Lightening (or removing dye) with Vitamin C and Shampoo 

Wonder if anyone has tried this with conditioner

This video helped me so much!! My hairdresser messed up and coloured my platinum blond hair dark purple because i said i want it more grayish and she missunderstood and dyied it so dark, there was no sign of blonde anymore and i came home and cried for hours, then i started searching in youtube what to do, at one point i wanted to bleach it, then after this video i decided to try this and IT TOTALLY WORKS! I used lemon, baking soda and clear shampoo, left it for about 70 minutes and it took out almost everything and now i am back to blonde and never been more happier about having blonde hair! Thanks for this helpful video 💇🏼

Omg IT WORKEEEDDDD THANK YOUUUU!!!!!! I used head & shoulders mint and the red is completely gone I'm left with a gorgeous honey blonde I can't believe iiittt🤩

The color you ended up with is perfect for you and your skin tone! I could never get away with it. I hope you kept it.

Equate knockoff brand of Head and Shoulders mixed with vitamin C worked like a charm and lifted ALL the color in just 30 minutes, and I had INTENSE blue hair dye to remove.

this method is truly more effective than expensive hair colour removers!!

Thank you thank you @Ladee from your newest UK fan. I have been box dying my hair black for more years than I dare to remember, like many during lockdown I decided to give my hair a well earned rest and take the opportunity to grow the dye out as much as possible. 1 year later I am almost totally grey on top with black growing out. I tried your method today for the 1st time not expecting much. But wow! A lot of the black is now dark brown and I am going to do it a couple more times over the next week . I used my usual Tresemme shampoo about 6 big table spoons with 50 crushed vit c tablets and there was plenty left over - my hair is about your length - left on for 45 mins and can't believe the difference! Thanks again!

Thanks for this video. It has made me confident to try and remove the too dark dye from my hair. If it lifts to shade like it di for you, I will be ecstatic!

Your resulting color is Gorgeous! I'm thinking of trying this on my gray hair to try to 'brighten'. Thanks for the video tutorial!

Thanks for this video! I touched up my ginger roots with a shade that was much too red. I made a diluted version of this recipe, about 6 vitamin c tabs blended up, mixed with a little hot water and about a half cup of clear shampoo. Let that sit on my head for around 35 minutes. It lifted most of the too red tones out of my hair. My hair isn't perfect now (although a LOT better!) but I didn't want to over-do it.

Omfg I cannot explain how wild this is, I’m a natural copper ginger then three days ago I dyed it a darker redder ginger exactly like yours and now here I am trying to fade it to the exact color you have. Literally a blueprint for me thank you!!

I was looking up on Google how to remove dye and your video came up. It's nice to see a friends videos just pop up like that. Hope you're having a wonderful holiday with your kids.

Thank you for that❤️ and that’s a beautiful finished color on you!

I love it your hair came out so beautiful! Rock that color... looks so nice on you❤️... Thank you so much... so excited I'm definitely going to try this

im doing this now, ill post how it went:) UPDATE: OMGGGGGG IM IN LOVE, I CANT BELIEVE IT WORKKED, I cried soo much over my over dark orange/red hair, and this made me strawberry blonde, and Im sooo happy! Its even so I dont even need to redye my hair! People say its dries ur hair out but mine didnt, i left condition in for 10 min, bedhead condinior, and everything worked out perfectly fine!

I love this strawberry blonde color. Medium vibrancy and looking so natural and beautiful. And I think it looks fabulous on you. Also love the lighter ends.

I’m trying this. The color you ended up with was my goal color, but the dye became too dark and colored my hair to a dark reddish Auburn color which I cried over for hours. I hope mine will come out similar to yours UPDATE: It worked!! Wow! My hair is so close to what I originally wanted, so if you fuck up; I would totally use this video to help you lighten your color treated hair! I am so happy omg

Thank you for posting this. Made a simple measuring mistake and came out with darker hair (almost black) than intended. I found your vid, followed it exactly, only left on for 25 min, used Head & Shoulders...last 5 min, I poured enuf water to make a lather, then finished waiting...washed it. Conditioned it 2x, came out the PERFECT shade...thanks again. Also, just fyi...instead of buying a big bottle of shampoo that you may not use again...check on the trial/travel aisle if the local drugstore. Saves $ since not using that much. 😉

Thank you so much for making this video! I searched and searched on how to remove red hair dye gone wrong and yours was the most helpful. It worked!! Now my shade looks 100% better than what it was. :-)

WOW! Unbelievable result!! ..and you are such a natural beauty!

Thank you girl, I am going to try it , this seems to work better than alot of other products , tbanks !!

OMG!!! I'M TOTALLY TRYING THIS OUT!!! YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!!!

even with shampoo/c concoction all over your hair, piled on top of your head, you are truly beautiful! 🤗

This worked amazing!! So glad I found your video, thank you!

This is awesome i so tryed it yesterday after watching this. I had black purple in my hair and it took it all out in 30 mins. Now i can go back to the auburn red i love . ⚘

Youre the reason why ive had ny hair red/ginger for over a year. You inspire me girl.

I love the color. I have been doing this for years. I use equal amount of vitamin c crushed tablets and shampoo. I have long hair so normally I use about 150 tablets. I leave the paste in my hair for 3 hours.

WOW! Thank you for posting this! I had what I will call a salon FUBAR done yesterday by my hairdresser who misunderstood that when I said I wanted to go back to my ginger “roots” after being a highlighted blonde for 10 years..I figured letting my ginger hair just be free but rather than transition slowly, I wanted her to dye it ginger reddish..what happened was she put too dark of a “copper” and told me that it would lighten up after the initial shock of seeing a burgundy fake looking redhead staring back at me in the mirror... Went home to my 2young sons who both ran away from me giggling and play hiding on me:( although they were just playing I thought that was my initial reaction when I looked at that awful fake looking red! I found your video right off the bat and had vitamin c and my kiddos shampoo and immediately followed your steps and application and got the ginger hair I have been wanting! Thank you so much for your video!

Smokin hot, love the after color! Im debating trying this on my dreads, just a little worried about getting it all out of my hair; oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained.

Im gonna go home and try this! ty soooo much! just came from coloring my hair and i HATE it! And im going on a holiday in 5 days so it NEEDS to look good! Your're a life saver!

I love it! I’m going red so glad I found your channel

Awwww I loved the end of this video... coming with your new hair colour and make up on, I think this colour suits perfect and love the outcome well done

Thanks so much for making this video. You did a great job!

I just wanted to stop by and say thank you soooo much for this! I spent all weekend depressed because the black box dye I used made my hair look synthetic and fake. I did what you said and I came out with a nice dark brown and idk if it was my crappy application or what but it even came out with some nice light brown highlights haha.

I use this method quite often. I do it a few days before I plan to bleach my regrowth and want to get the demi dye out, or if I plan to tone my hair a different color. I use 20-30 tablets and 1/4 cup cheap shampoo. I accidentally found a new method that strips hair color pretty good as well. I use 2 cups of epsom salt, fill the tub with the warm water, and soak for 30-60 mins. I don’t even have to be completely submerged for it to work. I just re-wet my hair by dunking my entire scalp under the water once every 5-10 mins then sit back up. This will remove hair dye that even had ammonia in it (which drives color deeper into the hair shaft). I colored my hair with medium brown L’Oréal hair dye and hated it. Well I took a bath in the way I mentioned above and actually got my hair wet this time, and it faded dramatically. It is a slower process (I say 5 baths equal the same results as 1 vitamin c remover session), but it does work if you’re just trying to remove a little bit of pigment at a time. It’s great if you overall like your new color, but just want it a tad bit lighter. I always wash my hair with my regular shampoo & conditioner then rinse with fresh water afterwards. It is far less drying than the vitamin c method if severe hair dryness is an issue anyone is dealing with.

So smart to use the blender. I saw some videos where the tablets are hand crushed. Very tedious. So much easier. Thanks for the video!

The color is gorgeous!

I just did a 1st stripping of my hair today. It worked pretty well! Unfortunately, I go grey mostly on top and have my natural colour through the sides and back ao the majority of my hair dye is on top and a bit darker than my natural colour. But this process brought my natural colour back, in the back and it did lighten the colour on top. So tomorrow I'm going to go ahead and strip just the top where the hair dye remains. Super glad I found these videos!

I'm trying to get rid of as much red as possible, so I'm going to give this a try! Thankfully I'm not doing roots so no burning scalp issues that some people complain about.

The hair colour looked great before AND fabulous after the treatmrnt, Very pretty,

I absolutely love that color on you.

This method works really well! I should've done a better job of crushing the tablets, and I only ended up leaving it on for 35-40 minutes because the mixture was stinging my scalp, but it still lifted the color 1-2 shades (I mixed it with a peppermint and tea tree oil clarifying shampoo, which I had a sample bottle of). I used a deep conditioning mask afterward, which I highly recommend.

OMG ... so happy I found this video. On advice from a beauty supply store person I brought a dye that should have been Light Strawberry Blond. Ended up with a DARK red!! After watching this I was able to lighten my hair back to a Strawberry Blonde. Can't thank you enough.

Wow looks amazing love that color

I have dark brunette hair naturally and wanted to lighten it for the summer, so I tried a honey/oil/cinnamon DIY treatment followed by two days of Sun Bum and sitting in the sunshine for an hour or two. My hair has natural red undertones and turned a bright golden-reddish orange and not the desired carmel/copper highlights I was hoping for. So I dyed over it with semi-permanent light brown dye, hoping it would still be lighter but without the orange-ness. However, since it was a lighter color dye than I normally use, I was afraid it wouldn't do anything if I didn't leave it in for a long time, so I left it in for twice as long as it called for on the box. The result was a very dark brown/auburn. I felt so defeated. So, I came across this video in desperation to help my situation, and IT WORKED!!! I am so so happy with the results! It not only lifted the dark color out of my hair, but my hair also stayed a nice golden-brown with natural-appearing golden/copper highlights. No orange or red hues. It was perfect. Thank you so much for this video! I used your recipe exactly except I couldn't find the crushable Vitamin C tablets in 1000mg, only 500mg. So I used a few more, I think like 80 tablets. And I used Head and Shoulders shampoo and left it in for 40 minutes. After rinsing it all out (it made my hair very dry!), I used the Head and Shoulders shampoo one more time, and then a deep argan oil conditioner. I put a deep moisturizing hair mask on my hair and left it in for 1 hour, then used leave-in conditioner spray after rinsing out the mask. My hair was the perfect color and felt soft, hydrated, and healthy after all of that. Thank you again for your video!!

I've been using this method for over a year to remove temporary colors and it works so well (I'm currently removing a temporary dark purple and blue) but I only use 10-15 tablets in one sitting. I noticed that helps make it a more gentle process. I could see why that many tablets would dry your hair out.

I do this with about 50 non chewable vitamin c mixed with head and shoulders original shampoo. It seems to work better than clarifying shampoos for me. I've stripped blue black hair dye from my hair with that mixture multiple times because I'm indecisive and think hey I miss my dark hair and then I dye it again and regret it a week later 🙄.

Thank you for your video. Your hair looks great!

Thank you so much. I'm going to try it...to get rid of black color....and yes...I think the color you got after looks good on you..Thanks again...😍😍

WOW! this is amazing!...just tried it and i am 100% happy with the results- my dark brown hair is mostly gray and although i love the gray and g-d blessed me with a nice head of hair... i started adding blonde to it about a year ago, had it done by a professional and it set me back 200.00 so after a few months i said - "dude try it yourself!' 8.99 loreal preference and had great results, felt 15 years younger... yesterday i went to get color and thought dude its winter i can go a shade darker than the color i hade been using- natural blonde...so duh...tried champagne blond, thinking it would be a grayish blonde ~ hello it was a pink blonde i was freaking out last night and i was sure i was going to have to bleach it ASAP... not sure i wanted to torture my hair so soon after adding color... i hesitated and caught your video and was amazed at how great your hair looked after trying this really simple process... i went an bought vitamin C tabs... seriously at the dollar store- since i was not 100% sure if this would work ~ i already had the head and shoulders 2 in one shampoo and conditioner, and as a back up i bought the box 'natural blonde' in case i needed it... followed your steps- piece of cake, but i used a mortar and pestle to break up the 500mg tabs they did not have 1000 mgs at the dollar store... so i used 20 tabs and left it on for 40 mins... and it took 85% of that weird pink tint and brought me back to a golden blonde- this is amazing i wish i had known about it years ago... i will live with my golden blonde for a few weeks before i try to lighten it up again... i have the MOST AMAZING Keratin conditioner it is called KASHMIR i dated a hairdresser and he turned me on to this brand now i buy it on eBay its from Isreal and it will turn straw into silk in one use... they make an entire line i bought the Deep conditioner which i use every few days if i feel i am super dry... and they also have a leave in damp serum that is what sold me on the brand years ago- it smells awesome and makes my wavy hair lay smooth and shiny like i had it done at a salon and that i use when i want to look like a natural blonde since it gives you shine and hair that looks like a million dollars- the line is not cheap but you use such a small amount each time i can easily get it to last a year... with my hair length to my shirt collar- obvioulsy women will use more with longer hair but its worth every penny!..turned my 2 daughters on to it years ago as well and they are always asking me to buy them more.... THANK YOU for your excellent video- and i agree anxiousness and hair go together if you are a hair person you don't like messing with it ~ if you are unsure of the results..this was the best RU-vid video i have seen in a while- YOU SAVED THE DAY....

Had hot pink hair once when it wasn’t cool. Used straight green Prell on dry hair. Left it for a while, rinse and repeat shampoo. I think the Prell is the thing that works. YES it dries your hair! But a good five minute conditioner left on for ten or 15 pretty well takes care.

Love the outcome color!

Wow thank you for this very excellent helpful video!!! I take this as an inexpensive, safe and effective way of getting rid of unwanted yucky colour😃...thanks in a million! Lots of ❤️ from me😘😊

Using vitamin C allows my hair to turn red after 40 minutes of leaving vitamin C and conditioner with a plastic bag over it. So easy to do and cheaper than dying

I have tried this with olive oil and conditioner (and vitamin c of course :) No damage, lots of lift!

Don’t be nervous!! Your gorgeous either way ❤️❤️🌹🌹

I've used this method for years with great results always leaving my hair infused with vitamins and feeling soft. Used to bleach and dye my hair almost every week or two for a few years! 1 Tablespoon of crushed vitamin C tablet powder one table spoon of Johnson baby shampoo and one table spoon of L'Oreal conditioner. Leave on your hair for about 30 minutes then use your bleach if you want to get it an lighter tone because the vitamin C method doesn't totally strip out the color but it is important to do before you bleach since it will infuse your hair with the vitamins and you will be left with very soft and healthy hair with minimal risk of your hair ever falling out when going to bleach it to lighten your hair enough for other dyes👍🏻

I meant to dye my hair red (like ginger) and I’ve dyed it the same colour multiple times but this time I used a different brand. I dye it, dry it, and it’s a dark brown-red. And on the box it has what colour it’ll turn out depending on your current hair colour. And I look at it and I’m like “cool okay it should turn out ginger enough that I’ll be satisfied with it until I get another colour” and I cry my hair and stuff and it’s so fucking dark it’s ridiculous. I’ve dyed my hair black in the past and told myself I’d never go dark again.

The reason I used Prell is because it's a really good, tried and true stripping shampoo. I washed my hair again today and did another deep condition on my ends and the green-ish cast on my ends are gone.

Your hair turned out great. Thanks for the tips. I'm planning on trying this very soon to try to break loose some Demi color that has gotten stuck in the back of my hair for months now. I'm trying to transition to natural gray, and been using Demi for the grow out process, but lol now it's stuck in there and so far nothing has worked to remove it. I come back and update after I try it.

I really love the lighter red on you!!!

Omfg it looks amazing I wanna use this to do my hair it is currently black with blonde balayage I want it red

Amazing I needed that recipe badly Thanks a lot it saved my hair

Looks amazing.. I did it on my hair with the puritans pride brand vitamin c tablets and it seems to be working so far!

Wow! That worked quite well! I think you look great with that lighter copper.

It worked! I was very skeptical, but after reading the comments, decided to give it a go. Turned my too-dark blood black hair lighter by at least 2 levels! I used 100 500ml. crushed Vit C and Palmolive dishsoap. Lots of deep conditioner after. Totally recommend!

i would be cautious and wait to do any more lightening or coloring. bleaching over the green could go terribly wrong. maybe just do the ends again with the Vit C mix but use a Clear shampoo? should be able to get some at any Dollar General type store, then let your hair rest and do some deep conditioning treatments. wait as long as you can to recolor and lighten. these are just suggestions tho based on how i feel about my hair, id be afraid to do to much to it, but you of course have different tolerances than i do. i dyed my hair last summer with Feria Intense copper and haven't touched it since! LOL

I love the colour that turned out and this video does help me feel better because your hair was very dark like mine is

I tried this tip last night and holy cow ...i cant believe it works so well ....did a 45 minute treatment on a stage 3/4 dark brown and it brought me to a stage 5 1/2 ..maybe even a 6 ...looking to do another treatment on my length to lighten it more in prep of a new color I want to try ...didnt dry out my hair too much ..but a hask argan oil hair mask took care of that right away . this is a genius tip and so helpful.

I had brown color for 3months now And I'm really not impressed with it so I'm gonna do this tomorrow thank you so much Actually I was confused about a lot of videos I watched about this problem So thank you again you was so helpful big hello from morroco

Did it !!!! Ok I tryed this BECAUSE. ..I'm going grey with yes permanent hair color now I used vitamin c with a clear shampoo because. ..my grey hair is 5 month in transition so....It does work I think I would do this maybe once a week for those who are growing out their grey hair . It was mostly at the ends but it lifted off the color a bit....So thank you for this idea :) one more thing I only left it in for about 30 minutes cuz I didn't want to mess up my new grey hair coming in.

This saved my life . Thank you .

I love the darker color on you!

You can buy shea butter. Apply it to dry hair. Rub it in your palms to warm first. I do it before bed. It's amazing. Sometimes I blend mine with coconut oil. I also use shea butter as a moisturizer for the skin. It's a little greasy as most butters are so you only need a tiny bit. It has an earthy smell so I use it before bed then shower in the morning.

OMG... Very very pretty after wards. Stunning.

The red was so pretty

NICE COLOR. IAM GONNA TRY IT.

I love the after. Red color on you. That’s the color I been trying to get. And I’m so mad cuz no salon wants to do my hair because I color my hair myself.

Your hair is a really pretty color! Your ends are most likely that "greenish" color because of the color of your shampoo. Also, if you do this technique again, it's important that you REALLY lather up your the shampoo...I think that's why the Head & Shoulders works SO well. It's white & it lathers up easily & fast!!😃👍

This did a great job! I would caution using gloves otherwise the dye coming out can color your hands (I"m sure it cautioned you in the video). It really got the build up of red out of my hair and now I feel when I recolor it - it will be more the shade I prefer. Without using a damaging bleach or peroxide process to fix it. I wish I could add my before and after pics of my hair so you would believe me! lol

pretty color! I will try!

This is asmr for me

Your​ facial structure look like Julia Roberts and your personality is similar as well!!:)

Thank you for the advice!!! ♥

Your hair is beautiful.

"Vitamin C" Color removal can be done HOWEVER, the best results are obtained by using PURE Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid Crystals) which can be found at most Health Food or Vitamin Stores - Using the tablets is not the best way because they contain ingredients that inhibit removal ( Buffers, Colorant, Flavor, Sweetener, Filler, Binders). And here is my own recipe: 1 Bottle Pure Vitamin C Crystals, 1 Box Baking Soda, 1 Bottle PRELL® Shampoo, Deep Conditioner (You could get Cold Pressed Wheat Germ Oil from the Health Food / Vitamin Store - it is loaded with Antioxidants and natural lipids - Add a 1/2 Tsp. to 1 Oz. Conditioner) Here's how you do it: First, heat 2 cups of clean water to boiling and add 2 Tablespoons Baking Soda, stir and let cool to lukewarm, pour this mixture over hair to thoroughly saturate it. Work through for about 2 mins. then rinse lightly with warm water, towel blot until just damp. Add two tablespoons Vitamin C Crystals to 6 oz. warm water in plastic bottle and shake until dissolved. Starting at the ends (Or wherever hair is darkest) apply Vitamin C mixture and work in with fingers (Make more mixture is there is not enough), continue until all hair is dripping wet with mixture, Cover head with a plastic bag or cap and wait 10 to 20 mins. remove plastic and rinse hair with hot water for 2 to 3 mins. and check color if enough color has been removed, wash hair with PRELL 2 to 3 times to remove ALL residues. IMPORTANT: Washing removes the dissolved dye, if you don't wash and rinse well the dyes may reform and the hair will re-darken. If enough dye was not removed, apply a fresh Vitamin C mixture apply cap and time again (Baking Soda Mix Not Needed) if second application does not remove dye you will need professional type dye remover. Wash hair well and apply deep conditioner.

I know this is an older video but I thought I’d take a shot. How long after doing this should I wait to do it again? I dyed my hair too dark on Tuesday, washed it with clarifying shampoo Wednesday and then added the vitamin c Thursday (today) I was scared and only left it in for about 40mins. It only lifted about 1/2 a shade to a shade and I’d like it lighter still. I appreciate any advice 😊

Ok I really like that color... I’m going to try this... I dyed it to dark/bright for my liking...

Ladee, I love your videos! I have become a subscriber and hope to dye my hair conservative red at some stage. (It has to be conservative for work). Some things I found when trying this: I did this 3 times and love the way my hair lightened, bringing it to a dark ginger brown from way too dark box dye (John Frieda 5N, which is what I thought my natural color was). I have fine hair, and I know that. My stylist always says I have a lot of it, even though it is fine. I used about 50 500mg tablets of vitamin C in Head and Shoulders shampoo. #1. My ponytail used to be the size of a quarter in diameter and now it is the size of a dime in diameter. When I touch the top of my head it feels like there is hardly any hair there anymore. #2. I can see via my part lines how wide they are and weren't that way before. #3. The baby hair in my 'high temple' area has now gone away or snapped off about 1" from the roots. #4. I got irritated skin to the point of scabbing on the top of my ear as well as behind my ear. My glasses hurt to wear for the first day or so after I finished. #5. The mixture was paste-y when I put it on. I left it on for an hour the first time I did it and washed it out in the sink. When I applied a conditioner to it the conditioner would start to foam up like it was shampoo. I thought I grabbed shampoo by mistake. :) I rinsed that and used another conditioner. Same thing. It took 5-6 attempts of conditioning/rinsing before the conditioner stopped lathering. That really surprised me! I guess my hair held the shampoo even though the first time I rinsed it was for 5 minutes. #6. The last time I did this, I added about a teaspoonful of conditioner, hoping it wasn't so drying. That did help. I am thrilled with the color I now have. I am surprised at the amount of hair loss. Ladee, I notice how thick your hair is. Maybe mine was just too fine to use this technique to lighten my hair?

wow that really did the job! I wonder why it never worked for me. any ways, Id say wait until next friday before dying it again. your hairs been threw ALLOT! lately this week.

So i had a blonde ombre, dyed it Auburn came out absolutely gorgeous, then i went and got another box dye to "freshen" it up and to my HORROR it turned out pretty much black!! I wanted to cry so bad!! I tried everything! And this is the only thing to work!!!! I just wish i didn't do the baking soda thing i saw other people do made my hair feel horrible!!! Thank you for this video!!!!

Love the new color 🥰

Finally something that works🤩🥰

PSA: clarifying shampoos make your hair feel dry and stringy. It’s gently stripping your hair to clean bc when you condition you hair gets replenished!

2:06 1000mg vitamin C 50-60 tablets with shampoo

looks really nice !

That did def work, nice job!

I would personally leave it to be and put coconut oil or a hair mask for at least a week as much as posible because it will get dry if you dye it right afterwards

u sound like Julia Roberts

Omg how beautiful I used effervescent vitamin c and for some reason my hair started to burn x did make it lighter though Michelle x