Semi permanent hair colour too dark- colour B4

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Ok so I did have grown out mousy brown hair with the remains of a border line orange colour.
I decided a semi permanent nice and easy medium ash brown would fix this.
I now have near on black hair!
This is not good! It was 24 wash and I'm aware it was actually a Demi not a semi.
I've smothered it in head and shoulders...
What would colour B4 do?
Would it go orange?
Which colour B4 do I need?

I don't want to stay with this hair colour

Help please

ColourB4 will strip out the dark colour but be warned, if you've had any permanent colours on before this, it will go lighter than your natural hair colour as almost all permanent colours lighten the hair before the colour takes, even if it's a dark shade. I'd advise doing it when you know you aren't going out the next day as you have to wait at least 24 hours before putting any other dye on it after it's been stripped. If/when you choose another dye, buy a shade at LEAST one shade lighter than the one you want to get. Home colours always go darker than the box shows even if you start from blonde.

Lighter is fine, orange is not. Would it go orange?
What a mess.
I did have a permanent colour on it before

Thanks

It's possible it may go a pale gingery shade but I wouldn't have thought it would go bright orange no. My sister has used it twice and hers went a very pale gingery/blonde shade before she dyed it again.

Hmm, oh I don't know what to do now.

Colour B4 is great but you need to put a different colour on afterwards. I had a hair dye disaster and went far too dark. The Colour B4 left me a hideous brassy shade - mostly brown but with lighter orangey bits. That was a good base, though, for a mid-ash brown, which went on beautifully evenly. I don't think you could realistically strip the colour out and leave the end result as it is.

I think I will just have to wait to see my hairdresser.
I don't trust myself not to make a hash of it again!

if you want to avoid using colour B4 I have been using a more 'natural' method to try and strip as much colour as possible from my hair over the last few weeks before bleaching sometime in the near future - it might be worth a go...

If you have a lush near you grab some of the 'I love juicy' shampoo (it has a high citrus content so is good for stripping colour), or if not accessible, any other shampoo should be ok. From Holland and Barrett or a health food store buy a pot of Vitamin C Powder. Spread shampoo over hair then spread over/mix in a few handfuls of the vitamin C powder. Wrap up in cling film for an hour or so. Wash thoroughly (use more shampoo to make sure the Vit C powder is washed out). You should see colour coming out in the water. It doesn't strip the colour completely like Colour B4 but my hair is significantly lighter after approx 5 washes, and is actually wrapped up now for another go to try and get some more out! Be aware the vitamin C powder does have a distinct aroma, although nowhere near the same level as colour B4.

Another one I have tried in the past is olive oil or coconut oil liberally applied to hair, then lemon juice over the top, wrapped in cling film & left for a couple of hours. After a couple of repeats, the colour was significantly lighter, so might be worth a try if you have these things in the cupboard.

As far as I can see after reading up online, most oils (for example the Hot Oil Treatments you can buy) are notorious for stripping colour out of hair - so if you have any 'hot oil hair treatments' in the cupboard, now is the time to use them!

I used a hair colour stripper similar to ColourB4 for the same reason. My hair is naturally dark brown and I wanted to go lighter. Despite saying that it would only remove colour from the coloured hair, it actually took ALL my hair (roots included) to orange!! Not good. When I then dyed it a natural light brown, it kept the orange tinge. Went to the hairdresser to said that I'd need to keep using a light ash brown to reduce the orange. Can also use a blue shampoo. He also said that if your hair has any warmth at all in it, then lightening it will bring this out, so you'll always need an ash shade. Despite having a profession colour, my hair is still showing signs of orangyness under certain lights. My recommendation would be to get a professional to sort it out this time, then go for home colours after that.