Color Oops Extra Strength Hair Color Remover, 1 Application, Hair Dye Remover Processes in 20 Minutes, Safely Removes Permanent & Semi-Permanent Dye, Ammonia & Bleach Free

So I’m pretty sure it did what it was supposed to even though the results surprised me. I have medium long, medium thick, dark curly hair. I had it a nice light brown color a couple of years ago and my boyfriend enjoyed red hair so I ruined my beautiful honey hair and dyed it red (don’t worry-I married the guy so it all worked out). I’ve been trying to get it back ever since. I think I dyed it red a couple of times, light brown a couple of times, maybe even a black was thrown in there? Who can remember? Anyways, most recently I tried the light brown. It did my roots a little lighter, but red is impossible to get out so it just made that part more red and gave me a distinguishable color difference (and when the kids I work with like to draw pictures of me-they are sure to include my difference in hair color). So I decided to try this not knowing exactly what would happen.I will say the smell was not as bad as people make it out. There’s definitely some chemicals in it that burned my lungs a bit, so I had the overhead fan on and opened my bathroom windows (my bathroom is also MASSIVE so that probably helps) but overall not the worst smell. Kind of like a hint of ate-too-many-eggs-farts.ANYWAYS I bought two bottles and used one on each half. I had a small amount left after my hair was saturated. I put it up with a clip and put the plastic bag around my head as instructed. Although this is a heavy assumption because none of the instructions were in English. They did include pictures and I read a lot of reviews so I pieced most of the stuff together. I then left it on for a little over 30 minutes. I will say-it burned a bit in the back but I pushed through. I also didn’t test any of my hair first so I spent most of that 30 minutes worried my hair was going to fall off.I then rinsed it in as hot of water as I could stand, as others suggested. I then shampooed, shaved my pits, rinsed, shampooed with a different shampoo, shaved my legs, rinsed, put a crap ton of baking soda in my hair as another review suggested (to deodorize the bad scent), rinsed that out, and then shampooed a final time and rinsed. Also because of previous reviews I had already purchased a deep conditioner (the first one that pops up if you search on amazon) so I put that in. Since I bought two kits-I used the other head cap thing and put that on my head and then used my hair dryer on the hot setting to heat up my hair for about 5 minutes. I then left the conditioner in for about 45 more minutes. Then I rinsed that out and put in a bunch of hair oil and leave in conditioner. It pretty much feels the same as if I’d dyed it.And then the final product was what surprised me. It seems to have taken all the red out and my hair is the light color that I dyed it last. I don’t fully understand the science behind it, but maybe that’s because idk how hair dye works. It’s nice because now I won’t have to dye my hair for awhile so I can keep deep conditioning it before drying it out with dye again!I’d recommend-just know that hair dye science is mystical and if you have a lot of colors it might be hard to predict how it turns out.***Edit: the red isn’t out as much as I had thought, but overall my hair is lighter. Not sure if the red became more apparently as it dried or I was just too excited to notice.

This is great for removing permanent hair dye. It smells horrible, but it gets the job done with less damage than using a hair lightener (bleach). If you have long or thick hair, you may want to get two bottles.Make sure to have reasonable expectations. This product is unlikely to restore your hair to its original color. You'll likely need to follow up with color correction. The great thing about this product is that you can apply a toner or dye immediately after using it. I've accidentally gone too dark, and this could only lift so much of the black dye out of my over-processed hair. I waited a couple days, using deep conditioning masks, then gave my hair a gentle bleach wash to remove the remaining pigment to achieve the base color I needed. I don't think I could've safely achieved the desired results without first using this color remover. Also, if you dye your hair often, it's nice to use this every once in a while to kind of get a "clean pallet" of hair to work with. That way your hair color comes out more predictable and even.*Note: Rinsing is very important when using this product. I have both long and thick hair, which is very porous from over-processing with bleach and high-level developers for the past year. I spend about 45 min rinsing this product and unwanted color dye from my hair. Maybe I go a little overboard; but if you don't rinse well enough, your unwanted color could return or your hair will turn out in uneven shades.(This may not be apparent right away. I messed up once, and it took 2 days for my hair to gradually darken.) Also, I tend to spend a long time rinsing my hair because I'm paranoid about smelling like rotten eggs (which is basically what this product smells like). Anytime I've used this product (at least 5 times), I felt like I smelled bad for a couple days. I asked people if my hair smelled bad. They'd always say no. However, there was no denying that my bathroom and room smelled horrendous. You'll want to immediately throw your trash out when finished with this product. If you have even semi-clogged drains, you'll want to unclog them because any trapped hair will continue to emit that rotten egg smell.Even though this is not bleach, this will leave your hair dry (not anywhere close to the damage bleach will do, though). It will leave your hair feeling slightly damaged or fragile for a bit.However, the dryness seems to go away within a week or so. I think it's because this leaves your hair shaft open (that's basically how you're able to wash the color out). If you don't need to recolor your hair right away, I would suggest immediately following this up with a protein and moisturizing treatment. And let your hair rest as long as possible before recoloring it.