How to Make Hair Color Fade
Crush vitamin C tablets., Mix the crushed tablets with shampoo., Apply the mixture to damp hair., Rinse and condition your hair.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Crush vitamin C tablets.
Vitamin C contains an acid that is capable of breaking down the chemical composition of hair dye.
This method will lighten your hair 1 to 2 shades.
Treating your dyed hair with a vitamin C powder infused shampoo will fade the color.
If you don’t have a powdered form of vitamin C, crush or grind vitamin C tablets into a fine powder.
Place approximately 1,000 mg of vitamin C tablets into a sealed plastic bag.
Use a rolling pin to crush the tablets into a fine powder. -
Step 2: Mix the crushed tablets with shampoo.
Open the baggie and pour the vitamin C powder into a small bowl.
Cover the powder with a generous amount of clarifying shampoo.
Stir the shampoo and powder together until it forms a frothy mixture.
You may add a few squirts of dish soap to the solution., Run your hair under warm water.
Squeeze the excess water from your hair with a towel.
Systematically coat each strand of your damp hair with the vitamin C-shampoo mix.
When your tresses are covered from root to tip, put on a shower cap and place an old towel over your shoulders.
Let the mixture sit for several hours.
You may distribute the mixture through your hair with a wide toothed comb.
If your scalp begins to burn, rinse out the product immediately., After a few hours, remove the shower cap from your head.
Rinse your hair under warm water to wash away the mixture and the hair dye.
Apply a moisturizing conditioner to your locks.
Repeat this as needed. -
Step 3: Apply the mixture to damp hair.
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Step 4: Rinse and condition your hair.
Detailed Guide
Vitamin C contains an acid that is capable of breaking down the chemical composition of hair dye.
This method will lighten your hair 1 to 2 shades.
Treating your dyed hair with a vitamin C powder infused shampoo will fade the color.
If you don’t have a powdered form of vitamin C, crush or grind vitamin C tablets into a fine powder.
Place approximately 1,000 mg of vitamin C tablets into a sealed plastic bag.
Use a rolling pin to crush the tablets into a fine powder.
Open the baggie and pour the vitamin C powder into a small bowl.
Cover the powder with a generous amount of clarifying shampoo.
Stir the shampoo and powder together until it forms a frothy mixture.
You may add a few squirts of dish soap to the solution., Run your hair under warm water.
Squeeze the excess water from your hair with a towel.
Systematically coat each strand of your damp hair with the vitamin C-shampoo mix.
When your tresses are covered from root to tip, put on a shower cap and place an old towel over your shoulders.
Let the mixture sit for several hours.
You may distribute the mixture through your hair with a wide toothed comb.
If your scalp begins to burn, rinse out the product immediately., After a few hours, remove the shower cap from your head.
Rinse your hair under warm water to wash away the mixture and the hair dye.
Apply a moisturizing conditioner to your locks.
Repeat this as needed.
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