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(4.15 out of 5)
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Make sure you have enough to get it as light as you want.
Reviewer:
Laura
Thu Aug 23 2007
I dyed my hair black for seven months. When I finally got sick of it I used Colorfix to get it out. The smell is a little funky, but I think I noticed it more than the people around me. It took the color out and was a pretty copper color. However, when I was finished it darkened back to a dark brown.
If you have thick hair, buy two boxes of this stuff. Otherwise, you may not have enough to lighten your hair to the level you want.
Pleasantly Surprised
Reviewer:
zero347
Mon Aug 20 2007
I had been dying my hair black with drugstore dye for about two years and lately it had started to look horrible due to so many layers of the dark color that there were no highlights left. I mean, it was pitch, gothic Elvira black with green undertones. I had even asked several stylists and been told that there was no way to remove all that black without bleaching my hair until it fell out. Out of desperation, I decided to try this product and was pleasantly surpised with the result.
This product not only took most of the black out of my hair turning it a dark auburn, but it did so without causing really any damage. A little conditioner and it was good to go. Now to be fair, I did use only one bottle on almost waist length hair and so it did not pull all the color out completely evenly. However, the dark areas came out looking like lowlights and the result was honestly something that looked like it had been done on purpose. I had read the reviews and was worried about the smell but it was honestly no worse than any other dye or chemical service. In all I would recommend this product to anyone who is looking to pull black dye out of their hair. I wish I had found it sooner.
Too Strong!
Reviewer:
Marce
from Florida Mon Aug 13 2007
I have dark brown hair and had some blond high lights I use this product trying to get my natural dark brown hair and the big surprise was that in less than 5 minutes it was all blond and the roots dark brown!!! Terrible...be carefull with this product if u have dar colours, it doesnt work.
COLOR FIX
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BECCA
from UK Tue Aug 07 2007
COLOR FIX IS AMAZING WORKED FIRST TIME FOR ME TOOK THE BLACK STRAIGHT OUT OF MY HAIR!!!! I LIVE IN THE UK AND FOUND THIS SO HARD TO GET HOLD OF!!!!! I PURCHASED 2 X BOX'S SO ON EBAY AT THE MOMENT AM SELLING MY 2ND BOX IF ANYONE IS INTRESTED. JUST SEARCH FOR COLOR FIX. 08/08/07
LOVE BECCA
Nor Recommended
Reviewer:
Maria
from Dallas, TX Tue Aug 07 2007
I do not recommend this product to any one. It is the worst smelling thing ever. I was trying to decide whether it smelled like horse poop or sewer! The smell lingered for 2 weeks on my self and my bathroom. It takes off some of the color, but not all so if your hair is over processed don't even bother.
Didn't hurt my perm!
Reviewer:
Julie
from Lake Balboa, CA Sat Aug 04 2007
I have permed, colored hair. My last trip to a stylist ( a new one, my regular girl was out of town) I only got a trim and had him "refresh" my color with a semi-permanent glaze. He left the glaze in WAY too long and under heat, so the 'honey-auburn' color I was looking for came out about 6 shades too dark. After about a week (I had hoped that it would fade a bit if I used clarifying shampoo) it was still a dark reddish-chocolate color. So after reading these reviews, I went to Sally and bought One'N'Only ColorFix.
I mixed equal parts conditioning shampoo, part 1 & part 2 in a applicator bottle and applied it to my damp hair and worked it into a lather with gloves. I put on a plastic cap and left it in for about 4-5 minutes only, all the while working the lather around through the cap to make sure it was evenly applied. I rinsed thoroughly, then shampooed with deep moisturizing shampoo and then conditioned with Ion Color Solutions Color Defense After Color Sealing Treatment and put a fresh plastic cap on to let the conditioner really work (bonus - the Ion helped neutralize the chemical-butt-smell from the ColorFix).
The ColorFix took just enough of the dark glaze out to leave me with a nice, toffee-colored auburn -- it removed the chocolate dark brown evenly and there are no splotches or other color issues. It did not relax or otherwise frizz out my perm, although my hair is more dried-out than it was prior to using the ColorFix. I only used about a tablespoon of Part1 & Part 2, so I have about 4-5 more applications left, in case my color comes out funky again in the future. I did not use the Part 3 Processing Lotion. After reading all the reviews and tips, I was afraid that it would re-darken my hair or do somthing awful to my month-old perm.
A great product!
If you have BOXED BLACK hair dye on your hair, PLEASE READ!!
Reviewer:
pinklotus
from Birmingham, AL Wed Aug 01 2007
If you have black hair dye on your hair and it came from a BOX (feria, garnier, loreal, etc.) then this product will NOT remove the dye from your hair. If you dyed your hair black at a salon, it might work ok. There is a difference, black dye from the box has metals in it and they are virtually impossible to strip. I used colorfix on my hair that was dyed jet black with garnier over several months. Before putting the black on I had medium brown virgin hair. I used some loreal hair dye remover from walmart at first (peroxide, basically) and it made my roots a brassy orange but didn't touch the black. I then did six applications of colorfix over two days and the roots stayed brassy and the rest stayed...jet black. Virtually no change. If you're in the same situation, you have 3 options: wait till it grows out, keep dying it black, or go to a salon. I went to a salon and it took them 5 hours to get the black out and turn it sunset orange (which they colored over with brown). And this was with 2 rounds of the most powerful developer and bleach they had. DO NOT try the bleaching yourself. It will not go off without a hitch and you will still have to go to a salon unless you've managed to fry your hair to the point where it all falls out. The color specialists I saw said I was actually one of the lucky ones, that they had seen a girl with boxed black on her hair, applied straight bleach, and it did not touch the black. All of this plus a cut was pretty reasonable, about 150 at a reasonably priced salon. So don't waste your time or money. Learn from my mistake!!!
Colorfix process
Reviewer:
Michelle
Thu Jul 26 2007
I have used this product several times, and it is excellent. I have noticed many customers, in their reviews, state that they do not use the toner solution that is included with the product because they've heard it will turn their hair darker. I have used the toner solution each time in order to complete the process(my hair turned a much more natural shade), otherwise you will end up with very fake, reddish strawberry blonde hair. Your new haircolor, if you plan to recolor, will not turn out the right shade if you do not use the toner. In order to get the best results, you must go through each step and use all the bottles included with the product. I definitely recommend this product to anyone who wants to remove old color. Make sure you have a developer bottle, shower cap, or plastic mixing bowl. And perhaps a friend or mother to help you!
OMG This stuff WORKS! YES, I'm back baby!
Reviewer:
hypokrit
from Denver, CO Mon Jul 23 2007
I went to Mexico this weekend and had my hair cut and colored. It turned out GREY and WHITE and VIOLET, I looked like a 50 year old skunk. I then purchased some of the Bigen semi-permanent dye (Light Chestnut) in an effort to get it a color that naturally occurs in nature. It turned pitch black. It was awful. After bawling all weekend, I came back to the US and all night Sunday I tried to wash the color out with clothes washing detergent (like 5 times), and also a alcohol and mineral oil mixture (4 times) it really didn't make a difference. I looked up info on the net and skipped work Monday to work on my hair. There was no WAY I was going to sit in my Monday morning meeting looking like a GOTH CHICK! I Ran to Sally's and picked up this Color fix. Mixed just the 1 and 2 bottle. (I have long hair so I mixed the full bottles together.) After saturating my hair with the mixture, placing a plastic shower cap over my hair and less than 20 minutes, MY HAIR WAS BLONDE AGAIN. OMG! I tried all night long and all it took was this stuff in 20 minutes! It came out a wonderful buttery blonde color with cool highlights. I have a couple of dark streaks in my hair. I could just mix another couple bottles to get rid of the black streaks but my Boyfriend said he likes the dark highlights. I am so PUMPED! WOOHOOO!!!!!
TOTALLY worth the money. Whomever this product didn't work for, I don't know what you could have done to mess this up it is so EASY! AND it does work on semi-permanent color and premanent! All i had to do about the dryness of my air was moisturize with a nice protein conditioner and It is great. MY HAIR was so damaged cause of over processing and this product did not cause any more damage. It stinks tough. I dont care! It works.
Too bad the strawberry blond color didn't stay
Reviewer:
Annie
from Chicago Sat Jul 21 2007
Colorfix took the dark brown dye out of my hair and turned it a beautiful strawberry blond that I loved but after several days it got much darker and now it's a medium brown (original hair color). It's too bad it doesn't hold the color that you get right afterwards. I also skipped the 3rd step. It's a great product though for removing a dark dye. I'm not afraid to experiment with color now because I know I can always get it out with Colorfix.
Amazing! It actually works with NO damage!
Reviewer:
Melissa
Tue Jul 17 2007
Ill save you my long story and tell you what not to do. I would not use the step 3 processing solution. Wait for at least a day or more before recoloring. Even if you choose a color lighter than the previous one, it will revert back to the old color. Almost as if it reactivates the old "color molecules" that do need time and many washing to be removed completely from the hair. After the color removal process I was left with a reddish hue; this is apparently normal and expected. I did not choose to recolor, but instead used a violet blue toner from Clairol which I purchased from sally. The results? From dark and drab with my highlights gone to a verrrry natural medium blonde hair void or any red and my highlights are a lovely light blonde with no gold. And the condition of my hair is actually BETTER than when I started this whole ordeal. A++++
Happy, Happy, Happy!!!
Reviewer:
Mandy Mcleod
from Yorkshire, United Kingdom Sun Jul 15 2007
My hair is naturally medium brown with auburn highlights (if I can cast my mind back to the last time I saw my natural colour!)I am 41 and have been dyeing my hair since I was 19 due to early grey hairs. I began dyeing my hair close to my natural colour but did what a lot of people do and went onto the "darkest browns". After a few years of these darker brown colours my hair looked more black than dark brown. This was fine when I was younger but as I got older it began to look very harsh and as I have quite pale skin I developed that "morticia" look. Not very flattering at 41!!! I didn't want to carry on like this but was very worried about using bleach on my already abused hair. I use straighteners practically every day and didn't want to stress my hair any more than was necessary. I live in Yorkshire in the UK and I could find nothing here to help me. I found Colorfix on the internet. I sent for two boxes as I have quite long hair and waited. The shipping charges were pretty expensive but to be honest if this stuff worked then I didn't care! I had read all the reviews and it all seemed very impressive.
When The Colorfix arrived a couple of weeks later I was so excited but very nervous too. I bought a new hair colour to re dye my hair with. Just in case it all went horribly wrong. I used the shampoo method as it seemed a kinder way to tackle my hair. This stuff does have a slightly chemically, rotten egg smell but no where near as bad as I had expected after reading some of the reviews. What I did was to use the shampoo method a few times. I left the mixture on my hair for about 5 minutes at a time and raised the colour slowly by degrees each time. I felt I could control the lifting of the colour better like this as I felt it was very difficult to strand test as I went. When hair is wet it is quite difficult to see the subtle changes going on. In total I repeated this precess 4 times. The last time I applied the mixture only to the mid and longest lengths of my hair as they were slightly more stubborn. I could probably have stripped it all out in one go with the total correction method but felt more in control doing it the shampoo way. I did not use the processing lotion. After 4 goes, my hair is miraculously returned to a mid brown colour that is the nearest to my natural colour I have been for a long time. When the sun catches my hair I can see all the auuburn highlights glinting! Welcome back to old friends! This stuff did leave my hair a little dry but if you condition really, really well for the next few washes as I have done, your hair soon reverts back to it's usual state. It just feels a little brittle and dry for a while. The chemical smell only lingered for a couple of washes. To, be honest, when you are desperate to rid yourself of a problem like mad hair colour, a bit of dryness and a chemical short term smell are a small price to pay. When your hair is "wrong" it just affects you so much. I am very happy with the softer mid brown colour I now have and I will only ever colour the grey roots as they come through, NOT the whole of my head as I have done in the past and I will never use a harsh brown shade ever again. If anything I suggest people go a couple of shades lighter than they would wish to be because the hair is left quite porous and "sucks" the dye in, so I will be very careful never to make the same mistakes again. Only one thing left to say really and that is "Why ,oh why, have Colorfix not started supplying the UK?" There would be a real hungry market for it I know! Good luck to all who try this marvellous magical potion.
Orange, Orange, and more Orange (oumpa loumpa)!
Reviewer:
Margo Quilley
from Boston, MA Sat Jul 14 2007
Okay, so months ago I let my friend "cheer me up" with cocktails and hair dying. I had sworn off hair dying a couple of years ago and had been enjoying my plain ordinary dirty blond hair for two years until... I opted to lighten it with non-permanent Natural Instincts instead of something drastic and it came out orangey. The more I tried to correct it the more red and orangey it got until I gave up and decided to just grow it out. All fine and dandy until you have about an inch and a half of roots. I read all the reviews of this stuff before I bought it. I figured it was better than nothing, and I really don't want to dye my hair EVER again. Well, after two applications, which is all that I'm willing to put myself through in one evening, I no longer have reddish hair (which is nice) but I do still have the orange, which surprise, is even more orangey. So now I'm stuck with strawberry blonde/orange hair. Not even close to my dirty blonde natural color. At this point it's either shave it all off and start over or dye my hair. I guess I was expecting too much. I am truly dissappointed. Also, my hair is really curly and dry due to humid Boston summers; this stuff left it feeling like straw. On the brightside, half of it got pulled out while trying to brush it.
Worked like magic!
Reviewer:
Ktwirls
from IL Fri Jul 13 2007
I colored my hair with loreal excellence creme dark brown and it made my hair look very black! I was so upset. I came on here and found these great reviews but surely thought it probalby won't work for me or would be too hard to try and figure out how to use the color fix. I waited 48 hrs after I colored my hair to try color fix since I was afraid of messy it up. I only bought one box and then got home and saw that you may require more appilcations. But thankfully even with my thick and shoulder length hair one box was enough. The color came right out. I did leave it on a little bit longer than they suggest like 8 minutes. I was so happy that I didn't have to live with black hair.
Bright red highlights gone!!!
Reviewer:
Missy
from Cincinnati, OH Mon Jul 09 2007
I had originally bought color zap, but had not opened it yet. I had searched for color remover and came across this site. I had my sister use loreal (I can't remember the name) but the one with the highlighter too and it retails for $18 anyhow, the base color was fine, but the hight lights were supposed to be golden they turned out bright red yikes!!!
And my base color deposite the color too dark. So thank god I found color fix. I went to Sally Beauty and returned the color zap and purchased the color fix and some gloves and a protein filler so the new color I was going to put on would take better.
I did do a strand test on two strands one on my darkest hair and one on the new bright red highlights. I was amazed at how well it turned out. I used about 1/4 bottle 1 and 1/4 bottle 2 and shampoo and did my whole head after strand test. My hair which is normally dark brown came out strawberry blonde wow did I look weird. So I put on the protein filler next after putting on a deep conditoner.
I dried my hair and did a strand test with my new color. I figured out that I only needed to leave it on 7 minutes I have been leaving my hair color on way too long and that is why my hair was always so dark. Also I think the protein filler really worked great to make the color deposit much better and my roots looked awesome I have gray in my roots no grey and my hair looks really good. I think it is still a little red but I may not have left the color on long enough maybe next time 10 minutes tops.
I love this product so glad I found it. It really saved my hair. Good luck with yours
ColorFix made me happy again!
Reviewer:
Lisa
from Texas Mon Jul 09 2007
ColorFix is a miracle and should be in every hair salon, although it's easy enough to use yourself.
I've been highlighting my dark brown hair for quite awhile and decided to go back to my all natural color (aside from those little natural "highlights" of gray - lol). I knew I should put on a color 2-3 shades lighter than my natural color, but didn't - I put on Dark Brown. Made me look like I had a Halloween witch wig from Walmart or had thrown black shoe polish on my head. Went to a salon to get it trimmed and she tried to lighten it with shampoo and conditioner (didn't work).
I'm a member of a website for those with natural wavy and curly hair and got to reading about some of the haircoloring problems solved on there. ColorFix was highly recommended and indeed had fixed everyone's hair who had tried it. I went immediately after work to Sally's and purchased a box. (Tip: be sure to get gloves and an applicator bottle as there are none in the box.) I also purchased the color I should have put on my hair just in case I needed to.
I mixed equal parts of the first two bottles and saturated my hair with it. Left it on for 45 minutes while I read the reviews here. Washed it out and saw that it was a little too red/orange for me. So, despite the previous warnings not to use the last bottle (peroxide), I went and put a little bit on my hair (ended up doing it twice) to bring back just a tad of the darkness.
My hair is still damp as I type this, but it's looking wonderful and I look like myself again. I still have some of everything left in case I need to do it again if it turns out too dark. If that happens, I'll lighten it again and then put on the hair color I bought.
As for the smell - yes it's smelly, but it's worth it! I will deep condition my hair later after I see what the true color is and hopefully that'll take care of it.
My hair also feels great. The dark color had left it dry and none of my hair products - gels, mousse - would work. My hair feels like it did before I colored it.
I will, without a doubt, recommend this product! Thank you to the makers of ColorFix!
This stuff is absolutely amazing
Reviewer:
Nataliya
from Toronto, Canada Mon Jul 09 2007
I've been dyeing my hair from very dark brown to black for about 6 month using semi permanent natural instincts colors (before that I was dying every shade of red possible), when I got bored and decided to go back to my natural hair color witch is dirty blond to light brown I thought bleaching was my only option. Then I found this stuff… I put it on my ends first since they were the darkest, then after about 10 minutes I applied it to the rest of my hair. After 40 min I washed it out and it turn out a little to brassy for my liking so I used the processing lotion even though many people said to skip it. I only kept it for about 2 min and washed it out it did darken a little but it give it a more natural look. I am absolutely amazed……. My hair is almost my back to my natural color, or as close as I can remember.… This stuff is great, and the smell that everyone complains about is not even that bad. They should teach about this product in every hairdressers school.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS A MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewer:
KIKI
from Nevada Wed Jun 20 2007
So, I was stupid and dyed my bottom underneath black, well I got it professionally done and it looked fine, I mean I loved it but after about 6 months, I was like nah nevermind. I bleached the heck out of it 6 months ago and it turned a freaky orange brassy like the color of my mom's brass bed lol. So I got it done professionally again, I told her I wanted it OUT its done. She was like there is no hope, so we dyed the bottom a weird light auburn color. After a few months of that, I wanted it to be blonde, like the rest of my hair. So went professionally again to someone else, this was about 2 weeks ago. My hair turned pink. A reddish pink. She was like sorry can't do anything about that. The WORST part of it, was it was only the ends, I mean like Christina Aguilera kind, my roots were blond because I wanted to grow that crap out. I loved my hair and didn't want to chop it off. Well about a few days ago, I interviewed for a local model job here in town, I got hired...on one condition...fix my pink hair. I was like ha ha, thats so easy!!!! In my mind I was freaking out, how the heck am I going to do that???? So, I bought colorfix...I used step 1 and 2 just now, no step 3 and OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY HAIR IS BLONDE!!!!! GOLDEN BLONDE!!!!! I am shocked!!!!!! The only thing I reget is I *WISH* I would have taken before and after pics to show you guys!!! ITS AMAZING!!!! I am still freaking out, the pink has been in my hair for 2 weeks, and its GONE. GONE!!!!!!!! If you want to save your hair do it!!!! ITS WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, how pathetic.
Reviewer:
Jessie
from Georgia Tue Jun 19 2007
Hah, I used this product and same for my friend. It did not do ANYTHING. All it did was make our hair smell like eggs for a week and dry out our hair. I would not reccomend it.
YAY!
Reviewer:
Danielle
from los angeles Sat Jun 16 2007
So, i have naturally light dusty brown hair, and i've been dying it red (natural instincts 24 wash out). but then, stupidly, i wanted to go black - jet black. so i dyed it using natural instincts again which is NON PERMANENT. but, 3-4 months later, it was still in my hair! and my roots were growing and i looked so pale and drab! so i looked allll over the internet finding something to take the color out and all the other products had so much more bad comments and ratings compared to one'n'noly color fix. so i bought it and the first time i used it it got really light! but then i used step 3 and it went to a dark brown color. the next day i used the other box and left it on for longer and didnt use step 3 and now its a beautiful auburn!! and it naturally creates lowlights and highlights so it looks more natural, not all one color. however, my hair is dry but i naturally have sensitive hair so im deep conditioning it frequently.and it smells but it's worth it! it wasn't anything that will fry your hair, its very light! i recommend it
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