SALERMColor Reverse

I used this product after attempting to dye my hair burgundy when it was originally a bleached caramel color. I didn’t know I was supposed to add a copper tone first before adding the burgundy color. I was left with purple hair instead. The next day, I used this product and it worked amazing and took all the color out. I do say that you should purchase a hair mask while buying this. I used matrix instacure mask and left it in for 10 minutes while in the shower and then washed out. The reason being was that when I washed and shampooed the color remover out, my hair felt like tangled corn hair. After using a mask it felt soft and normal again. The color stripper does leave a smell in your hair, but it does the job amazingly.

I would give this product 10 stars if I could. My natural hair color is a golden level 7-8, and I had used a demi-permanent dye by Wella (level 4N and 5G) that came out waaay too dark, basically black. I didn't want to use a typical color remover that would just be glorified bleach - like many color removers are - because I wasn't trying to lighten my natural hair color.No amount of shampooing and rinsing with baking soda and vitamin C helped take the color out. After doing lots of research, I decided to try this product. Yes, it smells heinous. Not as bad as color oops, in my opinion, but still really bad. BUT - It works. Two rounds of this product, over the span of a weekend took the demi-permanent dye out completely. The 10 vol developer that I'd used with the dye naturally bumped up my base by about a half level, and left it warmer, but I'll take that over dull, inky looking hair any day of the week. My hair also feels soft, not brittle or damaged. One round of a decent bond-building mask sorted any potential, undetected damage out.The smell fades relatively quickly, and the application process is very straightforward and quick. 10/10.

This actually worked really well! I had dyed my hair several times in the last few months and it removed most of it. I've used color opps before but the smell was so horrible I wanted to try something different. This stuff still smells bad, but it's not nearly as potent as color opps. It also doesn't linger the way CO did. It even seemed to make my hair feel softer. Also I was happy it didn't have bleach in it because I didn't want to damage my hair anymore than it already is. I definitely recommend!

Well, it did remove the black Demi dye from my hair but it certainly didn’t restore my hair back to its natural color. My hair is naturally a medium reddish brown and it turned it veryyyy copper. Super light at the base but darker at the ends (mostly out of the light) after two rounds. It definitely was stinky, like sulfur. And my hair still smelled of it after 5 washes with shampoo and a deep conditioning mask. In fact it still smells like it now, 5 days later, after multiple more washes. On the plus side, my hair looks very shiny and doesn’t feel overly processed. I it’s kind of a nice shade for summer too.I mixed equal parts in a bowl. Put on some rubber gloves and worked through sections of my hair, totally saturating it all. I think I would have preferred to start at the bottom up to midway and let that develop a little and finish up the the roots the last 15 mins. I piled my hair atop my head and wrapped foil around it all. I left it for 35 mins to be sure, but the original 25 mins would probably have sufficed. The last 3-5 mins I blow dried the outside of the foil for extra measure. Then I rinsed in the shower, used a clarifying shampoo 5 times because I could still smell that stinky eggy smell in my hair. I was over it at that point and applied a deep conditioning mask for 5 mins. Rinsed with very hot water, then a cold blast. I was anxious to see what the heck I just did, so I applied my usual products and styled. It’s kinda growing on me…

Honest review here to let you know how this product worked for me: I did a box color of light reddish brown a few months ago and then decided I wanted to stop dyeing my hair and let the gray come in naturally. I purchased this set to try to remove the old color to help things along. I mixed the product according to directions and applied it, using a shower cap to help processing. I set a timer for 20 minutes. I then rinsed for a long time and used my cowash. I was a bit mortified when I dried my hair because it was a bright strawberry blonde color. Not natural looking at all. I decided to try another application, and followed the same steps. After drying my hair, it was a weird brighter strawberry blonde color. Panic starts to set in lol. I start googling. I then try an apple cider vinegar rinse. It helps tone it down somewhat, but not much. More googling. I then try washing my hair with Dawn dish soap and using my cowash afterward because Dawn dries out the hair tremendously. Finally, I feel like I’m closer to my original hair color of a light brown. It’s still not perfect, but close, and I don’t look like I have some weird bright unnatural looking hair color. The process didn’t harm my grays any and I can see more of them. As others have mentioned, this product smells horrible and I threw out everything it came into contact with, i.e., towel, mixing bowl, and brush to stir. Thankfully, the smell dissipated from my hair pretty well after the cowash, vinegar rinse and Dawn. So, I guess bottom line is that it will remove color, but it may give you some unwanted results if you have any red coloring in your hair. My hair did not feel damaged after using it twice, so that was a good thing. But I had to spend 4 hours trying to get as close to my natural color as I could between this product and the vinegar rinse and Dawn shampooing. I’m glad I stopped coloring my hair so that I can get on track to healthier hair.