Did you dye your hair too dark and want to make it fade faster? Did you get the wrong color and want to lighten it or change the highlights?
We've all had that experience, dyeing our hair and then looking in the mirror, seeing our hair almost black, too dark, too far from how we wanted it!
So what to do? You can try to remove the dye naturally!
How to remove dye?
The hair dye fades in 6-8 washes , the color will gradually fade shampoo after shampoo and you will get a lighter color.
If you want to make the color download faster you can use several methods:
1. Use a shampoo for oily hair
The shampoo for oily hair is rich in purifying active ingredients that help the dye fade more quickly.
You can also use an anti-dandruff shampoo to which you add a little baking soda and wash your hair with this mixture.
2. Prepare the lemon balm
In a bowl, mix a tablespoon of conditioner and the juice of a lemon.
Apply the mixture to damp hair and leave it on for at least 30 minutes, covering your hair with a cap.
3. Use brewer's yeast
Mix a cube of yeast with warm water and comb it through dry hair. Let the yeast mixture sit for about 20 minutes, then wash your hair thoroughly.
These remedies are effective for removing color faster, but they can leave hair a little dry and are therefore not recommended for dry, fine, or damaged hair.
Use them only if really necessary and always remember to use a restructuring and nourishing pack or mask after the treatment.
To remove dye without stressing your hair, you can try this method made with nourishing ingredients:
4. Use a vegetable oil or butter
On damp hair, apply a hair oil or butter, cover with a shower cap and towel, heat well with a hairdryer and leave on for at least an hour.
This treatment is excellent because it also nourishes your hair and you can choose the product to use based on its benefits:
- jojoba oil , a light oil also suitable for greasy hair;
- coconut oil perfect for dry, dull, frizzy or damaged hair;
- almond oil for damaged and brittle hair;
- shea butter for brittle and dry hair.
What to do if you have bad reflexes?
It might happen that the color is right, but the highlights are wrong: too yellow or orange, while we were expecting a cooler or more neutral tone.
In these cases, it's not necessary to re-dye your hair because we could darken the color, and it's not enough to wait for the dye to fade: the highlights won't go away, but over time, they will begin to become more evident as the color oxidizes.
In these cases, you can use a treatment to neutralize the reflections: these are products with pigments inside that are deposited on the hair and balance the excess of warm tones.
Among the most effective are mousse treatments: mousses allow you to insert a high quantity of pigment into the product so you can easily tone the color.
If you have white, platinum, blonde, light brown hair and want to eliminate unwanted yellow and orange tones, you can use the Anti-Yellow Mousse
If you have dark hair or want to eliminate red highlights from your hair, even those caused by henna, you can use the Anti-Red Mousse
These products, rich in natural ingredients, eliminate unwanted highlights from the hair and have a hydrating and protective function on the hair, to combat dryness and fragility.
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