5.5 how can I clean up after i've dyed my hair?
For Dye Stains on Skin
From: Deirdre Clyde
Exfoliate as much as you can without hurting yourself. Then moisturize like crazy. A product with alpha-hydroxy acids might help too. Then, there are make-ups specifically made to cover scars that will probably work wonders to cover whatever's left. You should be able to get it too a barely-there shadow, if not completely invisible.
From: Jenn
Exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate... And next time you get your hair dyed, totally slather on lotion/moisturizer on any skin that might come in contact with your hair, that'll help keep the dye from staining your skin.
From: cat
i usually take my own hair and scrub the stain with it... strange, but it works... also i have used comet.
From: TwistedNIN
Run to Sally Beauty Supply and buy Super Smak. It takes the stain right off in seconds. Worked when I had blue dye dripped on my nose!
From: susan
Bonne Bell's 10-0-6 deep pore cleanser gets blue dye off.
From: katbat13
With 14 (+ or -) years experience in black hair dye i can, and with great confidence tell you that the best thing to remove hair dye, especially black, is a very warm, (bordering hot), wet washcloth, antibacterial hand soap (i've heard dish soap helps as well), and a little elbow grease. you may have to repeat the process depending on how excessive the staining is, you may also wish to use a little hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide acts like a low-key developer which may help lighten the color of the stains. Or go to your local beauty supply store and ask the clerk for hair dye on skin removal stuff, i know there is such a product, i just can't remember what it's called.
From: Linda Dunn
Put vaseline or baby oil on the places on your face where the dye stained it. Leave it on overnight (yep, you can kiss that pillowcase goodbye). Then it should come off with a tissue the next morning. They key to getting it out is oil -- so the other things you were using were actually drying your skin out and making it worse. The vaseline should work, though.
From: Trystan L. Bass
A hair-dresser friend o' mine once used ashes to remove the stains from my forehead after we dyed my hair black at home. Just take a wet finger, rub it in an ashtray, then rub the damp ashes on the stains. Let it sit for a few minutes. Gross and smelly, but it worked. Plain ol' cigarette ashes. Weird!
From: Macbarbie
I am a hairdresser, and really the best way to remove it is to wet some ciggie ashes and rub them on your skin or on the tile. Works wonders, although a little gross for non-smokers. You know some hairdresser in the '70s made that up!
For Dye Stains on Sinks/Tubs/Counters/Floors/Etc.
From: Trystan L. Bass
Use bleach or cleaning products containing bleach on any surface that can stand bleach (such as ceramic tile, porcelain sinks/tubs, most metals, some -- but not all -- laminate plastics). Always test cleaning products in a small, inconspicuous area if you're not sure they'll harm the surface. Start cleaning up dye as soon as possible after any spills happen. If you have a particularly stubborn stain, make a paste out of Comet (or similar bleach product) and water. Leave it on the stain overnight, and it should be gone by morning.
From: Geraldine
Bleach worked for me and a friend also. Try a small test patch first, to make sure nothing bad happens to the surface. If you'd feel better diluting it, try that first. If it doesn't work, use the bleach straight. That's what we did, and sloshed it on, scrubbed around lightly, and the dye came right off. You could try a rag/old washcloth or something. If dye stains happen often, might want to look into some of those industrial strength oil/stains/grease removers.
From: Penny Dreadful
I don't know if anyone else has posted about this particular pitfall of Feria hair colours, but just a PSA: Rinse yr tub WELL after using the conditioner in the shower. I nearly took a bad tumble just now--the shit is SLIPPERY, and it *stays*. Rinse -- or better yet, scrub -- yr tubby after using that stuff or you risk a broken head.
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