My Color Removing Technique

~How I Remove Color and Tone My Hair~

Baking Soda Vitamin C and Anti Dandruff Shampoo

Since I am not a professional hair stylist I don't use color remover mostly because it is expensive and also hard to get, but I still don't want to try to bleach out the colors in my hair because I wouldn't want to do it more than once since bleaching is really damaging to your hair. Now you've probably seen  people using this same treatment called Vitamin C color remover, I don't know who came up with it but it definitely was not me, I just wanted to show you what I do.

Before Removing Color and toning

What I use to remove color is Baking soda, Vitamin C, and Anti-Dandruff shampoo(or a clarifying shampoo).  For my hair I don't have to use much of each ingredient to cover all of my hair but these are the amounts in grams of each: Baking Soda 8g ,Vitamin C 10g, and 15g of Shampoo. After mixing this you'll notice that it begins to foam and double in size.

Before Mixing

After Mixing

When you apply this you will want to have damp hair, I try to use warm-hot water to help open the hair cuticle making it easier to strip out the color.

 Some people will massage this in their hair for 10 minutes but I will only do it for about 2 minutes and then leave it in for about an hour. Then about every 20 minutes in that hour I re-dampen my hair with a spray bottle with hot water and massage the hair. 

                                    

                                          After Removing Color

I only did this process once and it barely took any color out but I will show this process again in the future with a different color, usually I will do this 3-5 times over the course of about 3 days.

If you do this more than one time before dyeing your hair I would recommend using a deep conditioning treatment because it dries out the hair, you will also want to do this if you are going to be bleaching your roots after.

Bleaching Hair

 I always put coconut oil on my hair before bleaching to help protect it and after I apply the bleach I cover it with either a plastic bag or a shower cap, this time I had covered it with a plastic bag but I had the bag inside out and the bleach transferred the print of the bag onto my hair, (thankfully when it was all washed out there were no remains of the ink)  when my roots were almost done I spread the bleach down a bit to get  more color out and waited 5 minutes and washed it out.

White Conditioner, Manic Panic's Ultra Violet and Atomic Turquoise 

Homemade Toner

When my hair is done bleaching sometimes I will use a toner to get yellow tones out of my hair, you can either buy a toner from Sally's Beauty Supply called Wella T-18 Lightest Ash Blonde or you can make your own with a purple hair dye and some white conditioner. If you want to make your own toner you will need to put a lot of white conditioner into a bowl and add tiny amounts of purple until you have a very light pastel purple color. My Ultra Violet had been mixed with other colors before this so it was more of a pink-purple color so I added in some Atomic Turquoise to make it a nice purple color. Then I apply it to the hair and let it sit for a while and then wash it out.

After Toning and Bleaching 

This was my hair after toning and bleaching and it for some reason the camera made it look really yellow but it was actually a very pale blonde color. If you have any questions or comments feel free to ask! Thanks for reading!

~Arctic Fox Virgin Pink~

~Arctic Fox Virgin Pink~

                                           

                                                     Sometime beginning of March

Ok so before I go into this review this isn't a full review but since I only have 2 posts on here so far I decided to post what I think of it so far.

One morning a few weeks after dyeing my hair with MP Cotton Candy Pink I received a package in the mail. I had no idea what it was until I cut the tape open releasing the most amazing smell ever.

It was 4 bottles of Arctic Fox that my mom had secretly sent me in the mail because I told her about how much I wanted to try it, so there I am like 5 mins after waking up with my new dye.

April 10th 2016

First thing I have to say about this dye is it smells absolutely amazing kinda like the Pixie Stix candy, you can literally smell it before the seal on the inside is broken. Although I was a little skeptical about how well this dye worked but I really wanted to try it for myself.

Before dye

Before I dye my hair I always want to get it to blonde base or as close as possible unless I am going to have a darker color or if it is the same color and brand. I did do a lot to get it to a blonde base with only having to use bleach once but that will be in the next post.

Mixing the dye

Most of the time I dye my hair I always add some white conditioner to it so I can use less dye, as you can't really see because the other photos were blurry I had a percentage of  about 40% white conditioner and 60% Virgin Pink dye. I didn't want to lighten the color too much because I wanted it to be closest to what the color would be by itself.

April 13th 2016

This dye did not disappoint, it is so bright! I almost feel like I am wearing a wig because it is so vibrant and the color is so uniform I was completely amazed. After washing the dye out there was no bleeding at all. They say on the website that it doesn't stain like other brands do and I can so far say for this color that is it true, I've had nothing turn pink on me so far.

April 16th 2016

This was taken after 2 washes and it is still so incredibly bright, it looks like I just dyed it yesterday!

The color only bleeds when I shampoo it but still it doesn't stain my shower at all. I've read some places that Arctic Fox will last for months before starting to fade which is crazy amazing.

April 20th 2016

About 2 more washes later and it hasn't faded noticeably one bit, it may look it in the photo but it was just terrible lighting. Some things I want to tell you about Arctic Fox that make me love it ever more are as followed : AF is completely made from 100% vegan ingredients, it is cruelty free, no animal by-products, extra conditioning, no peroxide or ammonia, and is PPD free. Arctic Fox also donates 15% of their profits to prevent animal abuse and you also help support 2 organizations called Second Chance Animal Shelter  and International Fund for Animal Welfare.

April 24th 2016

April 24th 2016

 So above I decided to really quick take 2 photos a minute apart but in different lighting to show you that it also looks darker or lighter depending on the lighting.  I really like this dye so far it doesn't bleed onto towels, or stain showers. Also if you are looking to try this dye please go here Arctic Fox Virgin Pink. They offer 2 different sizes a 4oz bottle for $7.99 and an 8oz bottle for $13.99 which if you think that $13.99 is a lot for an 8oz bottle Manic Panic sells their 4oz bottles for $13.99 so buying AF is like so much cheaper, and they also will have sales depending on the holiday or season as of today April 24th 2016 they are having a spring sale for pastel colors. So if you want this color but want to dilute it they offer a diluter called Arctic Mist,and both the Arctic Mist and Virgin Pink are on sale in a bundle with an 8oz bottle of both for $20+ S&H. That is pretty much it for now! Thanks for reading!

IF YOU HAVE ANY REQUESTS ON COLORS OR BRANDS YOU WANT TO SEE DONE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT

First Review~~Manic Panic Cotton Candy Pink~~

Manic Panic Cotton Candy Pink

When I dyed my hair with manic panic I wasn't really planing on starting a review blog so i didn't take to many pictures of it when I first put the dye in but the other reviews will have way better photos.

I started off with a mostly yellow-blonde base some of it was white and in some places it was pink from when I dyed it purple. I used 2 different methods to try and get my hair to a nice blonde base for the color.

The dye had a very thick texture and it didn't smell delicious but it also didn't smell like a bunch of chemicals. 

The info below was directly taken from the ManicPanic website, also I will add a link at the bottom of the post that will take you to the site.

Manic Panic is a cruelty-free hair dye, it is made from vegan ingredients, tested on celebrities not animals, it is PPD free (PPD is short for paraphenylene diamine which is found in most permanent hair dyes and is also found in printing inks, black rubber, oils, greases, and gasoline.), and is ammonia and peroxide free. It also has the benefit of conditioning the hair so you don't have to worry about leaving it in for too long. You can find Manic panic in stores like Sallys Beauty Supply, Spencer's, and HotTopic but if you do not have any of these stores near you or they do not carry the color you want you can always order it directly off their website.

February 28th 2016 

       

After applying the dye and waiting for a few hours (it says to only leave it in for about 30 mins but i like to leave it in for a really long time) I washed it out and there was only the slightest tint of pink in the water, which is good because I did not need a pink tub. Now my hair takes color really well but they say for people with hair that is more resistant to color for them to cover with a cap and leave on for an hour or longer. Also if you have an infra red heat lamps you can sit under it for 5-7 mins to help towards deeper coloration, but I don't have one so I just us a blow dryer for a few minutes.

March 4th 2016

This photo I took almost a week later after 2 washes and it had faded a lot, but I think it faded more because it was such a light color to begin with, if it were a darker pink I think it would have still been really vibrant after 2 washes. When washing it there wasn't a whole lot of bleeding of color mostly due to the fact that it was such a light color.

Garnier Fructis Curl Nourish Sulfate-Free

This is what I used every time I would wash my hair, it is a sulfate free shampoo.

Lots of people have stated that sulfate free shampoo is really good for dyed hair since it does not strip out so much color. There are other brands of shampoo that do have some sulfate free stuff but this is the cheapest shampoo that I have found so far that is sulfate free. You can probably find this at most stores, I got mine from walmart for around $3.

TRESemme Perfectly (un)Done

Now with choosing a conditioner it doesn't really matter what type it is but I like to use TRESemme Expert Selection Perfectly (un)Done since it really makes my hair feel really really soft.

March 12th 2016

Three more washes and a little over a week later and the color is a very light pastel pink, and since it is so light when washed it is almost impossible to tell if any color comes out, but also it has not gotten on my towels or pillow cases but just fyi my towels and pillow case are not pure white so if you have purely white towels and pillow cases be cautious with wet hair.

March 24th 2016

About 2 weeks and 5-6 washes later the color is nearly gone only a faint pink can be seen and it is time to redo my hair.

All in all I would say as long as you like really light pink hair this is a great color and if you wanted it to look nice and fresh you would probably have to reapply dye every 2 weeks.

On the other hand if you are like me and don't have enough money to buy the dye every time you run out (which if you don't have short hair like me you would probably need to buy this specific color every time you wish to refresh your hair) I am currently trying out another Pink so look for that post it will probably be posted today or sometime this week! And as promised the link for the dye I used is below!

Manic Panic Cotton Candy Pink

IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT COLOR TO DO NEXT FEEL FREE TO LEAVE A COMMENT :D

Whats to come~

~Wow look at all this hair dye~

Time to start doing color reviews!!

Posts will be random depending on how fast or slow it takes for the dye to fade.

Might post little updates in between colors if there is any significant changes. 
Also I will be posting about what shampoos I use/used that didn't strip the colors as much.