Got A Hair Coloring Disaster? Too Dark? Green? Poor Color Choice ?
Don't Panic! What you've done, can be undone.....use Color Oops!
Most hair coloring mistakes can be fixed. Many times you can return your hair to its natural color, as long as you haven't used bleach. If you have used bleach, your hair's natural color has been stripped away, leaving you with hair that is varying shades of light blonde or white. Your original color is gone, and it cannot be brought back. In that circumstance, the best you can do is to follow advice on how to lose the offending color you ended up with, and then dye your hair a color that is close to what your natural color was.
However, if you just made a mistake with hair dye, no bleach involved, there is a good chance that your hair can be restored with Color Oops.
Honest Mistake - the color on the bottle is NOT what you ended up with, for whatever reason.
Going Goth - You decided that you wanted to go goth with jet black hair. Now you look like Morticia Addams.
Your Green is Nothing to Envy - You have over processed your hair and now Kermit the Frog wants your number.
Better Dead than Red - You thought your blonde hair would look cute if it was red. Now you look like Carrot Top.
Being Blue has New Meaning - You decided it would be cool to have blue hair....or pink, or teal or even multicolor. Now you look like a unicorn vomited on your head.
Most are repairable as long as you didn't use bleach.
How Does Color Oops Remove Color Without Bleach?
Color Oops has no bleach or ammonia, but it does have aloe vera and soy protein that will help condition and restructure your hair while removing the color. The question is HOW does it remove the color without the damaging your hair? I found the answer to be kind of like magic.....but of course, it isn't.
Hair has several layers and the peroxide in hair dye opens these layers up so the color molecules can penetrate. Your hair may look dark on the outside but the peroxide has lightened the inside layers of your hair, permanently, so Color Oops will not take you back to your natural color. You will end up with lighter hair than your natural shade. Color Oops gets rid of color by reopening the layers of your hair and shrinking the color molecules, so they simply fall off when you wash and rinse.
Honey, I shrunk the molecules!
Regardless of how strange it sounds, it works!
I have been coloring my hair auburn for years. Frankly I was just sick and tired of dealing with it. Any shade of red hair dye fades really quickly. To keep it vibrant you need to reapply every 4 to 6 weeks, but then as your hair grows, the bottom where it is colored over and over gets darker and darker and the new growth at the top is much lighter. After a while it can look quite ombre.
So I decided I needed a change, but how to get rid of the red? And what then? I was in a real quandary, so I decided to check out hair styles and colors on You Tube. I saw some really lovely videos on people with naturally gray hair and I considered it. You Tube is where I saw a video on a product called Color Oops. I was impressed with what I saw in the vid, so I went to the store and bought some. I decided on Extra Conditioning because my hair can use all the conditioning it can get. I still had not decided on the final color, but I decided to go for it anyway.
After I applied Color Oops, my hair looked rather unusual. It was kind of multicolored......some light red, light brown, dark brown and of course, gray. It was not a look that I was thrilled with which I understand is not uncommon. There is a good chance that anyone that uses this product will not like the hair color they end up with.
The answer is simple, just recolor your hair. Color Oops does not do any damage to your hair, so you are safe to recolor it quickly. I waited two days, but that was more for my scalp, which was kind of tender. I decided to go blonde because it is easy to maintain when you have a lot of gray, but I was wondering how blonde it would actually come out without bleach. I loved the way it came out! I was surprised that it did come out such a light blonde considering it really was more auburn than any color, pre-Oops. I always wanted to be a blonde, but I never wanted to have to bleach my hair and maintain it. Now I have pretty blonde hair and I only have to reapply the color about every 3 months, when it starts looking more gray than blonde!
Below is a video showing how to use Color Oops (she chose to use Extra Strength) and the results.
Washed, Dried, Buttered, Peppered, Prepared & Ready to Close Bag
In the Bag, Bag Tie Secure, & All Bag Sides Tucked Inside Pan
In the Oven - Back, Sides & Top Clear
