How to Lift the Black Hair Dye from Your Hair

So you've colored your hair black for awhile and now you've decided it's time for a new color. Can you get the black dye out of your hair without your hair falling out? Most of your friends and hair experts will probably say no or they will tell you that you need to go to a salon to have it done. A salon will charge you insane amounts of money to do a “corrective color� on your hair but with some pre-planning and some common sense you can get the black dye lifted enough to recolor your hair.

The longer you've been coloring your hair black the harder it will be to strip the black color from your hair. It's important that you don't have unrealistic expectations of the stripping process. You won't be able to take your hair from black to white in one treatment but it can happen eventually if that's your goal. You might want to have a big hat or a scarf to wrap your head in between treatments though because chances are your hair will look a little wacky.

The best way to begin is to pick a date that you want to start the process. Pick a date at least a week away. Make an appointment with your hair stylist and have the bottom 2-3 inches of your black hair cut off. Chopping off the ends will help with the stripping process because the ends of your hair are notoriously hard to lighten.

Once your hair has been trimmed there are steps you can take to start lightening the color and preparing your hair for the bleaching process. Wash your hair daily with a clarifying shampoo like Suave Daily Clarifying shampoo and use hot oil treatments like V05 hot oil tubes. These will both begin to strip the color from your hair. Also make sure that you use a really high quality conditioner daily. I like to use Aussie 3 Minute Miracle. Keep a bottle of it on hand, you'll need it after bleaching your hair.

The day before you're ready to bleach you'll need to get a few things from the beauty supply store. Go to the beauty supply store, like Sally Beauty Supply, they won't have these things at the drugstore. Here's a shopping list to take to the beauty supply store: