Prep Hair Prep System

I wanted to try this since it was much cheaper than the color oops ans I'm glad I did. It removed the black box dye and red dyes from my hair so I could redye and have an even colour. Super happy with my hair now. It's very strong so it will dry out/damage your hair so take care of your hair after treatment.

This works great, and is exactly like how the color oops color remover is but less drying. It removed the dye the same as the other, but it left my hair noticeably softer than the extra conditioning color oops does.....only one that works better than this is the color oops fix and fortify.

Doesn't work

works great on hair

After multiple layers of semi-permanent dye over permanent dye had turned my hair into some sort of off-tone purplish-orange-blackish-red, I gave this a shot with very little hope that it would help. Boy was I surprised when it worked! It removed the layers of color and left my hair undamaged. When I re-applied, I mostly focused on my roots and let the rest absorb down the hair shaft during processing. (Always process for LESS time than normal after using this product - your (permanent) dye will work faster and go on darker than usual.) Once I rinsed out, my hair was a uniform reddish brown from root to end, which is what I wanted. Two months later, my hair was looking a little "off" again (I use a lot of semi-permanent and color conditioners in between doing my roots with permanent dye). I used another box of "Color Oops Color Prep" and experienced the same fantastic result. All one uniform color, no damage. NOTES TO CONSIDER: 1) Read and follow the instructions to the letter. 2) It has an eggy/sulphur smell, but it goes away after you color. 3) It will remove the pigment from past permanent dye jobs, but will not restore your hair to its natural color. NOTHING can do that by removing old permanent dye. The old dye has already changed your hair, this product only takes out the color molecule so you can successfully re-color. 4) This product is meant to remove the color from permanent dyes, and makes it clear that some temporary dyes may linger. In my personal experience, it took everything out and just left my hair that weird orangey color that is common for any type of color removal (those of you that experiment with your hair know what I'm talking about.) Once it is that shade, it's as de-colored as it is going to get, and you can dye over it. 5) AGAIN: your dye will work faster and darker than normal after using this product. I recommend doing your roots first, for about half as long as normal, then just quickly pull the color down the ends for only a couple of minutes. In my experience, that was all it took to get one solid color. YRMV