Flossiebell
April 25th, 2012, 01:07 AM
Hi All
I really wanted to share my experience with you in the hope that others may not suffer my pain.
After looking on the LHC forum I had seen a thread that people have used this product to get rid of henna without causing any damage to hair, so after lots of reading I bought a box of ColourB4 (Color Oops is USA version I believe) Extra Strength as I have old box dyes under my henna and the build up was getting way too dark. So, I mixed it up and put it on my head, but was coughing the whole time due to the chemical smell - I have never had this reaction before. Anyway, time came to rinse off which took half and hour or more (rinsing that is) and my hair was sooooooo dry. Put plenty of rich conditioner mask on and left for another half hour then rinsed. Well apart from the fact that my hair was bright orange (expected), it smelled really bad of eggs / stink bombs. Fast forward 4 - 5 weeks...
My hair is damaged, still smells eggy when wet/damp, and my scalp is not very happy. It has been itchy and very sore, my hair hurts my scalp if you know what I mean (I cannot even wear a loose ponytail low on my head) and I have been combing out handfuls of hair all over the floor :(
The only plus to this is that it does what it says, it lifted the dark chemical dyes out of my hair, but to be honest I don't think it was worth doing considering the effects of it.
If anyone is thinking of using this product, I would suggest SERIOUS thought goes into it. I have never had a reaction of this sort to anything. I have had to throw shampoos away and I am currently using an aloe vera shampoo and conditioner from the health food shop in the hope that it will help. I am not going near my hair with anything chemical ever ever again.
I really wanted to share my experience with you in the hope that others may not suffer my pain.
After looking on the LHC forum I had seen a thread that people have used this product to get rid of henna without causing any damage to hair, so after lots of reading I bought a box of ColourB4 (Color Oops is USA version I believe) Extra Strength as I have old box dyes under my henna and the build up was getting way too dark. So, I mixed it up and put it on my head, but was coughing the whole time due to the chemical smell - I have never had this reaction before. Anyway, time came to rinse off which took half and hour or more (rinsing that is) and my hair was sooooooo dry. Put plenty of rich conditioner mask on and left for another half hour then rinsed. Well apart from the fact that my hair was bright orange (expected), it smelled really bad of eggs / stink bombs. Fast forward 4 - 5 weeks...
My hair is damaged, still smells eggy when wet/damp, and my scalp is not very happy. It has been itchy and very sore, my hair hurts my scalp if you know what I mean (I cannot even wear a loose ponytail low on my head) and I have been combing out handfuls of hair all over the floor :(
The only plus to this is that it does what it says, it lifted the dark chemical dyes out of my hair, but to be honest I don't think it was worth doing considering the effects of it.
If anyone is thinking of using this product, I would suggest SERIOUS thought goes into it. I have never had a reaction of this sort to anything. I have had to throw shampoos away and I am currently using an aloe vera shampoo and conditioner from the health food shop in the hope that it will help. I am not going near my hair with anything chemical ever ever again.