How do you get rid of hair dye that has, in a nutshell, been originally designed for changing the color of things. And hair dyes do dye stuff- to good effect! The time to start worrying is when this hair dye manages to get onto places that you didn’t want it to like your clothes, your face or even on the carpet. Also, what happens if that great hair dye you wanted to try didn’t turn out to be too great after all?

The great news is that are some really good commercially available products which can remove dye from hair and there also happen to be a few home ‘potions’ and processes that can help.

Color Fix, which is by Jheri Redding has been designed to remove unwanted permanent hair color, and its controlled use allows either total or partial color correction of certain areas of hair.

Loreal Color Zap will gently wash away most permanent hair dye. This product is ideal for color corrections, the removal of darker shades, muddy or uneven results, or color build-up. It has the ability of leaving your hair ready for re-coloring immediately.

Loreal Effasol Color Remover will wash away any permanent hair dye, leaving your hair ready for re-coloring. It can be used with either water or developer.

Roux Clean Touch is a good all round solution that has the ability to remove hair dye from the skin and scalp. It also removes excess color from your hair ends and helps to remove stains from your clothes.

Punky Color Punk Off by Jerome Rusell is a gel which is easy to use which cleanses your skin and removes hair dye stains.

One home remedy is the following but use it at your own risk and be very careful in handling any chemicals:

Quite a few treatments such as hot oil treatment, hairspray, shampooing and even exposure to water will gradually make hair dye fade. To help remove the last stains or residue from your hair (or to remove color immediately) make a small batch of bleach mixture and mix it with two tablespoons of your shampoo in a cup and stir it around. Then shampoo your hair with the mixture, all the while rubbing the hair well. You should start at the roots and work up to the tips and then back down again. The color should disappear right before your very eyes!

Bear in mind though that this is not our own remedy and is something we found on our cyberspace travels and thought may be of some value to our readers. We bear no responsibility whatsoever for any adverse reaction that may occur using this remedy. Sorry about the disclaimer but unfortunately in today’s day and age it had to be added.

When it comes to removing black hair dye, well, this is a special case.

Removing black hair dye completely from your hair is very difficult, especially if it happens to be permanent black hair dye. It’s probably best to let the hair grow out naturally and not try to bleach it, as bleaching with certain chemicals has the effect of damaging the hair and making it so stretchy and thin that it tends to come out in your comb!

Likewise to avoid black hair dye staining your skin or clothes, it’s best to apply Vaseline or any petroleum jelly around the hairline before dyeing commences. If the hair dye does happen to stain the fabric, using detergent and water very quickly may be a good idea - otherwise you may have to pay a visit to your local dry cleaners to rectify the problem.

Some more home solutions for removing black hair dye stains from the skin are as follows: rubbing cigarette ash on the stained area of the skin, immersing cotton balls in milk and then rubbing them over the stained area, rubbing on WD-40, rubbing on nail polish remover or even rubbing on hair spray.

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