Hi everyone! So i have used colour b4 extra strength twice and acheived a great level of removal, my only negative is that as soon as the 60 minutes developing time is up my hair is bleach blonde but as soon as the water touches it to start rinsing it gets darker and darker. After the first box my hair was very light after development but got darker as i washed (i rinsed for 25 minutes in total timed on my phone) and the two days following it gradually darkened to a brown colour but i wasnt too bothered as it was still alot lighter than the black i applied 2 weeks ago. After contacying colour b4 they recommended i didnt rinse long enough so to dry hair after the first rinse and then rinse again. So on the next bix (also took me to bleach blonde after development) i did as recommended and it was slightly lighter but i could still see it turning darker as i rinsed and it has slowly reoxidised over the past 3 days. It is still a great result and i am happy with it but i have a 3rd box here and because i want to get to a very light level i just wish it would stay at the colour revealed and stop reoxidising. Anywho here is some pics of my hair before (darkest black!) And now after 2 colour b4 extra strength. I plan to do the 3rd box this week and then proceed to bleaching. I am after some advice as to which bleach powder to ise. I plan to use a 30 vol developer as i would NEVER use a 40 vol! But i have been told that i could use a 20vol and leave for longer and that it would give me the same result? I will also include a pic of my end goal if anybody knows of any toners to get that lovely silvery white tone as i know i will end up with some degree of orange! Also my hair is in excellent condition, afew split ends but nothing bad i have just been using baby shampoo and no conditioner for the past 2 weeks and no other styling products and it feels soft and healthy. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks for reading.
Posted : July 20, 2015 11:39 am
I've read about this happening but there seems to be no good explanation. Try using a clarifying shampoo a couple of times before using the remover. Sometimes silicone buildup on the hair can prevent the color molecules from washing out. Also you can't tone orange to white but you can tone it to a neutral darker blonde.
Posted : July 21, 2015 3:54 am
Colour B4 does a similar thing to my hair, not as dramatic but significant darkening all the same no matter how much I rinsed it. My hair is almost waist length and very thick so I did wonder if I just needed even more rinsing.. I don't heat style so no silicone filled protectors being melted onto my hair but I was pretty ignorant about shampoos and conditioners then so I could well have coated my hair with cones and not realised..
Either way. I suggest you try Scott Cornwall's Decolour if you can get hold of it before going for a bleach. It won't damage your hair like bleach and its worth a shot I think as it has a different mode of action to Colour B4, even though that is also a Scott Cornwall product. I got mine I'm Boots, if you aren't UK based ebay might have it? Basically instead of shrinking the dye moledules, a non permanent process -they can oxidise and return your hair to the dark shade, hence the need for all that rinsing to remove them and the ban on using oxidising hair dyes (peroxode) .. Decolour shatters the colour molecules indtead so the dark colour can't return. It works so much better for me, I just rinse like I would normally and the colour holds, no darkening at all 🙂
If you go for a bleach bath be careful, strand test first and smother with coconut oil (I'm currently sat with so much on that some just dripped on the tablet haha..) Good luck 🙂
PS make sure you get the Decolour not Stripper - the latter is a rubbish semi bleach and can be quite damaging as well as not working properly - it went super streaky on me and my hair felt really fried. Never again will I use something without checking on here first!!
Posted : August 2, 2015 10:31 pm
As much as I like decolour, sadly it can re-oxidise in the same way as colour b4. It's happened to people here. It is still supposed to be less likely with decolour though.
Posted : August 3, 2015 5:20 am
Are you rinsing with very hot water in a warm room? To prevent re-oxidation you can blow dry part way through the rinsing/buffering process, it is supposed to help (I think Scott Cornwall himself suggested it? He comes on here from time to time) Be worth a search to find the original thread anyway.
Posted : August 3, 2015 12:07 pm
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