i approve!
Reviewer:
V
Thu Nov 24 2005
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I have been dyeing my hair for 4+ years. Two years ago, I was changing the color every month, and I continue to change it but with much caution and not nearly as often. My hair has been every color, so you can imagine what a beating it has taken. I went from reddish-brown to black this year. I bought Colorfix after only having the black in my hair for ~3 weeks. I read the reviews on here first.
I mixed half of bottle 1, half of bottle 2, and shampoo --an amount equivalent to one of those bottles-- in a bowl and left it on my hair for somewhere between 45 min. and an hour! I was left with a very pretty, natural-looking shade of brown, and I later realized that it was just a tad lighter than the reddish-brown that I had started out with. The only thing is that when I dyed my hair black, my natural roots were grown in about an inch. When I used Colorfix, those roots were showing again. It was really no problem, though, and I loved the result.
And everyone on here is right-- that stuff does smell very rotten, and the smell stays for about a day.
Colorfix is very gentle! If damage was done to my hair, I am unaware. I am a hair dying fanatic, and I have used just about everything, and this is good for those who don't want to bleach and break their hair.
I read in reviews on here that using Processing Lotion was a bad idea-- so I did not touch it. I did not need to. I heard that it darkened your hair again. Funny story: after using Colorfix (I also used it again after that, but it only made it a little lighter.), I decided that I wanted my hair light brown, so before I dyed it light brown, I'd have to get it a little lighter. I mixed bleach with shampoo --nevermind the amounts-- and it was a pretty dumb idea because my hair has gone back to black! I don't understand how that works, but my hair is now black at the roots (about 4 in.), and the rest, the long tips, are reddish-brown.
My point is: Don't blame Colorfix entirely if your hair gets darker. This might happen because you mix shampoo with it, depending on how much you put in (the less, the better). Some kind of a reaction takes place. My advice is to do what I did or to even use less shampoo than that. I am going to try Colorfix again sometime this winter.
I hope that this helped and that it was not too long, sorry!
Great product!
Reviewer:
Lisa Thibodaux
from Thibodaux, La 70301 Sun Sep 28 2008
I have been dying my hair for about 20+ years blond. I am naturally light brown. I have gone to salons, but they could never get the color I wanted. So I decide to do it myself, but after 8 months to a year the color starts to build up and gets real brassy. I use this product to completely strip the color out and start fresh. After the product I put in a color a little lighter than I normally do. It comes out great. My hair actually feels healthier after. I highly recommend this product. I also like the idea that you don't have the use the whole product.
After applying one n' only my hair does come out with a orange tint. I just reverse by using a color mixture with gold base and a few drops of the color nearest to mind in the voliet base. It evens it out.
Best product ever!
works soo good!
Reviewer:
anonymous
Tue Sep 23 2008
I dyed my hair black about 5 days ago and thought I'd get used to it but it makes me look like the Lily Munster. I tried to dye it a lighter color in hopes that it would cover the black.. but nooothing covers black. So I read all the reviews for this product and Color Oops and found that Color Oops didnt work well for people with black hair. After reading the reviews on skipping the third lotion step, I was going to do that, but the box made it seem like my color was going to come back if I didn't use it so I did. Before it was an orange color which kind of freaked me out so I used the lotion and it made most of the black come back with some dark brown color (the color i had in previously) mixed in. But I didn't get the lotion very well in the back and it took my hair back to it's natural brassy brown color so I'd definately skip the lotion step. I still have some mix left over so I'll apply again in a few days. But for everyone who says this will dry out your hair and damage it.. I've colored my hair twice, used Colorfix.. and dyed it again and it's as heathly as the days when I didn't dye my hair. And I'm going to use colorfix and dye it again if it's uneven again, so I'll let you know if it falls out. Colorfix is amaaaaazing and I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to take out any color in their hair
Saved my hair - and my wedding!
Reviewer:
anonymous
Sun Sep 21 2008
After years of overprocessing and hair dying, I decided to try to dye my hair back to it's normal colour (medium brown) one last time. Big mistake! L'Oreal's "Double Espresso" came out blue-black. I phoned several hair salons and they told me that the only way to fix my hair was to bleach it and then start over. I have baby fine hair and there is NO WAY that I could have bleached it, especially with my wedding coming up next summer. I was pretty hesitant to try this product because I figured, if it's so great, then why don't hair salons use it? I decided to give it a try anyway and am I ever glad I did! I am so grateful for this product; my hair is back to it's natural colour (a brownish-auburn) and it is healthier than it's ever been in years! I don't need to worry now about having light roots and black hair in my wedding photos.
I used the entire product, following the exact instructions. When I rinsed it out, my hair was a bright orange colour but the toner brought it back to my natural colour. I think the toner (step #3 is really important to achieve your natural shade).
This is a wonderful product and I would highly recommend it to anyone who has dyed their hair too dark. The smell isn't as bad as I thought it would be either.
Worked exactly how I thought
Reviewer:
Mary
from California Sun Aug 03 2008
I needed a color remover to remove my medium brown shade of hair dye as I was trying to go blonde. Colorfix worked exactly how I was hoping it would- removed all the brown, and left me with a good base color of a very light orange to start with. I was able to move on to bleach and bleach my hair with less steps to get to the light yellow I needed. I wish I had known about this a year ago when I first tried to go from a dark brown to blonde.
The product is very stinky, but the smell will go away once you wash your hair a couple times. I didn't end up with my natural color, but it removed the color I didn't want, all without noticable damage.
Worked exactly how I thought
Reviewer:
Mary
from California Sun Aug 03 2008
I needed a color remover to remove my medium brown shade of hair dye as I was trying to go blonde. Colorfix worked exactly how I was hoping it would- removed all the brown, and left me with a good base color of a very light orange to start with. I was able to move on to bleach and bleach my hair with less steps to get to the light yellow I needed. I wish I had known about this a year ago when I first tried to go from a dark brown to blonde.
The product is very stinky, but the smell will go away once you wash your hair a couple times. I didn't end up with my natural color, but it removed the color I didn't want, all without noticable damage.
definitely better than color oops!!!!
Reviewer:
bazet
Sat Jul 26 2008
I have brown hair, which turns kind of light brown in the summer, but I prefer darker hair when I'm tan. So I bought a box of dark brown hair dye, and turned my hair absolutely JET BLACKKKK. no brown whatsoever. My hair was darker than my black dress pants! I thought I could live with it, but couldn't. The day after I dyed it I tried Prell shampoo. It definitely worked a little, but only lightened up certain spots. A week after I dyed it, I bought 2 boxes of color oops. All this did was make me look like a leopard!!! My hair was literally spotted black and brown. It was awful. So another week later I went out and bought colorfix, it evened up hair for sure. Kinddd of turned it a little red, but I can only notice in pictures. I decided to use another half a box and worked better. My picture is the end result. It's close to my otiginal color, and anything is better than the the jet black it was!!!
does really work
Reviewer:
lucy stebbing
Wed Jul 02 2008
i had been dying my hair for about 2 years intensively and on and off before that from being 13. i had been using a deep brown and then decided to go for black, which turned out to be a disaster, i dyed it black 3 times before i decided to remove it. i used half the bottles, doing it 2 times and it all came out, but i think i needed to do it another 2 times to get it to my natural shade. it will never give you your natural colour back, it goes an orange auburn colour. so i decided to put a pre lightener on it to take it to a nutral shade, whcih worked and then i dyed it a light golden brown. this product really does work, just be careful.
Do your research
Reviewer:
Miyuki
from Ohio Tue Jul 01 2008
This product works for some. I've been doing hair for over ten years and have been working with this product for over three. If you plan on using this and don't know much about how the dye that you put into your hair will have affected the base color, DO YOUR RESEARCH!
A lot of people are complaining about orange or brassy results. This is because hair dye doesn't leave your natural color underneath. Without getting too technical most dyes on the market work into your hair and change the color of the natural strand: if you use this product it will more than likely be coppery or brassy, sometimes red or orange (especially if you used black or dark brown dye). This is essentially a hair stripper. This means it strips the color to leave you with a fresh canvas for NEW COLOR. Be prepared to color your hair to your "natural" or new shade because, like some of the reviewers below, you may not get what you expect.
That said, I've had wonderful results with everyone I've used this on except for myself. I'm asian and dye my hair black (my natural color is brown). I wanted to strip the black out and give myself the freedom to lighten my hair but multiple uses of this product brought me back to dark brown. Fine. But the pigment became darker and darker until two days later, I was back where I started. This is the only bad experience I've had with this product.
Great product!!
Reviewer:
Samantha
from Toronto, Ontario Sat Jun 28 2008
I have to say that I was VERY skeptical about this at first but now that I've tried it, I'm convinced that this is a GOD SEND. I have ethnic hair. It's naturally dark brown- short, frizzy, thick and very curly. I've been dying my hair for the past 3 years. I started out dying it red and when I got tired of that, I dyed it black to get as close to my natural hair colour as I could. I was told that the only way to get the red out of my hair was to dye it black or with a darker colour. THEY WERE WRONG!! This stuff is GREAT!! It got all of the black and red hues in my hair completely out. It didn't damage my hair, and it's now completely even (and ready for another hair dying session). I would definately recommend this product to anyone who wants to remove hair dye, especially jet black hair dye. It worked for me!!!
AMAZING!
Reviewer:
Kaila
from Wisconsin Sat Jun 21 2008
i had dyed my hair a dark brown, that turned out black, but eventually faded into the color on the box, which was still to dark for me. its been a couple months, and i've tried almost everything! i washed with prell shampoo, etc etc. i looked up ways to get it out, and found several different hair color removal kits. i chose this one, and it worked AWESOME! i was skeptical on if it was going to work or not, and i'd have to just wait and grow it out. but no, 20 minutes later i was back to the color i wanted! it worked after months of having the dye in, and trying to redye my hair! i recommend this for anybody with dark hair! or any color hair even!
Utter Disapointment
Reviewer:
Crystal
from Texas Mon May 19 2008
I dyed my hair black a month ago and it started to fade. Instead of dying it black again I wanted to go back to my original color (or something close). I read EVERY SINGLE REVIEW written about this product and chose to use it. I applied the product, followed directions exactly, and skipped step 3. My results? HAHAHAHA! If I remeber correctly my hair has never resembled that of Ronald McDonald until after I used this product. My hair frizzed, was severely damaged and turned bright red/orange. I thought that if I died it medium ash blonde it would turn a medium brown. Once again I was wrong and after following the exact directions on the box of the dye my hair turned pitch black. My hair was blacker than when I originally started so now I have fried fuzzy black hair and am facing having to cut off an entire years worth of hair growth over this mistake. DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS ME! DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT- I DO NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU! YOU WILL END UP WITH BRIGHT ORANGE OR TOMATOE RED HAIR THAT IS FRIZZY WITH UNEVEN TONES. Please consider my advice and proceed with caution. Best of luck.
I hate this product!
Reviewer:
anonymous
from sc Sat May 10 2008
Ive been goin to the salon and dying my hair red with blonde streaks for months now and i loved it. but i got tired of paying 80 to 95 dollars each time. so i decided to try and go back to my natural color which is dirty blonde. and after reading like 200 reviews about this product i decided to buy it. but like it ruined my hair i would have rather kept spending 95 dollars to get it done . it feels the same it just didnt get all the color out. my hair is orange with bleach blonde streaks. now i have to go to the salon neways and see if they can help. this product sucks.
One n' Only Colorfix - Truly a Godsend!
Reviewer:
Mrs. Pratt
Thu May 08 2008
I just recently highlighted my hair that was already highlighted, lowlighted, middlelighted and every kind of lighted in between. The results were no highlights anywhere expect ont he very top of my head all the way to my scalp that were as yellow as mustard. I struggled with the bright do for no longer than a day before I decided to do something about it. I called all professional places which were open on this Sunday and most didn't do coloring on Sundays. The ones that did were booked until later that week. Being a teacher at a private school, I needed to do a very quick and workable fix before Monday. I found One n' Only through a Google search on color correction and read every single review. I saw plenty of rave reviews for hair correction from dark to light, but nothing to get rid of bright blonde highlights going to darker ash blonde. I didn't care at that point, I figured I'd call in sick anyway on Monday, so I bit th bullet and purchased a box. I also bought a shade as close to my natural color as I could remember. I mixed the entire bottles of Step 1 or 2 together (because my hair was layered and about 2 inches past my shoulders). I used every drop of the mixture. I just put on my rubber cleaning gloves and mixed the solution into my hair with my hands making sure I saturated my hair like I was shampooing. I slipped a plastic bag over my hair and used the hair dryer on low heat every 5 minutes keeping the bag warm. I watched my hair get to an bright orange hue. I rinsed, shampooed, dried and slapped on the ash blonde. I did a strand test after 5 mins. and it was perfect! Everything is happy again in teacher land and I went onto work on a very happy Monday!
Its a miracle!!
Reviewer:
Deanna Bartelme
from Two Rivers, WI Mon May 05 2008
I had dyed my hair a bright fake red; don't ask me why...I hated it the next morning. I am dishwater blonde to begin with and was trying to cover gray before a vacation. I used colorfix for only 10 minutes, and I became a nice shade of blonde on top with some nice strawberry blonde left on the ends. I love it!!! This product is amazing.
THIS STUFF IS GREAT!!!
Reviewer:
Nicole
from Menifee, CA Fri Apr 25 2008
Long story short, I died my hair Bigen perminant Dark Brown, which turn out Jet Black, used this 2oz of 1, and 2oz of 2 and 2 1/2 oz of Herbal Essance Moisturizing Shampoo, and I used 3, which made my roots natural color instead of the brassy color people are getting from not using. My hair is now a beautiful Mahogony Brown. You have to try this...
Can 't Beat this...
Reviewer:
Long-Time-Hairdresser
from Reno,Nv Mon Apr 21 2008
This product by far exceeds the best I've used on clients hair!!Follow directions. Cuts time in half,results very satisfactory,does not damage the hair. Word of advice, apply quickly,evenly comb thru keeping hair moist,within the designated time,(check every 5 min) rinsing thoroughly is the key.
I don't understand
Reviewer:
Tracy
Sat Apr 19 2008
I used this product to remove black hair dye. I was skeptical but to my amazement after leaving it on for about 30 mins. it worked but left my hair an orange color. I used the processing lotion which made my hair brittle and it turned dark again. I repeated the process and it stripped the color again to the orangey color. I then re-dyed with light ash brown which I only left on for about 5 mins. and I have black hair again. Complete waste of time and money. I had really hoped it would work.
Awesome product
Reviewer:
Nik
Wed Apr 16 2008
I have used this product many times before to get out very dark colors from my hair. Most recently I used it on my dark brown hair and it turned it to a light strawberry blonde color after only one process.
I've noticed, reading some of these reviews, that people re-color their hair shortly after using the Color Fix product and have come out with black hair (in general). You must realize that this product leaves your pores open so they take color in and absorb it quickly which means your hair will color darker than your intentions. I would use a protein filler before you re-color your hair or atleast wait a couple of weeks or if you cannot wait, choose a color that is atleast 1-2 shades LIGHTER than the color you have in mind.
Didn't work!
Reviewer:
Jessica
Wed Apr 16 2008
The product does not work at all, and smells bad. It took 5 weeks to get the smell out of my hair.
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