All color removers aren’t created equal. Labeled as color reducing agent, color stripper, color solvent, and so on, it is effective for most hair dye jobs. Depending on what kind of needs the person wants, color remover does the trick. For example, if a person, whose hair color is naturally blonde, dyed her/his hair black or brown in permanent color, a color remover can be used to strip the black or brown and return to blonde base. However, on a person whose hair is naturally dark (from black to light brown) the color remover merely strips the color and leaves it in altered state (namely, orange), it also applies to a dark haired person who dyed blonde and then dyed back dark. Later, she/he decides to go back to bleached blonde, then this color stripper is necessary to remove the tintback, usually lifts to orange or gold, depending how long it has been in the hair. If more than 3 or 4 months, it might only lift up to orange/red.

There are various color removers ranging from strongest to weak. Those that are used with water tend to be weak while those used with volume developer are stronger. There’s color removers for semi-permanent colors.

Permanent color remover tend to work with oxidative dyes while semi-permanent color remover tend to work with direct dyes. Both are different.

Few products work effectively. For one, ColorFix by Jheri Redding is an excellent color reducing agent without bleach or ammonia. It merely reduces color molecules of oxidative dye from permanent color so it ony strips top layer of artificial color. Igora Modulat is even better than ColorFix and more expensive and gentler. Can be used on all levels of hair and types. Most of the time the person will have to re-bleach to go past orange or gold stage to go lighter unless they aim for a dark blonde.

Effasol or Uncolor also work well but they contain bleach so they will remove artificial colors as well as lighten the hair. So it’s not good on hair that’s not in good condition. And not to be treated lightly. ColorZap also is in this category.

Here’s a link for further description of what color removers are and how they work in the name of hair science. Color Removers by Behind the Chair article.

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By Asimiotissa & Sunburst Siren
You achieved that wonderful shade of blond after lightening up either at home or salon, you don’t like the way your dark eyebrows look next to your blond hair, and you want to do it yourself rather than at salon. You can do this safely at home.

A quick way to do this is:
- Buy Jolen Facial Bleach, available at any drugstore
- Buy Just For Men Hair and Beard or Grecian 5 formula and choose the shade you desire (Light Brown or Dark Blonde). They’re great ’cause they’re drip-free and in gel formula.

1.) Make sure you keep your eyebrows clean and dry.

2.) Apply Jolen facial bleach (or any other brands such as Sally Hansen) on your eyebrows with a Q-tip or thin brush.

3.) Wait up to 5 minutes to check if they have lighten but never leave it in longer than 8 minutes or you will get white eyebrows! Lighten your eyebrows to almost white or yellow if you want to achieve lighter shade. Re-apply if you only achieved orange.

4.) If they’re yellow or almost white, use beard dye and brush on the eyebrows. Wait at least 3 minutes and check if they have darken properly. It takes about 5-7 minutes in total to make it work.

Repeat this as often as you desire if your eyebrows grow in quickly.

NOTE: The dyes are very dangerous if anywhere near your eyes. You’re doing this at your own risk and Faux Blondes are not liable for any accident you may face. The dangers include blindness and allergic reactions. Do this safely and carefully.

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Color wheel can be very effective tool when it comes to determining what color you’re aiming for. With bleaching and toning process, also known as double-process, it’s vital to know what hair color you’re going to use on your bleached hair. It’s all about colors and what works. For example, you may notice some hair colors include bases such as violet, blue-violet, green, yellow and gold. You may wonder what the heck do they mean? They’re used as a guide to let you know what kind of results you’ll get.

For example, if you have banana peel yellow hair and you want a soft and natural looking blonde, use a blonde tint with violet base. Blonde tint with violet base will get you a natural looking light blonde.

If you have orange hair to begin with, a blue-based tint will get you a neutral color but it will be either dark or medium blonde. To get a really light blonde color you will have to bleach to banana peel yellow or pale yellow. Sometimes a blue-based toner made for very light hair will work on pale yellow hair because it will only make it look more drab blonde (common in many cool blonde shades). Drab isn’t same as dull or dead, it just meant it’s not as bright as gold.

If you have strong yellow undertones, any violet, blue-violet or blue based toners will tone them down. That’s where Born Blonde toners come in picture.

If you have warm skin tone, you can get away with gold and yellow based toners because they’re made for warm skin tones and will look good in golden-blonde shades (think of Nicole Kidman, who has such warm fair skin tone and looks great with golden-blonde shades). If you have cool skin tone (olive, sallow or very fair with reddish undertones) you are better off with cool shades. The bases really help in making your decisions and what kind of goal you want. Beware – if you have yellow hair and use yellow or gold-based color, your hair will turn out even worse yellow or very brassy looking. Goes true if using very strong blue-based toner not made for light blondes on pale yellow hair can turn it green. Violet on orange hair will not work either. Ash blondes have violet, blue-violet or sometimes green base. Ash blondes are very cool or cold, and it’s ideal to bleach to pale yellow to achieve very cool shade because any remaining yellows will peek through, which is considered as warm, not cool. Keep this in mind.

If you have reddish hair you can tone it down with green-based toner. Complementary colors will always work. Some colors include odd combo of bases – such as yellow-violet base. This is probably means it is a mixture of cool and warm. Violet to tone down the yellow hair, and yellow is to let some yellow to peek through to exhibit some warmth rather than to make it really drab or ashy.

If you want to achieve platinum blonde, it is recommended to bleach to pale yellow to almost white (be careful when you do this) and then use platinum blonde toner or any of lightest blonde shades. It will be very light so make sure your skintone looks best with it and isn’t for everyone.