Salerm Color Reverse

Works but has its limits
prior to salerm i used the color oops which totally backfired, turning my roots orange [my dyed hair is a dark dark brown with auburn and violet tones and i’ve been dying my hair dark for over 10 years – dying/highlighting for over 20 years], despite following the directions to the letter. But this stuff, fixed the orange and stripped the dark [almost black but not quite] from the bottom up and fixed the orange somehow. I will have to use a second time after a week or so as stripping your hair is a process, especially of dark colors or red/violets, and it takes many rinses – each time i rinse more comes out slowly but surely. You must be patient especially if you’ve been coloring for a decade or more and nothing will restore you to your original color if youre using permanent dye and semi-permanent dye – you need to grow your hair out to get to your original color. My goal was to lighten so I could go to a lighter shade, which I refuse to bleach my hair as its not worth the damage, NOT restore it to my orignal shade as that is impossible due to the way the oxidation process of dye on hair follicles.This is what I did besides following the directions;1. Mix eq. parts as directed & apply quickly (it’s a gel so its much easier and you get a lot out of it but if you have very thick long hair it would be safer to go with two boxes)- it does stink but nowhere near as badly as color oops which lingered in my hair which was gross – if you rinse and shampoo as I did there’s no lingering scent2. Apply a cap (doesn’t come with) but also it helps to throw a towel in the dryer to heat up and then wrap over the cap. heat activates it and makes it work better.3. Leave in for 20 minutes (some people say they’ve left it on longer but I have healthy hair and i try to protect it so i didn’t want to chance it – I may leave it in longer next time, however).4. Rinse hair first in shower thoroughly and apply shampoo (no conditioner – not yet) than rinse for 20minutes the first time. IMPORTANT – use a crappy shampoo – the stuff that costs $5 with parabans (etc. the crappy stuff)- Apply shampoo (the crappy stuff again) again & rinse for 5 minutes.- Shampoo one more time (yes, still the crappy one), rinse for 5 minutes apply conditioner (I used a nexus keratin conditioner mixed with a deep conditioner treatment) and rinse for 5 minutes (last time!).It’s boring and a process but it pays off! Your hair will thank you if you use a nice conditioning treatment (I used a garnier papaya treatment mixed with my nexus keratin conditioner).I’d also say keep using the crappy shampoo as it helps strip that color! DONT BOTHER WITH COLOR OOPS – it’s cheap and terrible! This stuff doesn’t hurt your scalp either and the smell doesn’t linger the way i re-shampoo-ed and rinsed repeatedly (which helps the stripping process as well). RINSE RINSE RINSE!

Did the job, and some…
Well, it did remove the black Demi dye from my hair but it certainly didn’t restore my hair back to its natural color. My hair is naturally a medium reddish brown and it turned it veryyyy copper. Super light at the base but darker at the ends (mostly out of the light) after two rounds. It definitely was stinky, like sulfur. And my hair still smelled of it after 5 washes with shampoo and a deep conditioning mask. In fact it still smells like it now, 5 days later, after multiple more washes. On the plus side, my hair looks very shiny and doesn’t feel overly processed. I it’s kind of a nice shade for summer too.I mixed equal parts in a bowl. Put on some rubber gloves and worked through sections of my hair, totally saturating it all. I think I would have preferred to start at the bottom up to midway and let that develop a little and finish up the the roots the last 15 mins. I piled my hair atop my head and wrapped foil around it all. I left it for 35 mins to be sure, but the original 25 mins would probably have sufficed. The last 3-5 mins I blow dried the outside of the foil for extra measure. Then I rinsed in the shower, used a clarifying shampoo 5 times because I could still smell that stinky eggy smell in my hair. I was over it at that point and applied a deep conditioning mask for 5 mins. Rinsed with very hot water, then a cold blast. I was anxious to see what the heck I just did, so I applied my usual products and styled. It’s kinda growing on me…

Ma mère voulait éclaircir sa couleur et le faisait au fur et à mesure.Elle s’est retrouvée avec des différences affreuses comme sur la première photo.La 2e photo c’est après le démaquillant pour cheveux.La 3e photo après recoloration.Le produit est très doux pour les cheveux et pas agressif malgré l’efficacité.

It does the job. But it leaves the hair a bit dry after use.