Colour B4 Extra - Colour eraser “Packaging may vary”

Ive always been one for changing my hair ever since I was young, and this usually consists of trying to reverse the blackest of black hair with a high strength bleach and loosing all my locks in the process!This time round though, and much less spontaneously I decided to look into finding a new way to get rid of my raven black permanent hair color. I went from bleach blonde, to bright red to black about 2 years ago now and had been black ever since (black over black many times), or I should say I've been an array of different types of black also (blue black, purple black etc). My hair now looked totally muddled and unhealthy looking and I felt "washed out" by the depth of the black color on my hair. I thought I would have to put up with it until it grew out!Then I found this product and became intrigued by some positive reviews and also after having watched some before and after videos on the internet I figured I had to try it! Even though I already new that it states it may not work if you have used UV hair dyes such as blue black which I had! I thought it would do nothing...I would like to stress right now (and I can't stress enough!) how important it is to read the instructions very VERY carefully and you MUST read the instructions more then once before you mix the products and start the process! Ive dyed my hair so many times I am so used to skipping instructions and just diving right in, but this product is different and you need to use it absolutely correctly for it to work!Before using the product I washed my hair thoroughly with a deep clensing shampoo (tresemme clense and replenish deep clensing shampoo) twice and no conditioning.As reviews have stated, the product smells bad, but not as bad to me as some reviews have made out! It is some what like egg and something else I can't put my finger on, more chemically! I was worried at first the house might smell for ages after but thankfully it didn't. I got used to the smell quite fast and it didn't bother me much.I wrapped cling film and a towel around my head and made sure I was in a warm place and blew the hairdryer on my head a few times just to make sure my head was nice and warm. Just before rinsing when I took the towel off my head I could already see a change! My hair from the roots looked very light ginger/light brown!The rinsing part is a pain, but you have to time your rinsing to be sure to rinse for 10 minutes between each process (first rinse, buffer rinse and then second buffer rinse) so you do have to put up with about 30 minutes of rinsing but I figured since my hair was so so dark in the first place I had to do it to the max! Even whilst wet I could tell my hair had lost the "blackness" and the tips looked more dark brown/copper colored whilst wet.Then I had the joy of drying my hair to see my hair get lighter and lighter the dryer it got and still in fabulous condition! I was overwhelmed by the results! It certainly didn't get rid of ALL the previous color (as it states you'll never achieve fully natural hair results if you have previously used bleach/hair lightener) but it made my hair a good couple of shades lighter, jet black to copper brown/gingery. The color was also very even to my surprise as I was also concerned the color would look crazy like really light roots and really dark tips but this wasn't the case. I would recommend this product to anyone who is unhappy with their hair and who wants an alternative to bleach! I will be using this product again at some point and I MIGHT use bleach after this but its a relief knowing I can use a much weaker bleach if I want to later on as this product has lightened my hair so well!The only thing I would say is, after my hair was dry my hair didn't smell like the product, but when I used my hair straighteners the smell suddenly came back off my hair which wasn't pleasant but after straightening no one said they could smell anything bad thankfully but be prepared for the smell to maybe linger slightly after using this product.

I have been dying my hair for the last 20 years or so. Up until 3 years ago it was various shades of blonde. I then decided I wanted a change, and have spent the last 3 years various shades of red - from copper to cherry dark red, had magma highlights put in my hair, then tried various shades of brown to cover the red, which as expected didn't really work. I read lots of the reviews on here - good and bad, watched the online videos on you tube, and saw the different results, but as I didn't want to subject my hair to being bleached, I decided I would give this product a chance.First thing I would say and agree with what other reviewers have said....buy a really good deep clean shampoo! I purchased Tresemme Deep Cleansing shampoo. Wash your hair 2 / 3 times with it just before you use Colour B4, no conditioner after it, blow dry your hair, then use the Colour B4. It is a little smelly, but I have to say it's more than bearable, and not as bad as some people have made out. Do wrap your hair with cling film after the product is on, wrap an additional warm towel round that, and I also periodically blasted it with the hair dryer. Wait the full 60 minutes (I used the extra strength) and follow the buffering instructions! I must stress.....read the instructions 2 / 3 times! Follow them to the letter! Don't shortcut on rinsing or the buffering stage. There is a lot of rinsing involved after the 60 min development time, but doing it right really will make the difference on the result you get. I also used some thick conditioner after the final rinse and my hair feels great! The colour is even - slightly brassy, but you are clearly warned of that. I would recommend you have a semi-permanent on standby, and remember make it an Ash tone if you are looking to counteract the brassy effect, however I have to say, I have not needed the semi permanent I bought, the colour is fine, my hair has been left in great condition! I am delighted! Highly recommend the product, and remember don't shortcut on any steps :)