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

I used to use this when I was young and tried lots of different hair colors. It worked, but it left my hair fried and orange. I'm not sure if they have a new formula but it worked great. I used a temporary hair color that didn't want to wash out. Remembering this product I decided to give it a try. It worked better than it did before. I followed the directions and used a clarifying shampoo to remove residue. Didn't dry out my hair. I did lose a big chunk of it which was not good but it is a harsh process so it makes sense. The smell isn't that bad but it did linger for a few days. Got my blonde hair color back. No complaints. I will definitely be using this again if I need it. Used 2 boxes for my long hair. --- EDIT: after a month, my hair still smells like the chemical used in this product. My hair is also a touch brassy now. Seems to be falling out more. However, this doesn't change my rating. It removed my color, I was aware there were risks. My hair looks healthy and I have my natural curls back. I'm sure it will recover once I stop processing it and coloring it.

I have been dying my hair with black box dye once a month for three years now. I put three pictures of how my hair started what it looked like after the first treatment and what it looks like now after the second treatment. I have done two color oops treatments and I can say this stuff really does work. I have very thick and long hair so I had to use three boxes each time. You want to make sure you completely saturate your hair. Also the second round an applied foil to the end and then wrapped everything with a disposable shower cap. The box comes with a cap but I wanted to make sure heat stayed in better. I also added more heat with a blow dryer during the process. Yes you have to make sure you wash your hair with warm/hot water and shampoo and rinse at least four-five times for about 20mins. I also blew dry my hair afterwards to apply more heat. Be prepared for your hair to get dry be prepared for your hair to get extra tangled and knotted. I put leave in conditioning spray and oil in after both times to help. I say overall if you are not wanting to damage your hair with bleach try the color oops yes it will be a process but if you’re wanting to keep your hair healthy it’s a better choice.

Disclaimer: Going to a professional is the preferred method when you’re talking about changing/ stripping color. But after tons of money spent and tons of salons and professionals tried, I have found that DIY is the method that works FOR ME. Is it right for you? I don’t know. I am impressed with this product and would recommend, but please understand it is not a miracle treatment. Color removal is often an arduous process that requires patience, strict adherence to directions and possible second or third applications are a reality in the color removing game. This is true for ANY COLOR REMOVAL PRODUCT I HAVE TRIED. Considering the above, Color Oops is my favorite in-home, DIY product so far. ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: this product SMELLS REALLY BAD. VENTILATE— I used bathroom fan and a portable fan with bathroom door open. Don’t get it on your hands, clothes, or any objects—even if it gets on the countertop, use cleaner to wipe it up. ANYTHING this stuff touches will stink for days. Make sure you wear disposable gloves and plastic cap that comes in box. Throw away bottles, gloves, cap and tie up your trash bag tight when you’re done. Even use old clothes/ towel if you have them and throw those away, too (I just washed an old towel on highest setting to get smell out). For me, this is an ideal alternative to bleach. I can’t bleach my hair anymore than I already have, it’s too fragile. This product is way less damaging than bleach, but it will, however, open up pores to let the color out—so it will make it brittle until you condition it really well. Strand test is crucial—but understand your hair color will not change much if at all during strand test—color removal happens during the 15-20 minute rinse and 2 to 3 shampoos once you’re finished with the treatment. Application is quick (don’t drip it around! no metal clips! use plastic combs, clips, etc.) and only takes 20 minutes to process. Wear the plastic cap so the heat from your head keeps it nice and warm. The rinsing is the hard part. Rinse hot as you can handle for about 20 minutes to get the color out. The product opens the pores, the rinsing removes the color. Your hair will stink even after the rinsing, but the shampoo step removes the smell. Shampoo a couple times after use—USE A CLARIFYING SHAMPOO—moisturizing or color protecting shampoos will re-seal the pores and prevent further color removal during the process. I shampooed 3 times with a cheap, generic clarifying shampoo and lots of rinsing in between. This really got the last bits of color out for me. After I got as much color as possible out, I conditioned and used a protein treatment packet (follow directions—leaving protein on too long isn’t good for your hair) to seal and soften my hair after. I’m happy—BUT MY EXPECTATIONS ARE TEMPERED. I will have to do it again in 2 weeks to a month bc there’s still some red tones hanging around. Not much, but red is a very stubborn color. I have to wait 2 to 4 weeks bc my hair is too brittle to do any treatment that opens pores back to back. I have to heal it for a while with gentle, moisturizing shampoos and good conditioner before doing it again. Some people have healthy hair and don’t have to wait. BECAUSE MY HAIR IS ALREADY BLEACHED BEFORE COLOR REMOVER, I ALSO HAVE TO WAIT BEFORE ANY BLEACH/ OR DEVELOPER OR FOR AT LEAST 2 TO 4 WEEKS—so I have to wait to re-color unless I want to go dark again. I don’t. I just want to make it a nicer blonde. Meantime, bleach blonde with “ombre” roots it is. If you made it this far, you’re a champ. I wish you good hair forever.

Please consider the CON of the smell reviews seriously. While it worked great i was gagging and throwing up while applying it and couldn’t stop since half of my head was already covered. I should have just used a different darker semi-color shampoo vs using this product as a color close to your natural color which is darker isn’t worth this torture. Or just go to a salon if u got the money. The smell from my hair is making me sick. Definitely wear a good mask if you plan to use it and idk what would even help w these fumes later. This is very toxic, worse than resin, worse than those acrylic fake nails. But it does get the job done. But never again!

Im giving this 5 stars because it has always worked for me except this time so I thought id warn you all! The photos are before and after using Color Oops on processed(bleached), hair with Arctic Fox Transynvania. It started fading into green and purple which was kind of cool, but really not what I was looking for. Using Dawn dish soap a couple of times did help left it out but ultimately, I knew I would turn to color oops though I did have a suspicion my hair would turn more green because the last time I dyed my hair purple I tried using bleach to get it out and it turned my hair green. 🙃 Color Oops doesnt have ammonia or bleach but I just kind of knew it would struggle to lift this color out. I rinsed my hair for more than 20 minutes, with and without shampoo until the water ran clear. After 10 minutes the rinsing water was still blue so absolutely rinse your hair for 20+ minutes. I will say though... I have lifted permanent black dye from my hair multiple times with Color Oops. It never goes back to the blonde you had before if thats your goal, but it will lift the color out. Arctic Foxs Transylvania however is the first dye I could not get out of my hair. It did lighten it a bit but for the most part my hair is still very green and purple. This stuff does smell like rotten eggs so prepare for that and it lingers on your hair for at least a day.

Photo 3: Before I screwed up asking for my hair to be dyed Photo 2: My jet black hair?!? Photo 1: 5 mins after blow drying my hair and using HALF the max time for this product for color removal This product did everything I asked of it!!!! So the reason I think it has the bad reviews is because: 1. the smell 2. the brassy color that people are sometimes getting #1 I guess I can see that, it smells like rotten boiled eggs, but I’ve smelled worse on airplanes for much longer and tbh wasn’t surprised #2 If you read the directions and warnings in its entirety, you’ll see that highlighted/bleached hair will definitely need to go back to the salon for. This is because the bleach reacts differently than dye/toner to this product, so it will come out brassy instead. I had a few highlights that were very faded and leftover and could barely see this happened, but wasn’t surprised when it did. But again, only a warning to the highlighted hair folks. IF what happened to me happen to you, use this!!! My case: I went to a new stylist per a referral, and asked for “one shade darker”. I have naturally brown hair and had never all over dyed it. TLDR she dyed it black. I gave it a few days to come out but it never faded. I didn’t hate it but didn’t love it. My process: since I originally wanted “one shade darker” and still did, I did half/minimum the recommended time. So - 10 mins sitting, 15 min rinse/shampoo, 5 minute rinse/shampoo 3x. I also did a test on a strand, was SHOCKED with how well it worked (seeing the color brown again was all I wanted) and then did the whole thing same time all over again on my entire head. Total time was 2 hours. Hair Loss: this was my biggest worry outside of getting brassy hair and so I watched it like a hawk. Hindsight 20/20 there was no hair loss lol. In the moment it felt like there was, but that was because I was constantly running my fingers through my hair while rinsing, aka pulling out 1-2 strands each time LOL. This stopped completely after shampoo #2 and I stopped panicking for no reason Shampoo: I used a moisturizing shampoo. 10/10 recommend because my hair is so soft after washing it so much and your hair will appreciate it! Results: When I was done, I wasn’t completely sure it had done much, because you have to remember, you’re rinsing for so long that the color is SLOWLY coming out with the long rinsing and not dumping off your head like it does normally day 1 after the salon. But my rating!? 10/10. My hair is no longer weighed down by a pound of black hair dye AND curls up again like it used to. Also, it’s not fried from this product and should be even better than it was in a few days. So happy with this product and saved me money from going back to the salon!! If you’re nervous to try it, for $12 it’s so worth it! Thank you!!!!!

ive used color oops multiple times and have never had a bad experience. ive stripped blue , purple , green , red , etc out of my hair without issues for years. i had used this to strip orange out of my hair and it left it pretty blonde , almost as if i had bleached it. the orange was already fading and i just wanted to get whatevers left over out. the box advises you that it will NOT get ALL of the dye out , and if it doesnt you can do another round of it. it wont turn it super platinum blonde , it can turn out brassy sometimes and thats okay !! the smell is definitely there , but its not too bad. its not too strong but its not unnoticeable either. overall 10/10 in my book :)

Update: Okay, so I ended up having to do a lot of work to get my hair more like my natural color. After stripping the hair using this product I attempted to use a toner. As you can see in the photos it did lighten it. But it's still ended up looking really red later. I could have probably left it alone and got used to it but it was driving me crazy. So I went and picked up a box bleach (cuz I just didn't feel like dealing with powder since I don't have a second mirror behind me in my bathroom now) and then I used a different toner in a different shade (opted for a blue instead of purple toner). The last picture was the end result. And I think I got pretty close to my natural. Enough that my hair can grow out and blend better. Original Review: Unfortunately, I guess if you go red, it considers it a "lightener" and this stuff doesn't really work (because it says in the instructions that it won't work if you go lighter. It'll only work if you go darker when you color your hair). I will say that it DID lighten my hair, almost as if it bleached it slightly, but leaving that brassy yellow-orange. Ugh. I don't know if a toner can help but I guess I have no choice but to try. Yes, this IS drying. However, my hair was already pretty damaged since I used a boxed hair dye before that was on the cheaper side, and it did a number on my hair. So I can't blame this product for that. It actually did not dry out my hair as much as I thought it would. I didn't experience any shedding while applying\rinsing over what I normally experience - but that doesn't mean I won't have break off later. If the break off is really bad I will try to remember to update this post. If I use a toner and it helps I will try to remember to update this post. I will include all kinds of before and after pictures. Please keep in mind that the camera on my phone is awful and it's always adjusting the color\hues... However you can see there is a difference. Just not the result I was hoping for. Nonetheless, with it pulling out a lot of the actual red and just going lighter it might make it blend better as my natural grey grows out. So I don't think it was a total waste. Just not the results I was hoping for. One thing that I have going against me is that I was born a natural redhead. And so even when my hair was greying I still had copper highlights (you could really see them in natural lighting)... I think this hair color-stripper just brought those copper highlights out in their natural form LOL... which is kind of funny. I do notice that in a lot of the after pictures you can see streaks of white. So it definitely took the color out where I was naturally white already.

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I recently tried the Color Oops Regular Strength Hair Color Remover (RS100), and I'm thrilled to share my experience with you. My hair journey involved layers upon layers of red hair dye, and I decided it was time for a change. I chose Color Oops to help me with this transformation, and it didn't disappoint. First off, the application process was surprisingly easy. The instructions were clear, and the product was straightforward to use. I appreciated that there was no need for complicated mixing or multiple steps. Now, let's talk about the smell. Hair color removers can be notorious for their strong, unpleasant odors, but Color Oops was tolerable. While it didn't smell like a bouquet of roses (let's be realistic, it's a chemical process), it was much more bearable than I expected. But what truly matters is the result, right? Color Oops worked wonders on my layered red hair. It effectively removed the built-up color, leaving my hair ready for a fresh start. The end result was satisfying and gave me the blank canvas I needed for my next hair color adventure. In conclusion, Color Oops RS100 is a reliable choice if you're looking to remove hair color, even if you've piled on the layers. The application is straightforward, the smell is manageable, and the results are impressive. Give it a try if you're ready for a hair color transformation!

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About the items, yes it's work well . That's why i come back to buy again after a year . And this is my third time order .but order since 17aug .till now not shipment notification