Being in the beauty industry I have came across so many neat tricks to remove hair dye from a customers skin. No matter how careful you are applying the color, we always seem to get a few stains no matter what. Don’t panic though because there is so many tricks to remove it. Some of them you will be very surprised how good they really do work. The hardest color to remove off the skin has always been black, which isn’t too popular now. People are trying to stay away from black and getting their hair like a dark brown with some sort of high lite or low lite in it. So it’s not too fake or flat looking. Trying to get this color off the skin sometimes can be very stressful. So if you follow and use these helpful tips you will not have to panic anymore.
1. Comet- Any brand of comet will do. Just rub a little on a rag, making sure the rag is wet enough. Then gently rubbing it on the skin where the dye is. Don’t rub too hard, it might make you irritated from scrubbing.
2. Clarifying shampoo- Any brand of clarifying shampoo. Just rub a little shampoo on a rag and let it sit for about a minute or so. Then wipe off.
3. Equal sugar- Who would of thought that this product would work so great, but it really does. I ran out of dye remover one day at the salon, and the order wasn’t coming till the next day. So I grabbed a package of equal sugar, placed it in a bowl, mix it with a drop of shampoo and rub on the skin. The dye will come off very smoothly.
4. Sea breeze- This is a great astringent, but also takes off hair dye off the skin very nicely. Rub a little with a rag or cotton ball. Don’t worry if you feel a slight tingle sensation. This is normal.
5. Noxema- This has many uses. Place this creme on the spots with the dye and leave it on for about ten minutes. Then after it has soaked up the dye, rub off with a cool rag.
6. Hair dye- Yes hair dye itself will take off unwanted dye on the skin. Take some of your leftover dye and rub it with a dab of shampoo. Dye does remove dye. You just need to use a little elbow grease.
7. Oxy cleansing pads- For some odd reason this does work very well. My niece had to do this when she dyed her hair, but they have to be Oxy. Just something about Oxy that works better and quicker than others. I have experimented with other brands, and the results weren’t really that good.
8. Hair spray- An old beauty trick we learned in school. Hairspray has a lot of alcohol in it, so it penetrates into the skin when sprayed on. Make sure your eyes are protected with sunglasses or a towel, and spray lightly onto the dyed areas. Leave it there for about five minutes, then rinse off with cool water. If you are afraid of spraying the hairspray, you can spray a lot onto a rag and do it that way too.
Other methods that work very well and are quite simple are cigarette ashes, wd-40, and believe it or not mens after shave. For all of these procedures use just a little dab and mix with shampoo. Rub onto the dyed area and wipe off. So remember you don’t have to panic if you see a shadow of dye on your skin, because there is a solution to help you out.
