How to Remove Your Hair Dye At Home | DIY Hair Dye Remover with Baking Soda!

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Welcome to my blog! In today’s post, I will be teaching you how to strip colored dye out of your hair without using any bleach. I have used this to bring my hair from dark purple to platinum as well as a faded pink to platinum. My hair was platinum before I colored it, so this mix will only bring your hair back to its original color before the dyes.

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For this DIY we will still be following the same tips used for bleaching your hair, such as: using the mixture right away rather than making it for later, and using the mixture on oily hair rather than freshly washed.

Here are the before and after photos:

Alright, let’s get into the DIY mixture! I have included links to the products I used below.

You will need:

You could create the mix without the dish soap and purple shampoo, but I find it works better with them. The purple shampoo helps to remove brassy tones.

Directions:

1. Create a 50/50 mixture with the baking soda and developer.
2. Add a large squirt of dish soap
3. Add a large squirt of purple shampoo
4. Mix it together. It should not be the same consistency as bleach, but a watery, egg white texture.
5. Apply completely over all colored areas of your hair.
6. Leave on your hair for around 30 minutes. Check it over the time as it may lighten beforehand.

Note: This will make your hair feel super dry after. I used a deep conditioner a few times and now my hair feels as good as new. My hair feels absolutely nothing like when it is bleached.

Question of the day: Have you ever dyed your hair at home? If so what color?