How to remove paint from the hair at home. 5 Proven Ways
Do It Yourself Educational Program / / December 19, 2019
Elena Beauty Maze
Colorist, blog author and YouTube-Channel.
What is paint remover hair
Hair color of a person depends on the ratio of melanin pigments. In haired women and brunettes prevails eumelanin, in red and blonde More pheomelanin. In the art of hairdressing it is called depth level tone (UGT).
A rare woman happy with the balance of the natural melanin. In finding the perfect image we always beautiful and repaint. To change your hair color, you need to remove existing pigments in them. When using chemical paint, cosmetic pigment place for "cleans" ammonia, monoethanolamine or its substitute. If a natural - work organic acids.
During coloring hair get so-called background lightening (FD, dominant residual pigment). It is the color of melanin which still have hair.
When the cosmetic pigment builds up too much, and he was very tightly sits in her hair, repainting does not give the desired result. If uneven or not liked in dyeing shade lay, need to go back to the background lightening, that is, to make a wash.
Remover (or as they say professionals, pickling) - the removal of hair cosmetic pigment and a return to the base color.
Elena Beauty MazeRemover - it is not a separate procedure. This is not a hair mask. It is impossible to destroy the dye molecules, without giving anything in return. If the pickling is not to paint the hair, they will remain empty, and because they will break down excessive porosity.
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I always have to wash off the paint with hair
Smyvku often confused with bleaching, since in both cases, generally use lightening powder and oxigent. But these are two different concepts.
Pickling - is rolled back to the base color, and lighting - this change UGT for subsequent toning in the right shade. Let us examine an example.
Girl with a depth of tone level of 8 decided to become a dark blond, that is down to 6. Painted, but the results in the mirror of her disappointment. To return to the previous color, it is necessary to remove neponravivshiysya cosmetic pigment, that is, to make a wash. After the pickling it can give your hair the desired shade.
But if the same girl after an unsuccessful coloring wants to become ashy blonde, there is no reason to do a wash. It is necessary to destroy the old cosmetic pigment melanin and balances, raising to 10 UGT. In this case, the lighting is done.
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What are washing
- alkaline. Is meant destruction lightening cosmetic pigment powder with an oxidizing agent or special professional formulations. Effective, but require strict observance of technology.
- acidic. Made folk or professional tools where there are acid. More forgiving, but ill cope with dark hair, dyed with vegetable dyes and household.
Elena Beauty MazeHairdressers and colorists do not accept home pickling, especially specialized tools or powder. When working with the professional tools you need to consider a lot of nuances: the proportions and the time delay before the neutralization reaction. But, unfortunately, these details may be missing in the cabin. If you decide to wash was professional tools at home, very carefully read the materiel and be ready for surprises.
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1. How to remove paint from the hair lightening powder
Prepare a mixture
You will need brightening powder without the formation of dust and oxigent 1.5%.
The amount depends on length hair. For example, the average length requires 30 grams of powder and 150ml oxigent.
The ratio of ingredients - from 1: 5 to 1: 7. For example, if your level tone depth 9 or 10 and undesirable tint not strongly velis, powder may be diluted in a ratio of 1: 6 or 1: 7. If your UGT - 7 or 8, or has accumulated too much unwanted pigment - do 1: 5.
Elena Beauty MazeThe specific proportion is dependent on what was done the previous dyeing of how obscured base and what is the general condition of the hair. Therefore it is best to contact an experienced master in the beauty salon. But if you decide on a house a wash powder, remember: the more oxidizing agent, the less aggressive effect on the hair.
Separate small section at the back and apply it on the mixture slightly. If there is no discomfort and curl lighter, go to the next step.
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Apply the product on hair
Just prepared mixture put on a thick layer of clean, dry hair. Move from the roots to the tips. Do not distribute the mixture comb, namely Apply a it on each strand.
Hold 15 minutes. Be sure to monitor the reaction. If a hair brightened after 5-7 minutes, then proceed to the next step.
Elena Beauty MazeSome girls do a wash powder, adding water into it, or so-called American shampoo. It is meaningless, since disturbed pH composition and stability of the reaction, which is not a very positive effect on the quality of hair. In the salons sometimes use American shampoo to remove fresh, literally just inflicted dye, if a customer is dissatisfied with the result.
rinse off
Rinse the cleaning mixture chelate, i.e. alkaline shampoo (pH - 7 and more). This tool is sold in hairdressing shops. Not cheap, but it is used very sparingly.
Conventional shampoos, even sulfate are not suitable for neutralization of such overbased products as powder oxigent.
Complete response
Use neutralizing shampoo with pH of 5 or less. You also find it in specialized stores.
Apply a balm or a mask. The most nutritious that you have.
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2. How to remove paint from the hair with coconut oil
Prepare oil
For medium length hair will take 2-3 tablespoons coconut oil. You can use olive or sunflower oil, coconut but effective.
Elena Beauty MazeUnrefined coconut oil is virgin olive operates due its constituent saturated fatty acids, especially lauric acid. It deeply penetrates the hair shaft and destroys the fine polymer bond dye. It is better if coconut oil will have global organic certificate (e.g., USDA Organic, EcoCERT, BDIH and so on).
Melt the butter in a water bath or on the battery until it becomes liquid and transparent.
Apply the oil on your hair
Liberally apply to dry hair, from root to tip. If used styling products, the head should be a pre-wash.
Wait
Tie your hair into a bun, put on a shower cap and go as 2-3 hours. To enhance the effect, you can further affect the warmth, wrapped head with a towel or poduv hairdryer.
Oil takes quite a long time to penetrate into the deeper layers of the hair. Therefore, you can safely leave the oil compress on the night.
Rinse with oil
After rinse with oil via wiping or conventional shampoo. In the end, apply a nourishing balm.
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If the paint is not completely washed off, repeat the procedure.
3. How to remove paint from hair cream
Apply the cream on the hair
Generously treated hair over the entire length of the fatty cream (15-20%). need about 200 on the average length of For long - 400-600, the
Elena Beauty MazeAnimal fats and lactic acid efficiently cleave cosmetic pigment in the hair. The latter also acts as a scrub, and clean scalp - one of the essential components of the hair health.
As an alternative, you can use sour cream, yogurt or fermented baked milk. But their fat content, and therefore the efficiency is lower. And it's inconvenient - too liquid.
Wait
Gather hair into a bun or tail and put on a shower cap. Keep for 2-3 hours.
rinse off
Rinse with cleaning or regular shampoo, apply the balm.
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4. How to remove paint from the hair with lemon juice
Citric acid in a pure form can not be applied to the head: one can get burned. But it can make a mask.
Prepare a mixture of
- juice of 1 lemon;
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 1 egg;
- 2 teaspoons of honey.
Squeeze juice of a lemon, Strain. Add the olive, burdock or other vegetable oil of your choice. Break the egg, pour the honey. There are a lot of organic acids, which enhance the lightening effect and exfoliate the dead skin cells on the scalp skin. A fork or a whisk, mix all until smooth.
Apply the mask and wait
Spread the mask on the entire length of hair, wrap in plastic. To enhance the effect, you can wrap the head with a towel. Keep 1-2 hours.
rinse off
Rinse with plenty of water.
Sometimes washes use mayonnaise. There, too, there are citric acid, but the concentration is so small that the effect is unlikely to be.
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5. How to remove paint with aspirin hair
Acetylsalicylic acid can be eliminated not only on temperature but also from unwanted color on the hair. Especially well it neutralizes the green color that may occur after visiting the pool.
Prepare a mixture of
- 1 L of warm water;
- 10 aspirin tablets.
Crush acetylsalicylic acid tablets.
The resulting powder is dissolved in water.
Use as a rinse aid
Rinse your hair with this solution each time after washing and before applying the balm.
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What you need to remember
- Remover is needed if you are unhappy with the result of dyeing or want to return your background lightening.
- The alkaline wash was best done in the salon to master correctly calculate the proportions and composition Blondirujushchy conducted procedure.
- If you are not afraid to experiment and have worked with lightening powder, try to make a wash house. Just do not forget to then toned locks chemical dyes (henna and Basma no!).
- Do not dilute the lightening powder and oxigent water or shampoo.
- If you have very dark hair, use a gentle acid washes. Coconut oil, sour cream, lemon and aspirin work fine.
- To say goodbye to unnecessary cosmetic pigment stripper folk remedies may have to do more than once.
- Be prepared that some dyes against popular recipes may be powerless.
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