removing black

[30sharon]

hiya ive got a client who has just started coming to me she has been colouring her own hair black for the last few years with box colour she now wants to go lighter she has got a root about 3inches and had a brazilian blowdry abot 8 weeks ago i took a strand test to day and did a bleach shampoo to see if i could lift it at all but it never lightened one bit i dont know if a colour remover would be ok with the brazilian blow dry i cant think what to do has anyone got any suggestions :?:

 

[BBH Salon]

Ohh tough one. Well i would do a strand test with the colour remover, and also try doing a bleach bath again. If it doesnt lift then the hair is too porous to even work with. If it does lift and the conditon is ok, then explain to her that it might be a bit dry after wards and offer her a discount on a treatment? strand test all the way! but do explain to her that her hair isnt going to be the same. Good luck

 

[-sophisticutz-]

If a bleach bath hasn't lifted it, then a colour remover won't either. They are essentially the same thing.
Also, anything that removes colour will strip the brasilian blowdry straight out.

If the colour is not shifting with the bleach bath, I suspect it is the brasilian blowdry preventing the removal. I would wait until the blowdry is completely out of the hair and then try another strand test.

 

[HairSquared]

As stated, anything that will remove pigment will remove the keratin treatment. Kerating is in the cuticle layer, where as the color is deeper into the cortex layer. She will have to have the treatment redone. That being said, if you purposefully strip the keratin, remove the black, recolor and the do the bolwdry again, her hair should stay in relatively good condition. Just a lengthy process, and will be costly, as is all correction. I always use this opportunity to show how home coloring never pays in the end.:green:

 

[hairtech84]

The new Erase it in Affinage is fantastic to remove colour. The process of the actual chemical is to go into the cuticle and shrink the colour molecule, depending on how much build up is there you may have to do 2 applications and it should bring it back to the natural underlying pigment then you can bleach it out from there without worrying about it damaging the hair because the Erase it IS NOT BLEACH (it simply does the reverse process of an oxidising colour). You will also receive a much more even result along the hair strand if you have removed the build up first!
Good luck