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Obsidian
January 12th, 2018, 06:47 PM
Yes we are adults and don't need to follow no stinkin' rules but it usually pays off if you do. A few weeks back I used a direct dye to go red for a few days but it wanted to stay, forever. I started using the vitamin C technique of fading using citric acid instead of vit C tablets.

It seemed to work but was slow, only a little color faded each time. Took two weeks to get the bright henna red faded to a light strawberry blonde. Its mostly gone, just a little warm highlights here and there.

Yesterday I used a permanent pastel smokey blue. It was supposed to be a grey/silver with just a touch of blue. What it ended up being was a dark indigo blue that was incredibly unflattering. Tried the citric acid twice, faded very little. Was so terrible looking, I wore a hat in the house, considered shaving it all off.

Was browsing around the net this morning and seen where vit C= ascorbic acid, not citric acid. Seriously? I had been using the wrong stuff all along. Found my vit C tabs, made the mix and applied it for around a hour. Holy smokes, it worked great! 90% of color is gone. Not only the blue but also the leftover red and possibly some of the henna that was left. Absolutely amazing what happens when you follow the directions lol. I have a second treatment on now in hopes of removing the last little bit of blue on the tips.

Its also possible it lightened my natural color a little. I'm pretty light to start with, can achieve bleach blonde with lemon juice alone. I"m ok with this as I'm not crazy about the darker muddy ash color I got as I aged.
DoomKitty
January 17th, 2018, 10:58 PM
So the Vitamin C removed the permanent colours from all of your hair? How did your hair feel after? I'm considering letting my red/burgundy permant dye fade out but if the Vitamin C removes it easily I might try that in a while
LeonineMane
January 18th, 2018, 12:12 PM
It's great at stripping dye out, I use it all the time for that purpose as I like changing colour often. The hair feels dry and tangly while wet, be sure to use conditioner after rinsing it out and it'll be soft and shiny after it dries :) Personally I combine ascorbic acid with shampoo, later into damp towel dried hair, pop on a shower cap and heat with a hair drier. Leave on for about 45 mins - 1 hour, watch for any dripping as it'll have dye in it and stain your clothes!
Arctic
January 18th, 2018, 01:27 PM
So the Vitamin C removed the permanent colours from all of your hair? How did your hair feel after? I'm considering letting my red/burgundy permant dye fade out but if the Vitamin C removes it easily I might try that in a while

She talked about direct dye (like manic panic) [and also mentioned henna, which is a plant dye], which is complitely different from permanent dye. But maybe if you do some reserach you can find out, whether it helps with the kind of dye you have used.
LeonineMane
January 18th, 2018, 01:59 PM
I can confirm that it works on both permanent dye and semi permanent, you may need to do the process several times to reach the desired result as it usually only does a few shades at a time. You'll see the under lying hair pigment when you strip the dye off so it could potentially be bright orange depending on how much the peroxide has lightened the hair. Darker browns could be red-orange, medium shades bright orange-orange-yellow, blondes yellow. I would use a purple shampoo to tone down the brassiness after.
cathair
January 18th, 2018, 05:32 PM
She talked about direct dye (like manic panic) [and also mentioned henna, which is a plant dye], which is complitely different from permanent dye. But maybe if you do some reserach you can find out, whether it helps with the kind of dye you have used.

Actually, it says "permanent pastel smokey blue". I noticed because I was wondering what kind of blue was permanent. I didn't think that was possible.
DoomKitty
January 18th, 2018, 05:43 PM
I have permanent burgundy ombre'd into bleached-dyed-semi permanent-purple hair and it's only the permanent I'm thinking of fading out/removing, so my roots/regrowth. It sounds like it might be too difficult to do just the non-bleached parts...I've only done my roots again just before Xmas so I've got a while to decide. Thanks for all the advice!
Obsidian
January 18th, 2018, 08:27 PM
The dye I used was permanent. I've done 4 treatments so far trying to remove the last bit of blue/green from the tips. My hair feels a bit tangly when wet but even without conditioner, it feels nice and soft when dry.

https://www.ulta.com/feria-smokey-pastels?productId=xlsImpprod13791209#
Arctic
January 18th, 2018, 10:36 PM
Ahhh, ok, I missed that part then! Sorry!
cathair
January 19th, 2018, 02:43 PM
The dye I used was permanent. I've done 4 treatments so far trying to remove the last bit of blue/green from the tips. My hair feels a bit tangly when wet but even without conditioner, it feels nice and soft when dry.

https://www.ulta.com/feria-smokey-pastels?productId=xlsImpprod13791209#

Interesting, thanks! :) I'll have to keep an eye out, I've never noticed those sorts of colours being sold here in the Feria brand.


Ahhh, ok, I missed that part then! Sorry!

Easily done :) Threw me for a loop too.