Without using bleach.
I haven’t had dark silver hair for that long, but I’m already itching to try something new. If you’re wondering how I got the silver color, then head over to my silver ombre hair dye tutorial.
Now rose gold is next on my list. But like anyone with crazy hair knows, pastels show their truest colors when dyed on a pale platinum blonde.
Needless to say, this silver I have going on is simply not a good base. If I were to dye rose gold on top, it would look muddled and purple-ish.
I switch between hair dyes frequently, and a lot of people ask me how I go from one to the next so quickly all while keeping my hair healthy. So I figured it was time to make a tutorial on how I remove hair color.
Over the counter removers aren’t an option because they often have harsh chemicals. And bleach is an absolute no go because it fries your hair.
So I always use my go-to DIY method. It’s a super easy way to remove hair color, and you probably already have most of the ingredients you need!
What to Know Before You Begin
This is the hair color I started with. But no matter if you have neon green or pastel pink, this method will still work. However, it works best on recently dyed hair.
If you have a stubborn color or it has been in your hair for a long time, note that you will probably have to repeat this method a few times to completely remove the dye.
Your hair will feel dry following the color removing treatment, but it’s nothing a quick conditioning sesh in the shower can’t fix.
What You Need
Necessary to Remove Hair Color
• Shampoo: I’m using an Aussie shampoo I already have. But a clarifying shampoo or an anti dandruff shampoo would work even better.
• Dish Soap: Any dish soap works fine!
• Vitamin C Powder: I’m crushing up some Vitamin C tablets I have around the house. But I would definitely suggest getting Vitamin C powder if you can. It’s so much easier and will dissolve perfectly into your hair color remover concoction!
• Mixing Brush: I find it easiest to mix everything up with a brush, but a spoon will work fine too.
• Mixing Bowl: You’ll need something to mix everything up in.
• Gloves: If you have sensitive skin, you might want to wear gloves since the mixture can be a little drying.
Optional for More Intense Color Removal
“Toner” for Removing Residual Color
• oVertone Conditioner: I always find this super helpful. Learn more about what I mean in the section titled, “Removing Residual Hair Color”.
Instructions to Remove Hair Color
1. Put Vitamin C powder in the bowl
I crushed up 11 Vitamin C tablets for this mixture. If you’re using the powder I suggested, that’s about 5.5 teaspoons.
2. Add dish soap and shampoo
The actual amount will differ for each person depending on how much hair you have. A good rule of thumb is to just use equal parts of both dish soap and shampoo. If you’re including vinegar or baking soda, continue that 1:1 ratio.
3. Mix it all up
Continue mixing until the Vitamin C powder has dissolved and the paste is smooth.
4. Wet your hair
Either shower or run a wet comb through your hair. You’ll be able to work the mixture through a lot more easily.
5. Apply the mixture
You want to really work the paste into your hair as if you’re shampooing. Scrub hard and rub your hair between your hands like you’re trying to start a fire.
Do this for as long as you can stand–the longer the better. I scrubbed for about 15 minutes.
If you ever feel like the mixture isn’t soapy enough, just add a little more water and it should sud up again.
You’ll know it’s working because as you scrub, your soapsuds will faintly turn the color you’re attempting to remove.
6. Cover and wait 30 minutes
This will give your hair a chance to absorb the mixture and release the dye.
7. Hop in the shower and scrub again
You’ll basically just be repeating step 5, except in the shower. Being in the shower helps because you’ll need to rewet your hair a few times to keep the suds going.
8. Rinse in hot water
After rinsing, follow up with a good conditioner.
9. Repeat (if necessary)
If your hair dye didn’t remove as much as you would like the first time, just repeat all of the steps again until you’re satisfied.
Remember, you can always include white vinegar or baking soda if your color is stubborn.
Removing Residual Hair Color
You might go through steps 1-9 and find that your hair is pretty light, but it still has a faint hue of what used to be there. That was the case for me.
The dark silver color I use is blue-based. So when I washed out the majority of the silver, a tinge of blue was left on my otherwise platinum locks.
The solution is to follow up with a conditioner from oVertone. Choose the conditioner color opposite of your current hair color based on the color wheel.
For example, since I had a blue tone, I went with the oVertone Pastel Orange Conditioner. Orange and blue are opposite on the color wheel, and therefore cancel each other out, leaving a neutral color.
Results
I’m back to a blank slate and it feels great! Now on to that rose gold color…
41 Comments
I have a 2-3″ gray outgrowth and I’m going to be 60 next week and I’m ready to go all gray. Could I use this process?
February 28, 2019 at 6:38 pmHi Roxanne,
First of all, happy early birthday! To answer your question, it’s hard to know exactly how well this process will work for you if I don’t know what color hair dye you currently have.
If you have more of a natural color hair dye, you may be interested in trying a remedy from the store. My #1 suggestion is One ‘N Only Color Fix. This is my go-to brand when I’m not doing a DIY remedy at home and it works great! Basic directions are as follows:
1. Mix equal parts of bottle 1 and bottle 2 in a bowl. (Throw bottle 3 out. It is useless and ends up reversing the effects of 1 & 2)
March 1, 2019 at 12:09 pm2. Apply generously to dry hair.
3. Cover in shower cap and set timer for 20 mins.
4. Alternate every other minute between blow drying warm air and massaging hair while still in shower cap.
5. After 20 mins shower and rinse well. Repeat if necessary.
I used this product and it turned my hair the color of strong urine! The vitamin C treatment removed that color and returned my hair to its normal color.
April 26, 2020 at 9:54 amIDE use a baking soda or bleach wash rather than this product as it’s quite harsh! Just my opinion!
December 23, 2019 at 2:42 amHey thanks for sharing. I have a question: how much time I have to wait until try another color?
September 26, 2022 at 8:42 amI have a dark brown in & im naturally gray & would like to go bad to natural color. Would I be ok to try the home remedy?
March 27, 2019 at 4:29 pmHi Joan,
You would be ok to try this home remedy, but it may not work as well as it did in my post. In my experience it tends to work better with semi permanent dyes/unnatural color dyes.
March 28, 2019 at 1:16 pmHi Maya,
I have naturally strawberry blonde hair, with a lot of natural blonde/white highlights from the sun. I used overtone ginger a few days ago and hate how bright orange it turned out. Will this method get rid of the overtone without affecting my natural color?
May 5, 2020 at 5:57 amI am in the exact same boat as you and have been trying everything I started woth about a level 8 or 9 blonde and it turned my hair inferno orange I’ve been able to get my hair to a pastel very warm yellow by using dish soap and baking soda once a day for three days with purple shampoo I also tried matrix dark envy and that helped with the more red tones
May 11, 2020 at 10:15 pmHi, how much baking soda and vinegar should be added to the mixture you gave?
July 3, 2020 at 12:34 amIs the vitamin C crucial to this mix? Will it work without it? My natural grey has been growing in all over, but the golden brown color I’ve been using is still on the top and ends
July 6, 2020 at 10:44 pmEsta mezcla la puedo usar para retirar el tinte negro
June 1, 2020 at 11:54 amHi I’ve dyed my hair black now at home for 13yrs and I want to strip it out now I have tried every shop bought hair stripper a waste of space I want to know what’s best to strip my hair completely then I can go a lighter shade my natural colours mousy brown but I’m nearly 50 and my grey roots come through within two to three weeks kind regards Janet 😊
April 8, 2019 at 7:34 amHi Janet,
Black is one of the hardest colors to remove, especially if you’ve been dying your hair black for years. The remedy in this post works best for semi permanent or unnatural hair colors and it may not work as well for black.
As I mentioned in a previous comment, my best suggestion for removing permanent hair color is One ‘N Only Color Fix. This is my go-to brand when I’m not doing a DIY remedy at home and it works great! Basic directions are as follows:
1. Mix equal parts of bottle 1 and bottle 2 in a bowl. (Throw bottle 3 out. It is useless and ends up reversing the effects of 1 & 2)
April 8, 2019 at 1:07 pm2. Apply generously to dry hair.
3. Cover in shower cap and set timer for 20 mins.
4. Alternate every other minute between blow drying warm air and massaging hair while still in shower cap.
5. After 20 mins shower and rinse well. Repeat the entire process if necessary. (You will most likely need to since your hair is so dark)
I put Overtone honey brown in my hair and I’m not a fan. Will this method remove Overtone?
April 26, 2019 at 8:18 amHi Becky,
This is the method I always use with oVertone when I’m ready to change up my color. However, I haven’t used any products in their brown line. If I were to guess I would say that this would help to lighten the color but won’t fully remove it the first couple times. Browns tend to hold on longer than unnatural pastel colors.
If doing this doesn’t lighten to a point you’re happy with, try One ‘N Only Color Fix. Basic directions are as follows:
1. Mix equal parts of bottle 1 and bottle 2 in a bowl. (Throw bottle 3 out. It is useless and ends up reversing the effects of 1 & 2)
May 2, 2019 at 11:38 am2. Apply generously to dry hair.
3. Cover in shower cap and set timer for 20 mins.
4. Alternate every other minute between blow drying warm air and massaging hair while still in shower cap.
5. After 20 mins shower and rinse well. Repeat the entire process if necessary.
I used the brown line and then a ton of other home remedies to strip as well as going so far as to use actual pro bleach (Schwarzkopf) and NADA! The one n only was only one that made a diff and I just continued to alternate between it and Olaplex 3 or whichever repair treatment you like but Olaplex is the only product that will keep you from losing your hair and what is there, it will keep it in best shape possible. Using one n only the way Maya says to use it is what I did.
May 14, 2021 at 1:11 pmI can’t warn people enough to stay away from Overtone Brown Series when you are a level 7 or higher and do NOT have brown hair. After stripping it for almost a year, slowly and with Olaplex as my BFF, I still had that baby duck yellow or Big Bird depending on your era! Vit C isn’t one that has ever worked for me and it strips your hair of everything good and leaves the ugly color you’re trying to get rid of. Patience is key but depending where you are on the color wheel/levels and if you’re in a hurry, think of all the money and time and just start shopping around for a color specialist and pay it be after a year of looking like Big Bird, I STILL see yellow and it IS GONE but it haunts me and I SHOULD HAVE just gone looking for the best colorist in the city, paid the money and I would have been my natural white/platinum then instead of losing 6” from having to cut it!
Love n learn! Maya knows her stuff and she got me through the rough parts and stopped many a potential “Brittany Breakdown” hair cut/shave, so do listen to her and NOT the 21 year old at Sally’s or just find that colorist!
My hair is stunning now and I have a stylist who is a Kevin Murphy Salon so my hair stays platinum with some help from my genetics and the Man Upstairs of course! Good products will save you every time and you use less so they last longer! The only non-KEvin Murphy I use is Caviar Leave in heat protector and it last forever and I wash my hair twice a week and no one would know! (Yes, I do still use Olaplex too! #3 for a 30 min treatment every two weeks) but even that, Maya got me there!
Some things worked better than others but I never went bald! She knows what she’s talking about! My BEST suggestion is to throw your Overtone in the garbage and NEVER NEVER support them! Not once did they answer my emails for help! I sent over 20 emails and never received anything but form letters! They only want to sell. They don’t care that the brown series NEVER EVER comes out of a level 7 or higher regardless of your base color. Nope, to end up with great hair, time is the only way.
I totally agree with you. What Maya did to her hair is amazing. I loved to know that.
September 26, 2022 at 8:59 amHi, I tried the vitamin c with nutrogeena clarifying AND head and shoulders shampoo on permanant dark lowlights and used a lot of powdered vit c and left it on under a plastic bag and towel for about 90 minutes. It took my hair a couple shades lighter which is what I wanted, but it did turn a little brassy, so I will use some purple shampoo next time.
August 11, 2019 at 1:05 pmHi Rhianne Newlahnd,
Glad this post helped you. This method will take out EVERYTHING in your hair (that means toner too). So if you end up a little brassier than you want, following up with a purple shampoo is a great idea!
August 13, 2019 at 11:34 amThanks for the post. I tried and it does take the color. However I have curly hair and after the process my curls are almost gone and the hair is very brittle and dry. I use plenty of conditioner and leave in but the hair still very dry. Just be aware before you try. 🤗
March 27, 2020 at 11:35 amAll Plex on Amazon
July 3, 2020 at 5:02 amGet the 1&2 to correct and the shampoo and conditioner for daily (or whatever).
Cheaper, better and u use far less than olaplex and it’s NOT a dupe! It has its own patents!!! Best money spent since debacle with Overtone! I’ll NEVER EVER EVER USE IT AGAIN! OVERTONE…I’m OVER YOU!
Try this… Google how to make fermented rice water. After you shampoo and condition your hair put the rice water in your hair and let it sit as long as possible and then rinse it out. It makes your hair incredibly soft while actually making it stonger!! (Although this is not a fact that I’m aware of, it definitely makes my hair feel almost invincible when I’m combing it out)
February 22, 2021 at 2:34 pmI used hicolor hilights magenta and intense red and it did not work as planned, my hair barely turned red but is leaking red everywhere and has been for a few weeks now. I really don’t want to bleach my hair, Is it okay to use this method or will it not work because it was a permanent dye?
September 3, 2019 at 11:18 amHi Samantha,
It is ok to use this method, but I would guess it wouldn’t be as effective because you used a permanent dye. Red is also one of the hardest colors to remove. You may just want to continue to rinse in the shower until the water runs clear and no more red is coming out. Hopefully that helps to stop the leaking red that you’re experiencing.
September 10, 2019 at 1:25 pmHi Maya,
September 28, 2019 at 6:05 amWell, I’m ready to shave my head. I fell in love with Overtone. I’ve been dying my hair red since I was 18 as I started to turn white then, just like my parents. I’ve only ever used professional dye. It took me three months of GENTLE color removal to get to white (well, almost white, the lightest grey you can imagine, def a level 9 if not10, but sooooo close to platinum).
That’s when I found Overtone. I started with Lavender and then Rose Gold (or vice versa) and I was hooked! I only did the back of my head from my ears down and continued to get the top to a beautiful Platinum! That goal was achieved! Yeah!
And then…..out came Honey Brown…..which on MY white hair going by their strands, would turn my hair to my “old” red!! You see, I stopped using dye because I became ill and with my treatments there was a 100% NO CHEMICALS internally or topically for fear of what it might do to me. I truly thought Overtone was my answer to being the “old” me and getting my signature red back again! So, I ordered a half a dozen tubs (go big or go home!) thinking this is what I’ll do FOREVER! Well, was I an idiot.
I did a strand test, gorgeous, stuck with only doing from my ears down (thank heaven) and then my Dr said NO to Overtone (yes, I tried to explain its natural blah blah blah) so, cold turkey. I did every trick in the book including yours which I shouldn’t have but I wanted MY white hair back.
Well, short of muriatic acid or a straight razor, from my ears down I have baby duck YELLOW HAIR. Now, when I say I’ve tried EVERYTHING, I mean EVERYTHING. I cheated on my Dr and lied and I went so far as to bleach it. It didn’t move. I’ve used EVERY blue and purple shampoo out there (applied dry and left it on over night) and nothing moved, still baby duck yellow. I did the Dawn, Vit C, Vinegar, baking soda concoctions in about 15 different ways. Nothing. It has not moved. I have an inch and a half of white regrowth so there’s THAT bonus.
So, any thoughts? Have you heard of this issue before?
My GF went on her pro stylist blogs and EVERYONE is talking about the removal of Overtone. It’s a snap as long as you do NOT use any color with a yellow undertone or base (pro talk?).
The ONLY thing anyone has had success with is toning the yellow with a true professional blue/purple based toner and to continue to do so until it grows out.
These are pros from Texas to TimBukTu and they are ALL having this issue and hitting a wall. Several have gone so far as to give their client dark hair OR in a couple of instances, chemical haircuts while trying to remove this baby duck yellow.
So my brilliant Maya, I’d be very curious to see if anyone has successfully gotten baby duck yellow out after using Honey brown three times. That’s it.
And I have a few if anyone would like them.
I look forward to hearing from you but my hopes are not high. I’m a pretty positive person given what my life has become but this has truly gotten me down. My hair is my crowning glory (for now anyway. I guess the glass is full right now because all of this could be moot and I may not have any if things don’t improve but I’m staying positive if I’m still looking for answers!)
I await your reply, anxiously. And I am very grateful for any thoughts and even if you are stuck, please know I’m grateful for that honest answer too!
Maybe let people know about yellow based Overtone Colors or at least Honey Brown as I can only speak to that one.
Thanks again and take care. Keep fighting the good fight and you’re an angel for helping all these people that are stuck, like me. (Well I HOPE NOT LIKE ME lol, but you get it!)
Take care, bug hug.
I am literally in the same boat right now, I started with pink and lavender Overtone and was having so much fun. I thought this was a great solution to not using harmful dyes. So like you, I tried their brown collection (I tried espresso) annnnddd yup. Baby duck yellow here as well. I haven’t found a solution. I have been doing this treatment on and off for a week and it seems to be taking little by little but it’s really stuck. I think I will just have to tone it like you suggested =\ I’ll let you know if I find an answer
October 7, 2019 at 8:52 amHey Rebecca,
I just replied to Tannas about my best suggestion for you two, and figured I would reply to your comment as well to make sure you saw my advice. (:
My best suggestion for you both is One ‘N Only Color Fix. This is my go-to brand when I’m not doing a DIY remedy at home and it works great! Basic directions are as follows:
1. Mix equal parts of bottle 1 and bottle 2 in a bowl. (Throw bottle 3 out. It is useless and ends up reversing the effects of 1 & 2)
2. Apply generously to dry hair.
3. Cover in shower cap and set timer for 20 mins.
4. Alternate every other minute between blow drying warm air and massaging hair while still in shower cap.
5. After 20 mins shower and rinse well. Repeat if necessary after giving your hair a rest for a day or so.
Good luck and I hope that helps!
Maya
October 12, 2019 at 1:11 pmHey Tannas,
I’m so sorry you’ve had so much trouble with your hair recently! I haven’t tried the brown line of color from Overtone, so unfortunately I can’t speak on it specifically.
But what I can say is that my best suggestion for you at this point would beOne ‘N Only Color Fix. This is my go-to brand when I’m not doing a DIY remedy at home and it works great! Basic directions are as follows:
1. Mix equal parts of bottle 1 and bottle 2 in a bowl. (Throw bottle 3 out. It is useless and ends up reversing the effects of 1 & 2)
2. Apply generously to dry hair.
3. Cover in shower cap and set timer for 20 mins.
4. Alternate every other minute between blow drying warm air and massaging hair while still in shower cap.
5. After 20 mins shower and rinse well. Repeat if necessary after giving your hair a rest for a day or so.
It smells like rotten eggs, but it gets the job done, haha. I hope that helps!
Maya
October 12, 2019 at 1:09 pmOh MAYA!!! I’m just seeing this now!!! I’m ON IT LIKE A FAT KID ON A SMARTIE!! Not sure where I find it but Google will know!! I love love love love you!!! Anything that will take it out, I’m IN!!!
December 22, 2019 at 5:32 pmYou are the best human ever!!!!!
Wishing you Unicorns, winning Lottery tix and love for 2020!
Xoxo Tannas!!
I’m picking up One n Only at Sally’s tomorrow! Cheaper than amazon! I’m in Canada so it’s $20 at Sally’s and 6x that on Amazon! Definitely worth a drive in the snow! Went on You Tube and looked at a few outcomes of this product and EVERY person that did not know to throw bottle #3 in the garbage completely undid all the good work #1 did! You’re spot on girl!!! Also saw Aislinn take her Rainbow extensions from clown color crazy to platinum usin a mixture of Head & Shoulders, purple Shampoo, 10vol, Dish Soap & Baking Soda (sorry, I didn’t get the ratios but her user name on You Tube is AKA Aislinn and this particular vid is called “REMOVING HAIR COLOR NO BLEACH | BAKING SODA” Exactly like that. So, if One n Only Fails me after a couple few tries without giving me a chemical haircut, I’ll try Aislinn’s recipe. Either way, I WILL BE BACK! I’ll be BLINDE OR BALD but I’ll BE BACK!!! Thank you Maya, truly! So very very much!!! I had given up hope until I saw your email and post today as well as seeing that others are suffering along with me on this horrific experience!! Fingers and toes crossed, results to follow for all to learn from my head! Yippee!!!
December 23, 2019 at 3:03 amHey there Tannas, I’m going through the same thing. Overtone browns turned my grays neon yellow after just 10 min. I tried the vitamin c twice and it helped a little bit. Did you ever find a solution? I guess I will try the one n only. Just curious if that helped you.
December 22, 2019 at 1:32 amThanks
Hannie
Hi Hannie, nope! And the WORST PART is I’ve MEVER received a response from Overtone, EVER. I’ve emailed and sent photos FIVE TIMES.
Just yesterday I tried Schwarzkopf BlondMe bleach first 30 min and nothing.
My bff is going through same thing and since the ONLY two colors that didn’t hurt her precious WHITE hair was Rose a Gold and Lavender, she actually used the Lavender conditioner with 2/3 conditioner and 1/3 water and painted it onto the yellow area below her ears. We both only applied that friggin devils spawn Honey Brown to the area BELOW our ears, parted ear to ear and down! Thank heaven NOT our whole head!!! I’d shave my head!!!
So she did this mixture with the overtone lavender conditioner, on dry hair, used gloves and put it on thoroughly and let it sit for 5-6 min and happen in the shower and washed out the bottom.
It did COVER the yellow but we KNOW as soon as it fades it’ll be there!
I’ve got about two inches of growth now so I may try the lavender cover or a really watered down rose gold JUST to cover the pee yellow.
The ONLY thing I’ve heard of on the blogs my stylist GF is on, is to CUT IT OFF as it grows out. People have tried EVERYTHING, I know I have!!! Probtoners in every expensive line u can think of, bleach, high lift ash, you name it!!
Tell me your Vit C recipe and timing etc!!!!! I’ll try anything and I’ll do it 5 times if it moves some of it out!!!
I actually bought a Pony from ZALA Hair extensions don’t I can cover the yellow!!!
I HATE THEM NOW AND I TELL EVERYONE I KNOW!!!!
Good luck doll and I’ll await your reply and I’ll keep this email in case I find the holy grail of recipes to make this work.
December 22, 2019 at 5:28 pmLavender conditioner, super light looks really pretty on her, I just loathe giving them a dollar!!!
It’s my hair!!! My crowning glory!! I want to cry for all of us!!!!
Hi Tannas,
December 22, 2019 at 10:10 pmI tried the home remedy like 5 times. Left it on for hours. I was about to go out to buy the one n only but I literally could not leave the house with my yellow orange halo head. Absolutely awful!!! I had a home hair dye and just dyed it brown again. I was so looking forward to being able to use overtone to transition to natural gray and stop dying my hair, but I will never use overtone again. I can’t wait till I get the email to do my review. I hope it will warn other people to not use it. I had a good two inches of gray growth and now I’m back to ground zero. At least the dye covered the awful color. One day I might just have to go to the Solon to help tradition to gray. Hi
Wish you luck with yours!!!!
I feel for you so very much!! Well, I tried the one n only exactly as Maya said and the Manager at Sally’s said the exact same directions! Throw out #3! It’s counterproductive! I left it on for 30 min and it definitely brought the yellow up two full levels. Didn’t take me to white but it took me to a manageable blonde color that’s found in nature vs that baby duck fuzz bright neon yellow!!! I toned it with a Wells Opulence Mauve (I think that’s the name) and left it on for about 5 min (it’s permanent toner as I’ve tried every purple shampoo known to woman!) and it covered it enough that it’s got a “cool vibe” to it but MY yellow is from my ears down where I used espresso brown.
January 1, 2020 at 6:31 pmSo…Maya was spot on with that product and those directions and maybe a couple more applications over time would have gotten me to my white but I’m impatient and I’ll let time grow it out!!
As for your review with Overtone, good luck!! I put mine up and I was not nasty or angry, just honest and as classy as I could be given the money I’ve spent and time I’ve wasted and it was up for ONE DAY and down it came!! Weird huh? Why don’t we burn some books to Overtone! So…I HOPE you can get your review up there to STAY!!
I gave my girl at Sally’s a couple of swatches to use as samples and some Espresso, she’s left them up at the till showing what happens with these dark colors to light hair!! She talks people out of Overtone!!! Live it!!! Like I said before, zero issues with Rose Gold and Lavender but anything else… RUN!!!!!
So, THANK YOU MAYA!!!! You Goddess you!!! And for the rest of you, if you have light hair, DO NOT USE ANY IVERTONE BROWNS on white hair because when it fades, the best you’ll fade to is Duck Yelliw NEON… like those PEEPS chicks that are marshmallow!!! Stick with Arctic Fox! Use the diffuser to get great pastels cuz it comes out!!! Overtone… never. You are stuck with it like a very bad marriage!!!! Listen to Maya!!!
Well everyone who HAD beautiful Platinum hair and used red or ANY of the OVERTONE BROWN LINE. It’s too late for you. As for those thinking about it… DO NOT DO IT!!!! IT DOES NOT COME OUT! YOU WILL HAVE EASTER MARSHMALLOWS PEEP YELLOW HAIR!!!
Maya did give me this one and it was the closest I got to getting it to MY PLATINUM!!!!
Here it is verbatim and don’t mess with Dawn or Vit C or Baking soda! They’ll just dry your hair until IG breaks as they don’t open the cuticle!
I’m finally back to platinum with some damage but All Plex Shampoo and Conditioner as well as their 2 step repair helped like the hair goddess couldn’t! Amazon! Buy it! Use it daily! It appears expensive but is 1/4 of Olaplex, easier and IMO, better for this type of repair!!
Ok, here’s Mayas life saving directions:
try One ‘N Only Color Fix. Basic directions are as follows:
1. Mix equal parts of bottle 1 and bottle 2 in a bowl. (Throw bottle 3 out. It is useless and ends up reversing the effects of 1 & 2)
2. Apply generously to dry hair.
3. Cover in shower cap and set timer for 20 mins.
4. Alternate every other minute between blow drying warm air and massaging hair while still in shower cap.
5. After 20 mins shower and rinse well. Repeat the entire process if necessary.
I did it once a week for three weeks, conditioning and repairing in between with All Plex (again, Amazon! It’s Italian and no it’s NOT an Olaplex Dupe! Has its own patents, smells delish!) AND, now that I’ve FINALLY got MY OWN HAIR BACK and yes I did cut 3-4” but beats Duck Yellow poking out! I’ve actually been brave enough to use direct dye Pravana chromasilk vivids Rose Quartz! Love it!! And guess what…. it actually does what it says it does! IT WASHES OUT!!!
July 3, 2020 at 4:54 amNear the end of 8-9 washes I used a clarifying shampoo from Paul Mitchell and then used Fanola No More Orange (yellow or orange would have worked really but I was out) and then conditioned with Schwarzkopf and a Dab of purple conditioner and I’m BAAAACCCKKK!!!
Could NOT have done it without Maya!!!! Without that one & only color fix I never would have made it! I would have been GI JANE!
I love you Maya❤️❌❌❌
Tannas
PS: I’ve STILL NEVER EVER HEARD FROM OVERTONE EVER!!!! I don’t want money I would just like a warning for platinum people!!!!
I wish I could figure out a way to show my hair once I got to platinum and after cutting etc etc etc
Well, I tried pravana Direct dye in Silver which is essentially Overtone now that I think about it as you mix it with conditioner and leave it on. Sound familiar. Worth a try. Got a crap spotty silver, purple, green. It was put on professionally so again I’ll blame that on Overtone.
October 7, 2019 at 1:47 pmMy GF then came over with Schwarzkopf BlondMe Bleach and 20vol Oil Infused Developer and on that went for 30 min and it was back to lighter yellow duck, but it was a bit lighter, had a orange hue (level 8-9) when wet.
So, I pulled a Hail Mary and grabbed the Wella T18 (shoulda done 28) added 2.5 cap fulls of the violet cooling additive used the Schwarzkopf 20vol (I use this religiously as it has a similar technology to olaplex built right into its entire BlondMe line so it’s all I’m using with Olaplex treatments in between and hair is in remarkably good shape-wrong color but great shape) and left on for 30 min. Could have gone 40 but I’m paranoid.
It’s now a blonde found in nature rather than Duck Yellow and I can live with it …. for now.
But, since I’ve got it this light again, and I REALLY DO NOT want blonde other than platinum, I may just put rose gold or lavender on that blonde until it grows out (about a year worth) and keep cutting as I know if I stop using lavender or rose gold, they come out completely!
But ohhhhh honey….run hard and fast from anything with a mellow base in Overtone. No one has replied to me from Overtone and I spelled out the entire story from day 1. Very detailed. Nada.
So, now I just tell people, run, don’t use it!
I’ll keep you posted if I find anything as well.
I’m going to chelate next time I do another bleaching in a month. We have hard water and ellebangs on YT has a quick do it yourself chelation first hair that uses lemons and something else and it really works for stripping any sulphate off so I’ll do that in a month.
But if you can, olaplex #1&2 are hair savers! Try to get mitts on those if you can!
Good luck and I’ll let u know if I hear from Overtone as well. This issue is just now popping up on YT I’ve seen as of late. Way to be “first” at something huh? Eye roll.
Take care!!
T
I have urban muave metallic and bleached ot before that. Will it still work
October 13, 2020 at 4:57 pmI found out that, searching for vitamin c powder, it also comes in liquid form and would be better for mixing with soap and not being super gritty so, less damaging. I got mine at Vitacost.
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Can you use emergen-c packets? I have a bunch of those lying around.
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