L'OREAL Effasol Color Remover

This stuff worked amazingly well. I had anticipated having a slight tinge of mint green left in my hair, but this completely removed all the blue and green tones from my hair. (Blue-green is infamously difficult to remove from hair). I had a several months worth of layered blue and green direct and oxidative dies in my hair. To be fair, this stuff IS damaging. My hair is very dry now, but it was better than using straight bleach. It did not drive the pigments deeper into my hair, which bleach would have done. Because my hair was darker, I use the 20 volume developer and left it on for about 20 to 25 minutes. It left a little tinge of peachy pink near my roots. I probably could have left it on longer to remove that... but I planned on coloring it strawberry blonde anywho, so that did not bother me.

This worked for me. In this photo posted I have yet to dye over it. I need to condition (dryness) and give my hair a break. On the left I had henna/indigo and chemical dark brown dye. I used one packet with 20 vol developer for 30 minutes. It won’t lift the henna completely out, which is okay with me. I knew how permanent henna was going into this. I am pleased with the results.

Works wonderfully! I had box dyed blue black hair over my natural light brown/dark ash blonde. I followed the directions on the packing and mixed it with 2.5oz of 20 volume developer. Let it process for 50 minutes because of how dark my hair was. (Says 50-60 min for very dark hair) I tried to avoid my roots but it's hard when you do it yourself. My roots ended up bleach blonde and my hair was orange. I rinced, dried and immediately used a box of light ash brown hair color. My roots are understanding a touch lighter, but I'm very pleased with the results. It does leave your hair a little dry so condition well after re-coloring, and there is an ammonia smell, buy if you wear a shower cap during processing it's no biggie. I highly recommend this product.

This stuff is the truth! So good! 🙌🏻 This was mixed with developer and left on for 45 mins, rinsed and a second application applied on the stubborn spots for 25 more. Before and after pics.

Worked perfectly! I have naturally black hair that is bleached to create a ombre baylage. I used adore and artic fox semi-permanent purple dye for months. Before there were red colors as well.I mix this product with water(too much) and shampoo(does not say to I just did to make it easier to put on my hair and made the product go further). I left it on for about 25 minutes and my hair went pack to it's original state before the dye. My hair felt terrible afterwards, but an oil treatment repaired it nicely.

Used a medium brown color product on my faded brassy hair - it went almost black. My first attempt to fix I used Color Oops. That did very very little and in fact left the ends of my hair looking darker than the rest. Learned about the L'Oreal product, a great company that I generally use to color my hair. This was GREAT. My hair was DARK, so I used developer, only two oz and added 1 tablespoon water. It worked super fast; I only left it on 25 minutes and my hair is now back to were I started. It is not dry. I am very pleased.

I dyed my hair with Pravana Vivids (over lightly bleached ends) in October of 2016. I used a mixture of Wild Orchid and Violet, and it was beautiful. I highly recommend Pravana for fashion colors, they LAST! However, after a while, I did want to change my hair up.. I'm a hair color-changing-junkie, but I did leave it in for a good long time (used this product end of March 2017), only because it just would not wash out! I used vitamin C crystals, harsh shampoos, but I didn't want to bleach my hair again because I didn't want to destroy it. I came across some reviews stating this product worked, so I decided to give it a try. I used one package mixed with warm water (as instructed on the package), and I could see the blonde coming through as I was putting the product in. I will say, this stuff looks a lot like bleach powder, not sure if it is, but the ammonia smell is VERY strong. I had to turn on the fan and open the door because the stink was burning my eyes and nose. I am also glad I didn't have all over color, and it was just the ends of my hair, because there isn't a ton of product, but I was able to get all my color out. I ended up leaving it on for about 30 minutes, which was probably longer than needed, but I wanted to make sure all the color was removed, and it was! I'm pretty happy with it. I used a deep conditioner afterwards, and my hair feels pretty good.

I'm amazed how well this worked for only 8 dollars. I had semi permanent (arctic fox) dye in that I had only washed once or twice (before pic is third) and needed to take out for a job interview. I mixed this with about half an ounce of clear 30 developer and an ounce and a half of water. That wasn't what the instructions said but I just decided to work with what I had. At first I really was worried. The stuff smells like the worst bleach you've ever sniffed, and it made my hair feel like it was made out of corn husks while it was on. I just visually measured how blonde it was, all told it took me about an hour for the color to come out which is much longer than the packet says. But it didn't seem to damage my hair at all, my thick curly hair is still as soft and bouncy as usual! I tried not to get it on my roots but it did get on my bangs and lightened them significantly, just something to keep in mind. My hair was not bleached before but was blonde and is now significantly lighter than it was when I applied the dye. If I had used a stronger mixture and left it on longer I have no doubt the color would have come 100% out. Right now it's at about 99% but It left me with a strawberry blonde that I actually think is really pretty.All in all I definitely recommend, I was really shocked by how gentle it was and how well it worked.