hair color disaster

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So I had my hair coloured at the salon for the first time in a while. It looked nice to me there, but when I got home... just no. It's dark menopausal magenta brown. I could go back to the salon and have them try to fix it but quite honestly I don't have another afternoon to waste on this project and I'd also like to avoid too much damage. I've shampooed it five times in a row using clarifying shampoo mixed with baking soda, and this has helped a little, but it's still far too dark and red. I've ordered some salon colour to do it myself at about a level 6, neutral-ash. I've done it myself before (control freak) and been quite satisfied so I think I'm going to go back to that. But does anyone know the best steps to follow and how long I have to look like an Eastern European figure skater circa 1984 until I can re-color?

I would advise just going back to the salon - what's one afternoon vs months of shit and ruined hair from too much colour? (Trust me I've been there, more than once).

You can buy something called ColourB4 in Superdrug/boots/savers etc. Basically strips colour.

I was wary but used it twice now and it's great stuff, stinks of shit but works a treat.

I colored my hair red for several years and it had great results. It was about 6/7 iirc

Embarrassed to admit this, but going back to the salon also makes me feel like an idiot because I was pleased with it as far as they knew.

Ohmy, does ColourB4 damage hair? I once had to have my hair stripped in a salon and it took half a day and left my hair looking burnt. The colour that was put in yesterday was mostly level 5, so I don't need to lift too much.

Colour b4 doesn't damage the hair in the way that bleach would, it does something magic like shrink the colour particles which you then rinse out. It's worth trying.

To lighten it you can also use vitamin c crushed tablets with an anti-dandruff shampoo. It lightens it. You need to leave it on. You can google it on you tube. It worked for me when i dyed my hair too dark. It took it up a couple of shades.

Just letting it dry now. The baking soda trick does seem to work a little, but I don't get the feeling my hair has enjoyed it too much so overall I would not recommend! I think a trip to buy dandruff shampoo and Colour B4 is next.

My natural hair colour must be about a level 5 and yet when it's dyed a level 5 it looks horrible -- harsh and dark. It must have something to do with layering the dye over the hair shaft. (Turning philosophical in this time of woe.)

I previously had my hair stripped in a salon and it was awful, this is why I took some persuading with colour b4. Definitely not the same. It did dry my hair for sure- I just made sure I conditioned it really well.

I've now got a self done ombré which I'm liking and definitely wouldn't have achieved without using the colour b4 at some point.

Am sure boots charge about 10/12 quid for it but it's much cheaper at savers/body are if there's one close by

What do you mean 'menopausal magenta brown'?