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Has anyone tried the at home hair colour remover stuff?

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mumofsnotbags · 24/01/2014 06:35

Im attempting to get rid of the darker colour on my hair towards the ends.

Ive seen this one on superdrugs and all the reviews look great but has anyone here tried it. I would probably use it, wait a few days then dye my hair back to its natural light brown shade just to get rid of the greys.

What do you think? would it work ok, and i'd not end up a coppery/orange/patchy mess Grin.

Really dont have the money to go to the hairdressers but can push to this remover thing.

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Wenchelda · 24/01/2014 07:58

I've used the colourb4 one twice now. The first time was months ago and it left my hair quite orange-y so i dyed it again straight away (its fine to dye it immediately with a level 1 temporary dye). The second time was just before Christmas and my hair looked great afterwards... felt a bit dry but the colour was lovely so i haven't bothered re-dying it since!

cannotfuckingbelievethis · 24/01/2014 08:07

Yes, have used color b4 loads of times and it's always turned out pretty good. And you can dye straight away so have a box handy incase you need to !

Undertheboredwalk · 24/01/2014 08:09

I've used colour b4 a few times too, worked really well and would recommend, but beware of the smell. It absolutely stinks of rotten eggs, took a few days to completely get rid of the smell!

KosherBacon · 24/01/2014 08:26

People often complain that it makes their hair orange however it isn't the colour b4 that's doing it, it's the dyes you use before. If you have brown hair that had been coloured the developer bleaches your hair so that the dye can stick to it, rather than just deposit

KosherBacon · 24/01/2014 08:27

Oops... Rather than just depositing colour. The result is you remove the colour and are left with the lightened hair underneath. When you remove the pigment from brown hair you get orange.

mumofsnotbags · 24/01/2014 08:42

Hi, thanks for replies, it wasnt the colour b4 one it was adee phelan one or something, that was meant to be a lot softer, all reviews are 5 star, so am thinking it must be good.

I did look at the b4 one but it didnt have the best reviews, and as youve all said here it made your hair a bit orangey, so im now thinking using this one.

Then using another colour on top but still unsure of whether to go for semi/demi.

I want to try and get it back to my own colour but without having to put up with the roots re-growth. Sooooo Possibly a semi which i believe, will fade or wash out eventually??? and i can just keep adding a semi now and then until the hairs all my own colour - i realise this will be a few years though but prepared to wait! Is that right or am i dreaming and it will never happen??

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