Absolutely Amazing Product
Reviewer:
Andie Lynn
from Waukesha, Wisconsin Wed Feb 27 2008
Flat out, this stuff works. When I bought it, I didn't think it would be effective at taking out the permanent black boxed dye out of my naturally light brown hair. I was told that stripping the color professionally would be expensive and time consuming, so I opted to try this first. I was amazed at how quickly and effectively this product took the dark dye out of my hair. I left this stuff in for 55 minutes, checking it about every 5 minutes, and when I rinsed and dried my hair, it was a lovely strawberry blonde color. Like other reviewers, I skipped the toning lotion at the end because I didn't want my hair to re-darken. This product works flawlessly and didn't leave any noticable damage to my hair, although the odor is very upleasant. I'd recommend anyone using this product to buy gloves and a high protein, low pH conditioner to use after application. Also, I would adivse anyone to wait about a week after using Colorfix to dye their hair. I would recommend this prouduct to anyone. I'm extremely pleased with it, especially at its low price.
Unbelievably excellent product!
Reviewer:
Stacy
from Santa Monica, CA Mon Feb 25 2008
I used Color Fix twice. This last time, I used Natural Instincts Natural Medium Cool Brown to take some of the red tones out of my lightening hair . . . whoa, daddy, big mistake. My hair went a muddy, flat, dark brown - almost black. Icky icky poo! So, off to Sally's Beauty Supply I went. I did the short version - 1/4 oz each of the products (no toner) with 1 oz of clarifying shampoo. Four (yes, 4) minutes later, I washed everything out and dried it to see the results. Hot diggity dog, just the color it was SUPPOSED to have turned out! A nice medium brown, not too much on the red highlights, but just enough to look fairly natural. I put the rest of the product in the linen closet in case of future emergencies. (By the way, the first time, I did the full kit and kaboodle, 40 minutes, ended up with really light strawberry blond hair, re-colored with a dark blonde and was happy.) My hair in in good condition with a nice shine. I highly recommend this product -- just read the directions and keep an eye on your hair! Much love to all my fellow hair color disaster sisters!
Great results
Reviewer:
Zoe
from United Kingdom Sat Feb 23 2008
I read the reviews on this product and felt very keen to give it a go although I didnt feel very optimistic about the results I decided to give it a go, after 50 minutes I was shocked to find red/brown hair rather than the horrid black I had been for a year. I live in the UK so postage charges are high but I bought enough to last me in case I make any more colour mistakes!!! try it its great.
Praise the Lord and I'm not blaspheming
Reviewer:
Shana
Fri Feb 22 2008
Had to be a bridesmaid, thought a gentle semi light brown would be nice the day before the wedding. Stupid, dare I say it, possibly possessed by Satan hairdresser managed to dye my hair black. This was possibly the worst experience of my life, and I once had a brain haemmorhage, so I don't speak lightly. I looked utterly hideous. Even my scalp was black. No time to get it fixed before the wedding. Have burned any photo of the event with me in it. Tried everything to get the dye out. Hairdresser said, oh dear, we'll have to strip your hair and it will take the best part of a day to get it back to something approaching normal and it will ruin your hair. Also said it wasn't their fault. Yeah, right. I was too emotionally shattered to argue. Found Colorfix on the internet, because there is nothing like this available in Australia. Gave it a whirl.
Didn't leave it on very long and used the shampoo method because I don't think I could cope with another hair disaster. It's OK. Nice auburn (alright, red) highlights on the old mousy brown near original colour. How I love mousy brown hair. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Colorfix.
Great Product!
Reviewer:
Eileen
from Surprise, AZ Tue Feb 20 2008
This review is for red color gone wrong! I used a "bright auburn" over a brown and my hair turned instant Ronald McDonald. I had a old bottle of blond color so I thought I could "fix" the brassy orange by coloring over it immediately. Wrong again, it didn't touch the orange color, it only left deposits of blonde in a few places which intensified the wierdness of the color. Now I was panicked. I got on the web and found this page and read all of the reviews, just like most people said it was a scary thing to try but I figured it couldn't get much worse. My husband ran down to Sally's Beauty Supply and bought the Color Fix for me (I wouldn't leave the house). I followed the instructions to the letter. I put the product on using the gloves and just dipped in with my hand instead of using a brush so I made sure the hair was saturated. I wrapped my head in saran wrap and used the blow dryer a little to warm it up and then went out in the sun for the rest of my 20 minutes. My hair looked a little yellow at the 20 minute point but I removed it. I used the toner on it because I was not afraid of it turning dark. Then I used the conditioner that came with the haircolor I put on the day before, it really left my hair and scalp in nice condition. I almost didn't bother to recolor but decided it was too yellow. I used a medium ash blond for 5 minutes only (as suggested by a few of you). I can't believe how nice my hair came out. If I would have left the new color on any longer it would have been too dark, I sat in front of a small mirror and watched it carefully. I'm not sure how long the new color will stay on because it did not have the full time to develop but I got the result I wanted and even managed somehow to keep some of my highlights. I did not find the smell that offensive, no worse than regular haircolor. I am hoping NEVER to make this mistake again but this product delivers! Cheaper and faster than a salon. Sympathetic husband also kept stress level down...
Used Colorfix to give highlights
Reviewer:
mia
from Atlanta, GA Tue Feb 20 2008
I used Colorfix (full color removal)only on the top of my hair to remove a medium brown dye and give myself highlights. A month ago, I colored my hair medium brown but it turned way too dark. So then I went to a salon for copper highlights to "break up" the dark brown. While it looked better, I still wasn't happy and wanted to go lighter. I used the Colorfix shampoo method and left on for five minutes but it only lightened it about one shade. I was planning to go back to the salon for additional highlights to really lighten my hair, but then decided to try Colorfix as a last attempt to save some cash. I applied Colorfix using the full color removal method ONLY to the top layer of my hair where I would apply highlights. I left it on for thirty minutes (no heat) then washed with a clarifying shampoo and conditioner. The top layer of my hair where I applied the Colorfix is now a reddish blonde with orange-y tones. My previously applied highlights are a little lighter but look good. And the underneath of my hair is still the medium brown, as before. So, in summary, I have at least three different colors in my hair and it looks pretty good, if I say so myself! All the colors compliment each other and I saved the $155 I was going to spend on additional salon highlights AND spared my hair from being bleached. Colorfix rocks my world.
color fix
Reviewer:
anonymous
Sun Feb 17 2008
although this product got the bulk of the red colour out of my hair i am now left with roots that are lighter than the rest of my hair, and it still has a reddish tint
Color Fix
Reviewer:
Christina
from New York
This stuff really works, I had dyed my hair a dark brown a long time ago and whenever I dye my hair the lengths always come out dark and the roots very light. I went to get my color evened out and hilights at a salon and it turned out black!! I used the color fix and the first time it did take out alot of the black color and looked red at first. After a few washes all of the color come out, but the hilights stayed in. It smells really bad, and it takes a few washing to get the smell out, even after that your hair might smell when it gets wet, but it will go away. The main thing is it works.
ColorFix
Reviewer:
Linda
This is the best product I have used to remove unwanted hair color. It is not perfect and that explains the good rating. I have never noticed any hair damage and the only negative is the strong after odor.
It was worth a try...
Reviewer:
Anonymous
from USA Mon Feb 11 2008
My teenaged daughter used a "temporary" black hair dye on her blonde hair. It didn't even turn out black.. just a variety of dark browns which never washed out. Beauty salon said there was nothing they could do except color it the darkest of the brown colors, but I saw this product and thought I'd give it a go. This product says it's for permanent hair dye, so perhaps thats why it didn't remove the... erm, mistake. Glad it works for some; this product didn't work for us.
It really works!
Reviewer:
Crissy
from IL Sat Feb 09 2008
About One year ago I had my natural auburn hair, very pretty. I wanted highlights all the way through my hair and got a full highlight. In the fall, I didn't think it was dramatic enough and went and got my hair done and they did the Kelly Clarkson look - with dark hair, blonde and red highlights. Very cool for fall. Then for a touch up, I just wanted to be more natural dark, no more 'red red' highlights. They did the touchup and all over color (the color was DEMI permanant). Since it came out way to dark for my skin, I went back a couple days later to the salon and got highlights. I ended up with skunk streaks, not to mention that when I was blow drying my hair, some hair was coming out.
Then I went, because the highlights were too bright (and wouldn't take the toner at the salon because it was too bleached out) and got a semi permanant level 6 BG (blonde gold). It went over the highlights very nicely. :) I was happy but then the dark underneath after a few weeks became a lifeless dull muddy color. YUK. It was so harsh against my skin and I was unhappy. Since the semi color came out of my highlights, I did that again - which made the contrast between the two not so bad, (my highlights were no longer blonde but rather a light brown color) but the dark underneath was still too much.
Then I found colorfix. Read all the reviews - got the product, and did a test strand. After 30 min, the color was lifted to a dark auburn and you could see my natural shiny highlights glimmering. I was sooo afraid it would turn orange. Very nice.
That evening, yesterday, I put it on my whole head. I mixed half of the first two bottles and spread it on my head. Lower hair (darker) first - getting the roots first and then working my way up towards the roots. I had it on for 40 min.
PROCESSING LOTION: the way this whole product works, is that it shrinks the color molecules. It liquifies them and then when you are done, you shampoo the molecules out of your hair. This is why you shampoo for so long. (NO actual color is seen when you rinse because the molecules are shrunk) Well, the processing lotion contains Hydrogyn peroxide which will oxidize your hair and when you do that, it shows what molecules remain. That is why sometimes it comes out dark again. With that, you are supposed to re-do the colorfix until the processing lotion becomes clear when going on. Well, Your hair will naturally oxidize in time, (with oxygen duh) and so in order to keep damage to a minimum you can skip the processing lotin. If in a few days the hair darkens, then just repeat the process and shampoo better next time.
REMEMBER: BUY A mixing bowl and brush (this is better than the bottle to mix because with the bottle you may not evenly mix the two products) The bottle works fine if you are mixing for color - but this is thicker so the brush and bowl are much nicer.
BUY A nice shampoo and a condition low in PH. Also, I got a wonderful leave in conditioner at Sallys "Pro-Vitamin Leave-In Conditioner " by Aphogee. It isn't expensive - maybe 7.00.
I got a Aphogee protein pac as well and I will do this tomorrow.
RESULTS!!!
My hair is a very natural dark auburn where the dark was (looks so warm and nice) and the highlights are blonde, but with a gold tone (I think because the semi-permant color I put on them was a BG which is gold, that the gold stayed behind a bit) I was so worried because I put color over highlights that the highlights would look horrible, but they are so pretty. :)
so basically, I feel like I went to something so dark - to a beatiful auburn with highlights. If I went to the salon and they did this with bleach, my hair would be so damaged and destroyed. Instead, it is soft and beatiful.
GOOD LUCK and don't be afraid!!! :)
AMAZING!!
Reviewer:
Lucy.
Thu Feb 07 2008
Ok, I thought it was about time I wrote about this amazing product. So, here's my story..
I started dying my hair black about 2 years ago. I started off with semi-permanent but soon started using permanent because I hated how much my hair would fade. Over the time my hair has been black, I had tried to add highlights when I got sick of looking so dark. That never worked. It turned orange every single time and every single time I would cover up my mess with some more permanent black hair dye. I started to feel pretty hopeless..live with black hair or end up bald..not a hard choice. Black hair is lovely..but not when your irish & french canadian..and white as a ghost. So, during my love hate relationship of 2 years I decided to look for some help. Somehow I ended up here and spend hours reading every single review. 98% being good reviews..I decided to try colorfix. The first time I used it my hair didn't turn too much. It turned dark brown but overall still looking pretty dark for my pale skin. I tried again and it turned orange and I was ecstatic!!! But..I grew sick of my hair when it darkened again and..YUP..WENT BLACK AGAIN! Tonight I decided to give it another go..and I am SO happy I did! It's been on my hair now for about 30-40 minutes and when I checked it I could have cried!! It is the nicest shade of light reddish brown! Not only is the color amazing but my hair still feels like hair and it is still attatched to my head!
This product won't bring your natural color back..because if you know anything about hair dye..nothing ever will bring it back once dye has touched it! But it does bring it too a color you can work with! And..if you have ever dyed your hair black..you know how important that is! Don't hesitate to try this product..because as soon as you do you're going to kick yourself for waiting! Yes..it will most likely turn out somewhat orangey but not a hideous color and something that would definetly look nice with some blonde highlights! I LOVE YOU COLORFIX!!
buy it.
Color is gone but now it's orange!
Reviewer:
Jenny Richert
Wed Feb 06 2008
I was really hopeful after reading the other reviews, but I don't like how my hair looks now. I think it is my fault rather than the product's fault, because I have died my hair so much that it always gets the orangy tint. I also let it sit for way longer than the box said to; way over an hour total. It did remove the color though, which will let me re-color. I will be very careful, because I read in other reviews that new color will set in very quickly.
Colorfix is the best
Reviewer:
Michelle
Mon Feb 04 2008
For those of you who have used Colorfix and have ended up with orange hair and say the product does not work, you are not using it correctly. To prevent the orange-ness, you must use the toner. It will not turn your hair darker than you had dyed it before, it will tone down the brassiness. If you did not use the toner, and are happy with Bozo or Ronald McDonald colored hair, more power to you!
I have used Colorfix many times to remove color, and it truly works. It will bring your hair to a more natural looking shade IF YOU USE THE TONER. And the instructions say, the process can be repeated 2-3 times. The whole process, which includes the toner. I have had my hair professionally highlighted, and each time my stylist uses a toner to bring my hair to a natural looking shade after she has lightened my hair. Otherwise, it would look straw-yellow/brassy orange.
This product is much better than the color remover by Clairol (I believe that is the brand). That comes in a white box with an outdated picture on the front; I've used that before and it does not provide a toner, and so your hair will remain Bozo orange after the process.
Colorfix will leave your hair soft and in good condition. It does have a rotten egg smell to it in the end, but this fades as you wash your hair. Your head will smell like a pizza, too, but the scent fades with washings. If you don't like the result after using Colorfix, you can still re-color your hair whatever shade you want. I reccomend Colorfix to anyone. Here are some tools you will need for using this product:
1. Gloves
2. Measuring cups
3. Applicator bottle
4. Spray bottle(for applying the toner more easily)
5. Shower cap
You can get back to blond if read this it works and no damage like bleach.
Reviewer:
Ronda Yowell
from Olympia WA. Sat Feb 02 2008
I have been dye my hair for years I had bleached my hair so many times at one point it broke off.
I been through cosmotology school and am aware of what bleach can do to your hair.This product actually restored my hair.and turned it back to my original color with highlights.
To tell you my story I have tried everything to get my hair back to my blond I am a natural blond and dyed my hair dark brown and tried everything every which way to get it back to blond and no results.
I decided to try colorfix and I read all the reviews and decided to buy it. the first time I used it it turned my hair orange a deep orange and I thought there was no way I was going to pull this color out to a pale yellow so I can get back to my blond. If I get it to yellow, I know I have a good chance to get it back to blond.
Well I put it on a second time and it bright end the orange a little bit and then I did not use the step three and put a color on it.. a dark ash blond.
Yuck it turned back to dark brown.............
How disappointing.The next few days I bought some more and gave it second chance wanting to get this color out. I put it on with some heat this time did it twice and used a grocery bag for a cap and left it on 30 min.The first time with heat and 40 min.with heat second time.I bought 3 different kind of color including a toner with blue base because blue gets rid of orange, so I also bought the lightest blond I could find,the lightest blond with a blue base.
I bought a blond demi color as well.Just in case.
I rinsed and shampooed and conditioned.
I sampled all colors and used lightest blond with a base blue it got rid of all the orange and restored my hair back to it's original color a dark but light blond I almost cried..........I could not believe it........Really
I have not seen my color in like 2 years or longer I been trying for years and years to go to my natural color I just got lucky I guess I know all about color and never and I mean never get the color I want.I never buy that box color at the store.And I never listen to anyone who never went through cosmetology school.
I do not know why they don't use this in salons..................I mean it works better than bleach and I know I used bleach before.
Once you use this product it will grab and I mean grab color you should use the lightest color you find if you want to be blond and use a blue base to get rid of the orange .
I have never and I mean never felt my hair so soft I conditioned it of course maybe that is why it is so soft before my hair was falling out.From previous bleaching and coloring.This is a true story I never been more happy with my hair color and thanks to this product which did not any damage and actually restored my hair.I used Ion protein reconstructor on it 2 times and added heat.I wish I could take a pictures.
The first time when I used it and it turned back to dark brown again I added a few highlights to it and it turned orange so I had ugly brown hair with orange highlights.
This colorfix brightens your highlights to natural blond too.I have original blond with light blond in the front.
This product works if you know that you have to get rid of the orange by buying a color with a base blue trust me I am a cosmetologist..........and nothing works better than this product.
It works and I cried I am back to normal color Thank you....... colorfix I will never use bleach on my clients or myself again. I wish I could show you a before and after the results are incredible.Please share this on your review because without colorfix I would of never been able to get my hair back to blond.You can be a blond again after all.
I loved it.
Reviewer:
Brittany
from Las Vegas, NV Fri Feb 01 2008
I always dye my hair jet black, i love playing around with my hair & i decided i wanted it blonde. Well my mom baught this stuff and i used it, and i left it on for about an hour, and my hair had already turned a light brown color. I love it, it's amazing. I'm using as I type this :]
LOVE IT!
Reviewer:
Amy
from Minneapolis, MN Wed Jan 23 2008
I purchased Colorfix several weeks ago, and finally, last night, decided it was time to give it a try. Thanks to the exhaustive reviews here on folica.com, I was pretty confident it would work for me. I used the full application, all of both bottles (which was not necessary even though my hair is quite long... I had half of it left over after completely saturating my hair).
My hair has been dyed every color known to man and science, and most recently I had been going to a very dark brown nearly black color. I've got a lot of greys these days and I was tired of the stripe down the middle with new growth, so I though I'd "start over". I have been using a combination of permanent and semi-permanent, salon and boxed haircolors. Let's just say, there's a lot of color on my head! I applied the goop after a throrough mixing. I used an applicatior brush and a mixing bowl and it went on very easily. Yes, it stinks a bit, but not NEARLY as bad as some of these reviews would have you believe. Kind of like a home-permanent stench... thankfully it doesn't linger in the air too long. But I would say only use it in a well-ventilated area... you'll be happier! I left the mixture on for 45 minutes, with hair in a shower cap under a bonnet dryer (old school and OH so useful!) on medium temp. heat. I checked it from time to time, and it seemed to be lightening slightly. I washed it out after 45 minutes, applied a delicious smelling protein conditioner recommended by the helpful kids at Sally Beauty, and VOILA! It was GORGEOUS!! A reddish brownish delight. Better than I could have hoped for. It's only slightly lighter at the roots where I had some new growth, but it's barely noticeable. My only concern is that, like any other reviewers have mentioned here, my hair is getting gradually darker and darker as the day goes on! It doesn't look bad, just not quite as lovely as it initially was. So I may wait for the weekend and do another application, just to even it up. I had planned to re-color, but I like the color so much currently, I think I'll leave it alone after the next application. So far, the darkening and the unfortunate smell when it's wet are the only issues I have with my hair. I know that the wet dog smell will go away after several washes, so I'm not worried. When it's dry it's barely detectable. It's a miracle! Buy it!
IT REALLY WORKS!!!
Reviewer:
J Patci
from Lincoln, RI Wed Jan 23 2008
My 16 year old daughter used the permanent jet black hair color, then tried everything to get it out with no luck. I called several local hair salons and no one would even touch her hair! All they said was, "Good luck!" I read the reviews here and thought it was worth a try.
We put Color Fix on twice (same evening) and my daughter actually liked the color she ended up with, so we didn't even color it again.
This product is AMAZING and well worth the cost!
I didn't believe it til I tried it.
Reviewer:
Charity
Tue Jan 22 2008
I have been dying my hair for over ten years. I have used all different brands, colors, and levels of permanency on my hair. A year ago I dyed it with a permanent dark brown. I thought I was stuck with a dark color. I truly didn't believe that ANYTHING would make it light again, and I was so tired of the dark color!
I tried color fix, and my hair went from a VERY dark purplish auburn, to a light honey brown. In 20 minutes. I was so happy. THIS STUFF WORKS. Even though I had all different kinds of dye in my hair, the color all faded evenly! It all came out the same color, no stripes or roots.
This is an awesome product and I wish I would have known about it sooner!
colour removal
Reviewer:
Theresa
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Wed Jan 16 2008
Unfortunately, I like to play around with hair colour and this product is a god send...........
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