hair is very very fragile right now...it didn't lighten much...and some of it has melted at the ends...Of course especially the areas of my hair that were very blonde just 5 days ago. I don't even want to discuss this because I am so upset that 5 days ago my hair was gorgeous....long and now it's in a very very fragile state. I have mayo and eggs and olive oil on it right now covered with plastic and I put a reconstructor on it and left in over night. I wish I would have waited to see a professional...How many times have WE been here and yet we think we can experiement at home again with our hair!!? We know who we are. Another thought though is that hair can get seriously messed up at a top salon...There are never guarantees and the world of bleach and chemicals on humans is a tricky thing. Just wanted to share in hopes to help someone thinking of REMOVING COLOR WITH HOME PRODUCTS. DON'T DO IT. Another thought is most times when we are desperate to change something on the outside...something is going on inside of us. I've been in this exact place time and time again and it's a sort of an addiction. ESPECIALLY women with their hair. Hair symbolizes feminity, beauty, power, sexuality, culture, status, protection...how we are seen in the world..energy...I URGE people to look deeper as I am looking deeper right now. The surface is just the manifestation and sign like pain...that something is usually going on. Especially if it is a pattern. MUCH LOVE.

This really works. I am a natural redhead who wanted a "brighter" color - ended up with purple hair. I had to do it twice, but it worked. It's a miracle. I look like myself again :)

The vitamin C/shampoo treatment WORKS!!!!! I tried it last night to remove the purple/burgundy color my hair turned after applying a hideous haircolor. I am a natural redhead whose hair has faded over the years - it's more of a brownish/reddish/blonde color now. Still pretty, but I felt it made me look old, so I've been putting a natural instincts semi-perm. color on it for a few years now. I decided to try a different brand, "intense auburn" and it was a blotchy, purply, awful color. I went to my stylist, spent 100 bucks and 4 hours, and it still came out burgundy/purple. So, I took about 10 vitamin chewable tablets (with rose hips) and mixed it with suave coconut shampoo. Applied all over my head, wrapped it saran wrap, and waited 30 min. Then I applied a little water, lathered really well, and rinsed it out. It took out almost all of the color, except on the ends of my hair and in the front, where it was still sort of purple. I reapplied a second treament only on the ends and front, waited 30 more minutes, and washed again. It is almost my natural color except more of a bright auburn with sunny tones. I am so happy. My husband says I look like myself again. You do need to make sure you do a deep condition every time you do this. This is a miracle!!!! I don't know how it would work on black or other hair colors, but if you are trying to tone down purple or burgundy, it works great. It might turn a little orange, but on a natural redhead it just looks "natural". Thanks everyone.......:)

I have natural black hair, not really black it was a bit dark brown. then I colored it Medium Blonde yesterday, then i really hated it! it didn't suit me. Then i decided to but some blackening shampoo now its super black, it looks like a wig ughhhh. if i do that vitamin c recipe. what will happen to my hair??? what color is gonna come out?

Lemon juice has been used for centuries to lighten hair. Any ascorbic acid will do.

Ok I am so excited I just have to post.I have highlight my hair very very blonde for years, I have been so busy lately did have time to go to my hair dresser a hour and half away from me I said I can touch up my roots just my roots. I bought a box at walmart I think it was Platium Blonde by Loreal. Well First off used a bottle you fill up and drag through your roots well it saturated the top on my head cause it came out all at once. I left it one and watched it after a hour it still didnt pull it up. It was some shade of blonde. It was 12 oclock at night I was tired took it out of hair because my hair is long and I didnt want it to burn off at roots. Well brassy orange it turned out. I panic got on phone looking for a hair dresser that I once had used where I lived she took me in and said what did you do thank God it was just at roots, Well she worked one me half a day couldnt get all brass off so she put a Platium toner well I could still see brassey color coming in through the color and the toner made the rest of my hair gray mousey dull a gross color that made me look like a old lady. I paid $110 for that well. I just put the vit C ( didnt count about 10 I guess remember my hair is long)and prell in my hair for about 15 to 20 all but my root.And at the end wet it a little about 5 minutes before I rinsed. The colors is beautiful this really works I almost whento back to hairdresser again. I have to admit I was worried. But I have my shiney beautiful lite blonde hair back .I also used a condition the one n only Argan oil Mask for 10 then rinsed . I got at Sally .And then put the Argan oil a quarter size through my hair before I dryed it. I am so pleased looks like I just walk out of a good hair dressers shop .Thanks to the internet you can find anything on here. And thanks Jesus for directing me here and you all for
the knowledge.

I really would not put vinegar on your hair at all. My hair has been dyed black for years and the only healthy way to lighten your hair is to use vitamin c tablets {crushed up} with a tablespoon of baby shampoo. It will not take out the black but should make it softer looking. and the vitamin c is good for ya. I would absolutely not use dishwashing liquid or laundry detergent on your hair your hair may fall out, depending how many times you have colored your hair. And the fact that you have to keep on conditioning your hair more than ever is not good for your hair. And even shampooing your hair every day strips out all the natural oils your hair needs to maintain a healthy scalp. Once again vinegar is bad for your hair and the smell stays in your hair. Leave the vinegar and oils to the salads. Once again don't be discouraged if the black dye does not come out. Its very hard to lighten black hair. I used to be a singer and have had black hair forever. Keep using the vitamin c and baby shampoo. but if that doesn't work for you, please check with a reputable hairdresser. katie

I used to be a hairdresser but and have heard and take note I only have heard that if you mix vitamin c powder one part powder to two parts shampoo that this removes colour from your hair

Heres the exact recipe I have just found it

put in a bowl a nickel or quarter size dolop of shampoo ad vitamin c powder while mixing with a fork to form a frothy paste. Add to your hair thoughroughly work through leave in for half or three quarters of and hour then rinse out, repeat the process if nesacarry. Shampoo with normal shampoo afterwards and condition as usual

The vitamin c-shampoo combination worked well for me. My stylist dyed my hair a horribly dark brown color. I looked so scary. I used the vitamin c three times. I have very thick medium length hair and I ended up using the entire bottle of vitamins (90 capsules!) spread over the three times. I left it on for about an hour each time. Good results! My previous highlights are showing through now and the color is much softer. I'm really glad I came across this thread!

if someone who used this thing with the vitamin C enters here, please , if i stay all night long with the paste made out of vitamin C and shampoo, it will damage my hair? my hair is dyed in medium chestnut and i want it a lot loghter to put on an intense red which I love! Is it really working?? I am totally amazed! i haven't heard about this beafore! my hair is damaged because of a decolouration an year ago and I really want to dye my hair with an intense gorgeous red. another decolouration will kill my hair for good. I am running to buy vitamin C right now. Thank you all and waiting for answers , i hope someone will enter here again

crystal light lemonade mixed with a little water and placed on wet hair will remove yellow staining from well water.let sit for half hour and wash hair

I bought some vitamin c and mixed it with shampoo blah blah
and i had a shower and mixed it in when i got out
and have left it in for almost 20 minutes now, waiting very anxiously and hoping it will work
My hair is medium brownish - the faded result of dying my hair bluey black way back in march
I'm trying to grow it out to my natural light light blonde colour but am too impatient
I really hope this will work

If i'm doing anything wrong
please please tell!

-Thanks

I have been coloring my hair with permanent and switched to semi permanent color about 6 months ago. The ends were very dark and I am trying to let my hair go back to its natural silver. The roots were so noticeable....ugggh

I found this site and tried the 500 mg caplets crushed but used prell since I didn't have baby shampoo. Left it on for an hour and it's much lighter and bearable now. I plan to do this 2-3 more times this weekend and maybe if I get "waylayed", LOL and leave it in longer, most of the dye will be gone and I can get the rest cut out soon as my hair is short.

Thanks so much for the tip.

I grabbed the wrong box of Loreal Preference permanent hair color - but of course didn't notice. Last night I did the deed - the dreaded 2 hour process, which was long over due. I have been pulling my hair through a cap and adding light red to mousy brown hair for 20 years (the ends fade to blonde when it's time to re-do and the roots are grown out - but it ends up looking like highlights once you are done - kind of like reverse frosting). So instead of #7 light auburn, I ended up with intense copper red - which over took all of my hair color. My hair is is great condition, and I really didn't want to use a color remover, or go through the process again with an ash color only to be left with ash and burgundy colored hair - not seemly for a 45 yr old woman. So I thought what the heck - try the vitamin c/shampoo first and see what happens. I was really burgundy - so I added a boost of lemon juice and wrapped in saran and left in on for 1.5 hours. The unveiling was fabulous!!! I am so thrilled that I didn't have to ruin the condition of my hair to get back to looking like me. Thank you all - especially experienced gals for posting your results!! Happy Hair!

Well here I am, I have had light blonde colored hair for years now; I had a bee in my bonet and thought I'd look good as a strawberry blonde! So...I used permanent strawberry blonde hair color and thought I looked really good! Well two days into it I looked and mirror and thought "What was I thinking????" My hair was pretty much orange. No matter how you tried to slant it - wasn't pretty - just orange. People at work didn't say anything TO ME but they probably have been saying "Oh My God!" when I came into the office Monday morning. I was resigned to just dealing with my insane woman looking new hair until I came upon this blog tonight! So after reading all the commentary here; especially on the part of the women who had RED hair, I took 4 vitamin C tablets and ground them up (not easy this grounding part) and I added a tsp of shampoo and put it in my hair. Not much seemed to be happening and I could barely soap it up so I took another 4 and small amt of more shampoo and this time I got my hair to lather up all over! I kept checking my hair in the mirror - I was really nervous about doing this - and in about 45 minutes plus or minus I finally decided to wash it out - and....my hair looks almost like it did before I did this! I'm flabbergasted that it worked! Especially since red is impossible to get out of your hair!I love the internet! It saved my appearance today; but of course most of all the women who wrote on this site to begin with...you ladies gave me the courage to try this and I thank you sincerely for writing in this blog in answer to these questions! It worked for me!

The blonde hair color I applied came out way too dark. I, too, tried Vitamin C and baby shampoo. I had vitamin C crystals so I used them. All I needed was about 5-10 minutes on the hair--one has to watch, rinsed it off and it worked beautifully and it was the color I needed.No strong chemicals! Terrific remedy.

i dyed my hair black yesterday and today i had to put vinegar in my hair. i wanted to know if my hair would turn any other different color because of this?

Be very careful if you go to the drugstore and purchase something. I went and used a "Hair color remover kit" and it took the color out of my hair but it also burned my scalp, and I literally had orange, yellow, WHITE!!, black, red and brown hair when I was done. there were spots and stripes, it was awful. I would suggest going to a perfessional myself. I had to go the the store, with a towel on my head, and purchase a hair color - dark red-bergundy, to cover up the mess. it worked, but the whole process fried my hair and I was right back were I had started, a head full of coloured hair.

actually i ahve found one way of gradually taking the color out use baking soda and ur shampoo mix equal parts and massage in your hair for 5 minutes wash out and condition do this once a week and it will gradually take the color out of died hair but keep in mind it will not fully take it out just maybe lightrn the died hair back to a more subtle and naturaL color. good luck

My hairdresser told my boyfriend that you can add baking soda to your normal shampoo and leave that soak on your hair. You can also try Dawn dish soap and Tide laundry detergent. Anything that deep cleans will strip your hair of the hair dye as good as you can without going to a salon. After doing this you need to deep condition though because it strips your hair and damages it. I like to use a mayo and olive oil mixture and let it soak for 30 minutes to 2 hours. You can also use hot vegetable oil by pouring the oil into a ziplock then setting it in a cup of HOT water to heat the oil then massaging the oil into hair, also let this set on hair for 30 minutes to 2 hours.

This is going to save my life! My sister is in hair school and died my hair the darkest color of black with a bright red skunk streak in my bangs!!! Omg I'm horrified! I am naturally very white skinned so I look GOTH and crazy right now. I am going to try this vitamin C and I am very excited! Thanks so much!!

I tried this. I dyed my hair red, decided I didn't want to maintain it and didn't want to deal with growing out the roots. I bought some chewable vitamin C, ground up about 1/3 cup in the blender with some pantene shampoo, combed it into my hair and let it set for about 45 minutes.

The color is still there. It might be more orange/coppery than it was. Also, even though I've been doing intense conditioning since, my hair is really dry and frizzy.

I wouldn't recommend the vitamin C.

Ladies, you are goddesses! The vitamin C worked!!!! I had tried everything to take the burgundy out of the awful semi-permanent color job I got today. I am a natural red head and had never colored my hair but just wanted to cover some intermittent gray. Needless to say, it wasn't pretty. I wet my hair before putting the vitamin C and shampoo paste on and wrapped it in saran wrap leaving it on for no more than 10 minutes. I could tell the color was fading so I rinsed. My hair is beautiful now. Like it was naturally 10 years ago. Thank you so much for this tip!

Once I think I want to change my hair color I am so quick to go buy hair color. I already had a pretty medium brown color but decided I wanted it more of a chocolate color. So I went and bought a medium brown color. My roots ended up a medium auburn while the rest of my hair ended up black. I just started a new job so I had to go my first day of work like that. So I started looking on the internet for ways to lighten it. In the past I have tried tide laundry detergent, dawn soap, diet coke, and everything else you could imagine. Then I came across this site. I was a bit sceptical but as soon as I got home I started going through the medicine cabinet. I found vitamin c with rose hips and some baby shampoo. I put is on my hair and waited 45 min. I was scared to wait any longer. When I rinsed I ease so happy to see the color going down the drain. It had lightened it about 3 whole shades. It was still very dark considering it started off black. So the next day I did it again. My husband didn't believe it would work so when I rinsed out my hair I put the stopped in the bath tub and showed him the dark brown/red water. It had lightened it another 2 shades. It blended so well with the roots and was so shiny. All I can say is wow and thank you. I am posting this page on my Facebook

I've been using hydrogen poroxide to lighten my hair. Before I started using this,my hair was a really really dark brown. It almost looked black. I've put hydrogen poroxide in my hair more than a few times to lighten it more and more. The lighter it is, the easier it is to be lightened with this method. To bring out the highlights, I poured some lemonjuice into my shampoo. It left me hair absolutely wonderfuly colored. Just using the hydrogen peroxide on it may lighten it, but make it dull. I really suggest using the lemonjuice in your shampoo to bring out highlights. After a few washes with the shampoo, your highlights should be bright and nice. If you have a lighter color of hair, then you can always just put lemonjuice in your hair and sit outside for a bit so the sun can bleach it. This always works.
All of these methods can damage your hair a bit, so use a great conditionder after each wash! I hope you get the hair color you want.

I used this guide to lighten my hair with hydrogen peroxide. Remember you might not get immidiate results! repeat until you are satisfied.
http://www.wikihow.com/Bleach-Your-Hair-With-Hydrogen-Peroxide

I dyed my hair hoping it would come out lighter than my natural color and at the same time cover the grey. It came out much darker than I expected. I found this site and tried the vitamin C and baby shampoo a day later. I made the paste and left in on my hair for approximately 40-45 minutes. It actually did the trick!! It lightened my hair 2-3 shades and it looks like how I originally wanted it to look.

Thank you for this information!

Amazing fix remover of dark hair dye.
Bleached and dyed sevearal colors of blond and brown and now way TOO DARK
Could NOT bleach again, too damaged dry fried even a little breakage, BUT desperate for lighter hair. so I did the vitamin C
It's GREAT !!!!!
Ok I wet and towel dryer my hair
I took 7 1000 mg Vitamin C tablets in a freezer zip lock bag and crushed with a hammer EASY !
Added to tablespoon of Aussie shampoo. I ran through hair left for 1 1/4 hours
I have med brown hair with gold and yes a little orange highlights but only in the sun.
VERY Natural looking, I may do it again to bring lighter, but so far
My hair is soft and healthy and light and NOT straw and it started DArk blah dull brown, Now it's wonderful, thanks you ladies of the Natural Goddess do it yourself world !!!!

The vitamin C really works! I just had my hair highlighted and thought it was a little too light and wanted to tone it down a little. I put some color on it and it came out a mousy awful color. You couldn't even see the highlights anymore! I took a handful (didn't count them) of vitamin C 500 mg. tablets and crushed them up in the blender (you don't need to use a hammer!). I put the crushed up tablets in a bowl with some shampoo and put it all over my hair. I covered it with a cap and left it on for only 5 minutes. I was worried because my hair is not that dark and I didn't want to ruin it. I then lathered it up twice with Prell and conditioned it really good. It looks great and you can see all my blonde highlights again!

I just tried the vitamin C and shampoo mixture and i am so shocked at how amazing it has worked!!
a few weeks ago i was a model for a hair show and they died it black with a red tint...i hated it so i went to boots and i brought a hair removal pack...i used two of them and they worked really well...it got my hair to a medium auburn but a little bit redder...i didnt really like it and the pack said you can dye your hair with a semi straight after...i chose lightest ash brown to eliminate the red tone....it went black.
thank god its only a semi and i've washed it normally about 3 times and it faded slightly....im going to a wedding next weekend and i don't want this black hair!

I went to Tesco and i braught 3 pots of vitamin c and zinc..they are only 100g so i used an entire pot with about a tablespoon of head and shoulders....i put in on dry hair and it was really tricky to get it to lather so i added a little bit of water with my hands and worked it through...i left it for an hour and the water was murky so i knew something had come out....and the best thing was that my hair wasnt black even when it was wet....
I didnt dry it but instead i did the vitamin c and head and shoulders again...left it for another hour...i could literally see it getting lighter while it was on the 2nd time!

(i read that head and shoulders can fade colour too so i thought the two together would be amazing!)

WOW! I have lovely medium brown hair! not black!!!!

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How Do I Lighten My Black Hair Dye,It was done half black at the top half of hair to cover up supposed to be purple streaks but actually turned lumionous pink.i really need help, i think its semi-perrmanent, its neaarly 3 weeks its been done and im usually a read head so it does not suit me,i may have 2 go 2 the hairdressers 2 get it bleached etc.i need help asap,becuz im starting secondary skul in august/september. please!any home remedies please,i have tried lemon juice, head&shoulders shampoo every single day for a week,some of my roots are comeing out,but not that much please?

i have browny/black hair,and i'm only 14 years old,and already i think i;ve ruined my hair by dying it so much. i really dont want to kill it before i even turn 20, and i really dont want to use hair color remover. any ideas?

bleach is bad for your hair..
so ive heard
it did ok for me
took a little colour with it
but be prepared to drown your hair in moisturiser and conditioners to put some life back into it

i tryed baking soda and shampoo
didnt do much but my hairs still wet
im yet to try the hot olive oil
& im going to try this vitamin c shiz it has good feedback :)

i have just dyed my hair a horrible dirty brown,and i'm only 14. so i dont want to ruin my hair and put hair color remover in it yet. how can i natrualy get rid of my dye without killing my hair?

i have browny/black hair,and i'm only 14 years old,and already i think i;ve ruined my hair by dying it so much. i really dont want to kill it before i even turn 20, and i really dont want to use hair color remover. any ideas?

I found this online after I had a complete nightmare with some hair dye.
For my birthday, I wanted to go from light blonde, to golden blonde and picked up my regular brand of hair dye. The conditioner was missing and the developer bottle had no writing or instructions on at all. I thought nothing of it and used it anyway and my hair came out as a horrible grey colour. I tried to dye it again and the colour didn't hold and since then every single hair colour I have used has washed out the next day. I was dying it once a week to try to fix it, but the mass amount of colour layering was just making it worse.

I was going to get the colour stripped out professionally at the hairdressers but I couldn't afford it and Googled a cheaper option. At first I thought this wasn't the real deal but I went along with it anyway, considering I could pick up some Vitamin C tablets for £3.99 from Holland and Barrett. I found some cheap shampoo under the sink and mixed 10 crushed Vitamin C tablets. I wet my hair and applied it and waited an hour. I also wear hair extensions which I dye, and did exactly the same with them.

One hour later and my once red hair had gone a light ginger colour. Great considering I'm going bright orange soon! I couldn't believe this had actually worked! I'm not joking. My hair has been a nightmare and after using this, the colour has stripped out and my hair is softer than ever. I highly recommend it.

If you have any questions about this, email me.

mash_killed_radio@hotmail.co.uk

Use Sun-In....the spray lightener designed for using on wet hair during the summer. It's basically a very gently all-over lightener usually made for highlights, but I've used this twice to fade hair color. It worked wonderful !!! Of course it will dry out your hair a little, but just deep condition. And honestly, it's no more harsh than vitamin c capsules ( which are very acidic ) or baking soda.
And, it's much quicker.

thanks ladies you may have saved me a lot od money gonna try vit c tommorow after a disatrous midnight red turned dull black! had book hairdressers for end of week but will be dashing out first thing tommorow to get the goodies and have a go i let u know how i get on :0)