Color Oops Extra Strength Hair Color Remover Review

I have been known to do some really horrible things to my hair.  Realllllly horrible things.  In my old age though I have managed to keep that under control for quite a while and be kind to my hair.

That is, until last week.  My roots were looking lighter than my ends and I was growing tired with the henna process that I normally use to color my hair. So I got some dark red dye and slapped it on my head.  I wanted the roots and everything to be slightly darker than the medium red shade I had.  Well it went way dark on me and looked basically black with a little red instead of the true dark red I was hoping for.  I liked it, it was just a little more goth than I could live with so I started plotting how I'd remove the dark.

So I ended up getting a Color Oops Hair Color Remover kit at my local Walgreen's and used it.  Color Oops consists of 2 bottles of goo.  Basically I just poured one bottle of goo into the other, tipped it a few times to mix, then applied it all over my hair until it was saturated.  I let it sit for about 10 minutes and was amazed to see the color lightening before my eyes!  I followed the instructions to rinse for 5 minutes, shampoo, then rinse for another 5 minutes and it turned out pretty good.

Color Oops took out all the darkness!  Now because I had used a peroxide based color, it lifted some of the color from my hair so it's actually lighter than I want it now, but it's still in good shape and I can just color over it with my normal color again instead of that too dark color I switched to (bad mistake).

Color Oops smells kind of bad but it's nothing horrible.  It smells like a combination between perm solution and really strong vinegar.

Recommended, but with reservations.  I am not licensed in cosmetology but I have years of experience working with hair color. Successfully and unsuccessfully.  That said, it was a little scared to use this product even though I knew what I was doing.  My hair is also in great condition when I started so I was fairly sure it wasn't going to fall out or break off.  The ends are a little dry now though so if you're starting with bleached and/or damaged hair, please use caution, think twice, and read, read, read the directions.