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How Do I Remove a Hair Dye Peroxide Mix?

Oct 6, 2011 / By Elton Dunn

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Remove peroxide mix before it fries your hair.

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If you skimp on the hair dye removal process, you run the risk of botching the dye job by frying your locks. Spend as much time and love removing the dye from your mane and nurturing your hair as you did applying the dye to hold onto healthy hair post-processing. After you dye, maintain your hair's intensity with shampoo and conditioner for color-treated hair and, optionally, a color-enhancing shampoo in your new hue.

Turn on the shower when your timer goes off, indicating the peroxide mix has finished processing. If you don't use a timer, you run the serious risk of leaving the dye in for too long and stripping your mane of color and health.

Rinse the dye out in the shower until the water runs clear. If you see any streaks of dye in the water running off you, keep rinsing. If you're worried, give things a couple more minutes.

Shampoo your hair with a quarter-sized dollop of shampoo for color-treated hair. Sudsing up helps you rinse out any last peroxide molecules that are trapped in your locks.

Rinse again until all the suds are gone.

Condition your mane with a rich conditioner for color-treated hair. Using hair dye strips moisture from your locks, so working overtime to restore it helps maintain hair health.

1.Shampoo for color treated hair

2.Conditioner for color treated hair

Before you leave the bathroom, take a few minutes to make sure all the dye was rinsed off your shower floor and walls and your sink, so you don't stain fixtures.