Help! Hair dye too dark & using ColourB4 on grey hair?

[BusStopBetty]

Fucksake, have bloody missed some of the roots and it's far, far too dark anyway. I knew I shouldn't have bought something different. I have some root touch up stuff in the cupboard so can slap a bit of that on in the morning at least.

I can last it out until the weekend then use colourb4 to strip it, but what do I do with the grey, , ginger, patchy mess I'll be left with? Will a very temporary colour actually cover the grey? Or at least some of the grey? I am very, very grey at the front.

I'm not going to be able to get to a proper hairdresser for at least a few weeks so that's not an option. Bumfuckery.

[Judydreamsofhorses]

I used a thing called Decolour Stripper, which is like a combo of colour remover (same as Colour B4) and bleach bath when mine went too dark. You can dye over it immediately. It worked brilliantly, and I just whacked a permanent colour straight on top. My ends were pretty dry and wrecked, so I had it trimmed that same week. How long is your hair? If it's long you might need two of the stripper. I tipped the stripper into a soup bowl and mixed it in there, then just applied it with my hands using latex gloves. (I bought gloves in the pharmacy bit in Boots rather than use the ones that came with it.)

[BusStopBetty]

Hair is shoulder length. I'm a bit nervous about the bleach aspect, but I'll read up online about it. Thank you.

[BusStopBetty]

Anyone else used it on very grey hair? I think the bleach version might be a step too far this time round.

[slinkysaluki]

The colour b4 stuff is good, bit long-winded but works. You can get it in home bargains for 5 quid. It's called Jobaz colour remover. Only thing to be aware if it that if you want to recolour straight away you need a level one colour like nice and easy one . If you use a permanent or a demi permanent the hair will grab it and it will oxidise and go very dark.

[BusStopBetty]

Thanks! I'll try home bargains tomorrow.

Can anyone help with the level one colour? Will it do anything for my grey?

[ILostItInTheEarlyNineties]

Go for an ash colour to counteract the ginger hue. Dark ash blonde age defy Nice n Easy will give a light brown and covers grey. Ignore the picture on the box, it won't come out that colour.
The colour remover stinks to high heaven and I can't emphasise enough the need to rinse it out thoroughly. You need to have your head under the shower for half an hour.

[Isthatwhatdemonsdo]

As said above use Decolour stripper. Ypu can then use a permanent colour straight away to cover the grey.

[slinkysaluki]

Nice and easy level one 6 to 8 shampoos the colour lasts for. Sounds like the Decolour one is different from the Jobaz one if you can use a permanent colour straight away, def on the Jobaz instructions it advises not to use permanent as the colour oxidises.

[doublehelix54]

Hi
I’ve decided to grow out my grey hair (gulp).
I’ve been using permanent brown dye on my natural grey hair for years.
I have darker areas where the colour has built up.
I now want to use Colour B4 extra strength dye remover but am concerned as the hair dye I’ve been using has
peroxide in.
Main concern is that I will end up with yellow/orange hair with the only option to cover it being yet another permanent dye.
Also does Colour b4 affect un dyed natural grey hair? (I have grey roots)
Thanks

[MoltonSilver]

Personally, the level 1 colours don't cover my grey. I'd suggest just using the root touch up to get you through the next few weeks until you can get to a hairdresser. Too dark isn't the end of the world. If you start messing with it you run the risk of ending up with a bigger problem than you started with.

[youvegottobekidding]

Try he Vitamin C & Shampoo mix (google it for method) first, it just may well work & get rid of the last dye you used. It’s worth trying before going down the colour b4 route, it’s easier & cheaper. It can be a bit drying but no more than colour b4 & you can colour your hair again with a permanent colour of need be afterwards. Good luck!

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

I did the Vit C and shampoo (used a Superdrug Dandruff shampoo , they recommend a Head&Shoulders type to clarify)

Mine was a semi-perm "mahogany" ( read : purple) my greys were pink.

I did IIRC 30 tablets (my hair was short) and enough shampoo to thoroughly cover , left it 4 hours or something.
Next day it was meh but once I got home and looked , my hair was brown again and no pink/mauve .

If I did it again, I'd powder the Vit C in a blender . Using the bag'n' rolling bin method was still lumpy.

It didn't dry it (though I did condition well) no horrible eggy smell (like ColourB4)

[youvegottobekidding]

Yeah, I’ve done the Vit c method quite a few times on my hair over the years, a couple of times I’ve had to do it after using colour b4 on my hair because it re-oxidised & went dark again. It works pretty well on semis & IIrc can work on permanent colours too, although permanent colours never seem to be permanent on my hair, they always fade & wash up anyway. You can add some honey to the mix as well, as extra lightening & conditioning power!