"Colour B4" Hair dye remover

Cocolola

I had a quick look through this thread and the FAQs on Scott's page but can't seem to find a similar hair 'story' to mine so I'll annoy ye all here instead

I'm a natural mousey brown colour. About 3 years ago I had it gradually dyed to blonde in a salon (see below)




Then 2 years ago I had it dyed close to my natural colour. It's been a really long time since I've been back to have it dyed again as I just can't afford it. So it's now back to mousey brown from my roots to about chin level and the ends are a light brown/blondish colour (again see below and please ignore the awful greasy mess, it's the only pic I could find!)




It looks much worse than that in real life
So, I want to dye it a chocolate or copper brown myself. Could I just buy hair dye and do it or should I use Colour B4 and then dye over that? I know it'll leave me with the bottom half of my hair blonde from the bleach.

Julio__Bitchez

I used this back at the end of May, my natural hair colour is a light brown but I had put about 3 shades of Auburn semi & perm dye on it, then after that I had put a ginger dye over it, then a few blonde shades then a brown, so I had a lot of crap layered on my hair.

B4 Colour did lighten it...But it was nowhere back to my natural colour, so a few weeks later I bought the extra strength one, still didnt completely remove the dye, but definitely lightened it.

kate_2293

How bad is it for your hair though? Compared to just dying it??

Pandoras Twist

kate_2293 wrote: »

How bad is it for your hair though? Compared to just dying it??

Not bad at all. Didn't hurt my hair in the least

Lollipops23

:pI've been dying my hair a warm auburn colour for the last several years- before that I was dark brown and before THAT I was blonde (going back several years now!!)
I was hoping to use colour B4 to take my back to my natural colour and then to go slightly deeper red (to get a better result and to get rid of build up). Is it likely I'll end up with some horrific patchy colour? I was hoping to go a few days between stripping and dying

LadyMayBelle

Just used the Colour B4 on my hair again. I used it last summer to take out the build up of dark brown and red, and got a ginger effect, which I put a few heads of highlights on over a few months, and had a nice blonde shade. Then gradually went dark again, using semis over the past year, and then today used Colour B4....back to blonde, my natural.

For anyone considering using it, I recommend it, because you cannot really go wrong with it as it is not like dying your hair; you aren't gonna end up that patchy.

Def worth a shot, it's my second time now and very happy again.

saraocallaghan

I was just wondering what ash blonde colour people use? I have naturally very dark brown verging on black hair colour but I've dyed it all the colours under the sun (bar bleaching it, which I did when I was 18 and got high in my friend's bathroom from the fumes, never again!!!)

I dyed it black last halloween and that has clung to the ends of my hair for the last year.

So would the colour B4 make my hair go really light and if I use the ash blonde in it will that have an effect? Sorry for the rambling post!

LadyMayBelle

It would bring your hair back to a lighter colour Sara, maybe not as light as you are hoping, but gets rid of all that leftover dye.

*I think* he recommends Clairol light ash blonde (semi!!)

I've put up the before and afters for me, please bear in mind that my hair wasn't that dark before, but I wanted to left the leftover dyes... I'l see if I can find the pics of when it was really dark and i lifted it..

saraocallaghan

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

It would bring your hair back to a lighter colour Sara, maybe not as light as you are hoping, but gets rid of all that leftover dye.

*I think* he recommends Clairol light ash blonde (semi!!)

I've put up the before and afters for me, please bear in mind that my hair wasn't that dark before, but I wanted to left the leftover dyes... I'l see if I can find the pics of when it was really dark and i lifted it..

Thank you so much LadyMay. I'm nervous about trying it cos of the stories of hair going ginger. Considering my hair is so dark!!!

Tiriel

I've been dying my hair dark brown for years, naturally I'm dark brown - it's to cover stray greys.. I was hoping to get some highlights done. I know that they most likely will work on the top 2 inches of my hair, which doesn't have permanent dye on it. Would it help to use Colour B4 and then go to the hairdresser to get the colour done? Should I let them strip it? Cost is important too

LadyMayBelle

I would never pay a hairdresser anymore to strip my hair with that product on the market...fyi i also only used the regular strength; there is a 'max strength' one available.

Tiriel

How long would I need to leave between using the Colour B4 and then visiting the hairdressers? Could I use any colour wash or anything afterwards to even it out/anything to stop it looking crazy if it does come out mad?!

LadyMayBelle

According to the leaflet, your hair is good to go once you've used it colourb4. They recommend that if you don't want to leave it (it won't come out mad tbh) then stick a semi permanent ash blonde over it. Give it a shot

Tiriel

Whoop! Will do, what have I got to lose *don't answer that!!*

LadyMayBelle

I don't have the best or strongest hair. It's thick ish, but far from luscious. There's heat damage and it doesn't grow in some spots due to excessive straightener use. I've still never had a prob using the product. Smells a wee bit ick (I noticed it a bit more this time but it's manageable) Be sure to post pre and post pics!!!

Tayla

This tip works great after colour b4 if you're not entirely happy with the result http://www.tipking.co.uk/tip/5919.html

shivkk06

ive been looking this up online n ive read few times that it doesnt work well on Schwarzkopf dyes. I ve been using feria deepest red and more recently the schwarzkopf dark red for well over a year between the two colours. has anyone had success at removing these colours?

Magenta

shivkk06 wrote: »

ive been looking this up online n ive read few times that it doesnt work well on Schwarzkopf dyes. I ve been using feria deepest red and more recently the schwarzkopf dark red for well over a year between the two colours. has anyone had success at removing these colours?

If you mean the Schwarzkopf XXL dyes, yeah from what I hear they contain high amounts of silicone, and every time you heat style your hair afterwards, the silicone melts into your hair and the colour is literally welded to your hair.
Scott Cornwall himself has complained about people complaining Colour B4 doesn't work, but they had used XXL, and also I am on a hairdressing pro forum and they all complain also that nothing gets XXL out. However I guess it depends on the person, everyone's hair is different.

happybunny21

My hair is naturally mousy brown but it has previously been a gingery colour..will this make my hair go back to brown or go to ginger??

Pandoras Twist

It goes back to your natural colour. If peroxide was used to lighten your hair it will go back to a lighter, usually more gingery colour.

If it comes out gingery, Dye your hair afterwards and picka colour thats close to your natural colour. Its fine to dye your hair afer colour b4

TheJinMu

What colour is it dyed?

therambling

Currently 20 mins into the application of colour b4.. Feeling pretty nervous!

Pandoras Twist

How did it turn out?

Going to be doing this again myself at the weekend. My current hair colour is too dark. Seeing ridiculously visible roots after 4 weeks.

tan11ie

It strips the heavy build up of dye from your hair , it has never brought my hair back to it original colour ....I always have a box of dye ready to go in after it.

Dark Phoenix

Guys does this stuff damage your hair? I am debating using it. I've long hair and its a mess of colours - a horrible dull brown at the top where the dark brown dye I used last faded out and the mid to ends is a dark reddish brown from god knows what mix of medium browns and reds. The ends are currently raspberry coloured where I bleached them. I had dip dye before and it looked great but for some reason thsi time the bleach wouldn;t take properly so it looks a bit dull. I'd do my usually and dye over the lot only I can see that being a mess with it already a few colours.

anyway I'm tempted to use this to strip out the colours and then just dye over the whole lot with either a dark brown or a dark red. My only worry is that it would wreck my hair and given that I already bleached the ends I wasnt sure if it would make them worse.

I never use permanent dye (except the bleach at the very ends) so its all build up from semis - boots botanics demi permamanet, loreal castings, revlon colour bomb

irishgirl19

Dark Phoenix wrote: »

Guys does this stuff damage your hair? I am debating using it. I've long hair and its a mess of colours - a horrible dull brown at the top where the dark brown dye I used last faded out and the mid to ends is a dark reddish brown from god knows what mix of medium browns and reds. The ends are currently raspberry coloured where I bleached them. I had dip dye before and it looked great but for some reason thsi time the bleach wouldn;t take properly so it looks a bit dull. I'd do my usually and dye over the lot only I can see that being a mess with it already a few colours.

anyway I'm tempted to use this to strip out the colours and then just dye over the whole lot with either a dark brown or a dark red. My only worry is that it would wreck my hair and given that I already bleached the ends I wasnt sure if it would make them worse.

I never use permanent dye (except the bleach at the very ends) so its all build up from semis - boots botanics demi permamanet, loreal castings, revlon colour bomb

it works like bleach in lifting the pigment from your hair so it would damaging but the extent really depends on the condition of your hair. It may not be too bad. If you have only been using semis and colour bombs you may not need to leave it in too long, if it lifts quiet quick just rinse it.I wouldn't leave any of those things in for a set time .If your hair has been dyed red it will be harder and longer to lift.try avoid the roots as its new hair and will lift different.

Alternatively, you could use bleach, shampoo and hot water mixed together and massage it into your hair. You will need to watch it though. It may only take too minutes.

Have the new dye you want to put in at the ready

Pandoras Twist

Dark Phoenix wrote: »

Guys does this stuff damage your hair? I am debating using it.

irishgirl19 wrote: »

it works like bleach in lifting the pigment from your hair so it would damaging but the extent really depends on the condition of your hair.

I don't think it works like bleach.

ColourB4™ reverses your hair colouring process. A permanent hair colour works by depositing small artificial pigment molecules inside your hair. If you think of your hair as a swimming pool imagine those artificial pigment molecules as hundreds of marbles. However, all permanent hair colour requires hydrogen peroxide to create that
permanent result. Peroxide causes something called ‘oxidation’ meaning the hydrogen peroxide ‘oxidizes’ when the air hits it and causes those artificial hair molecule marbles to expand to the size of colourful footballs and become trapped inside that swimming
pool (your hair).

Because those colour molecules have expanded they simply cannot be washed from the hair – no matter how hard you try – they are trapped and permanent.

How Does ColourB4™ Work?

ColourB4™ works by literally reversing the above process. When intermixed , parts A and B of ColourB4™ are able to shrink those big (football) artificial hair colour molecules back to their original (marble) size.

Anyway, I used it for the second time the other day. Did no damage to my hair at all. I just used some normal conditioner after I was was washing it out.

My hair was dyed a dark,vibrant red. I have absolutely ****loads of hair (long, thick and unruly) so there were some parts that lifted lighter or less than others but it lifted to pretty much my natural colour, darker on the ends and lighter at the roots. I had planned on going to the hairdressers anyway so I got them to even it out when they were putting in the new semi but I could have easily enough done it myself.

Go for it!

irishgirl19

Anything that lightens your hair is using a high peroxide and or bleach. If I had the pamphlet I would be putting my money on 9% or above. It will have some effect on hair

Tayla

irishgirl19 wrote: »

Anything that lightens your hair is using a high peroxide and or bleach. If I had the pamphlet I would be putting my money on 9% or above. It will have some effect on hair

It doesn't work like bleach at all, it doesn't have peroxide or bleach in it and It doesn't damage your hair, it leaves it feeling as close as possible to virgin hair as you are going to get, it may feel a bit crap after rinsing it for so long but nothing a deep conditioner won't sort out.

TheJinMu

It doesn't lighten your hair, it just lifts the dyed colour's out of it. It wont damage it at all, its nothing close to bleach!!!

tan11ie

Here's the list of ingredients.

Remover: Aqua (Water), Sodium Hydrosulphite, Polysorbate 80, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glycerine, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Fragrance. Activator: Aqua (Water), Citric Acid, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glycerine, Xanthan Gum, Benzyl Alcohol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone. Buffer: Aqua (Water), Sodium Cocosulphate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerine, Lauryl Glucoside, Decyl Glucoside, Sodium Hydrogen, Phosphate, Sodium Chloride, Fragrance, Benzyl Alcohol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone.

Clairabell

Hi does anyone know where I can buy a level 1 colour? I've been to 7 pharmacies/supermarkets today and can't find any???

Fiona

Hey all

I am looking to try this, I have been going black for the last year or so but would like to go back to red.

Would it be safe to put in a red colour after I have removed the colour or do you 100% have to you use this light as colour?

Was thinking of trying one of the wash out reds just to get me buy before using a semi permanent or permanent colour.

Boum

I've been dying my very hair darkbrown with permanent - for years - covering a natural white streak at the front (too hard to maintain). I'd like to see how gray my hair is now - would Colour b4 restore my natural grey/white hair - Any posts I've seen are people wanting to cover gray afterwards - any advise

Candy_Girl

Boum wrote: »

I've been dying my very hair darkbrown with permanent - for years - covering a natural white streak at the front (too hard to maintain). I'd like to see how gray my hair is now - would Colour b4 restore my natural grey/white hair - Any posts I've seen are people wanting to cover gray afterwards - any advise

I'm not sure as I find some old colour is still locked into the hair but the best person to ask would be Scott Cornwall the guy who created it although the product he sells now is Decolour Remover. Here's his Facebook page, he's very helpful.