Scott Cornwall Decolour Hair Colour Remover For Dyed Hair

I was a bit trepidatious about using this but had to try something as I needed to remove the dark purple colour I had put on my dark blonde with grey hair. I had also built up quite a few layers of other colours underneath. It’s not difficult to use but it is a bit of a faff. (To be fair that is probably true of colour removers in general!) It recommends reading the instructions twice before you start and I would definitely echo that. The main stuff is a bit smelly but not at all unbearable (and I am very sensitive to smells) but the other lotions and potions smell quite pleasant. One thing that was surprising was that when I washed off the colour remover part I expected the water to run quite murky but it was totally clear. Slight panic at that point in case it hadn’t worked! When the moment of truth arrived at the end of the process I was actually amazed – there was no sign of the purple or other colours left in my hair. It was totally back to normal, albeit an awful lot greyer than I remembered!

This wasn’t as expensive as some of the colour removers but it seems to have worked really well and the smell isn’t too bad. I would definitely buy it again.

I used permanent red hair dye on my dark brown wavy hair and whilst it was great at the time, removing it is no mean feat.
My hair has always had naturally warm tones since I was a teenager and I’ll never have a “cool” brown tone.
I wanted to revert back to my usual colour again but the red was proving to be as stubborn as heck.
I wasn’t expecting much from a box of three applications for 2.99. I only used two sachets for my fine but ample long hair.
Oh the smell of sulphur lasted well after the third rinse a whole week later!
It’s very important to deeply condition your hair after this unless you like the straw feel. I use a plastic shower cap with a microfibre turban over it to seal in the heat overnight and this greatly improves the moisture lost during treatment.
I love the Garnier Banana mask for this and everyday smoothing.
This Colour Removal product made a visible difference in the reduction of coppery red tones in my hair.
It also revealed how much I’d lightened my hair with permanent box dyes.
I dyed my hair again after several weeks using Aussie Blue shampoo and conditioner which helped overall.
I also used a Hair Detox shampoo to remove product build up which was as drying as this stuff.
I think it’s worth it though to get a cleaner base for future colour otherwise you can end up with a patchwork of old colours through your hair.

My hair is naturally ginger and I’d tried so dye it by mixing 2 other ginger colours to go all ready for autumn with the end result being a warmm, deep rich red.
It didn’t happen.

I ordered 2 of these hair strippers, which were delivered the next day and got to work.

My hair is just below my shoulders so I ordered 2, incase I needed extra. I didn’t.

In terms of the smell, it’s absolutely fine. It wasn’t by any means unbearable.

Instructions were easy enough to follow.

I wrapped my hair in the clingfilm as required and again in a towel to keep in the heat to help break down the dye particles. I left it on for the required time and when I took off the towel and cling film….my hair was orange.

By orange, I don’t mean, back to my natural hair, it was almost luminous. As if I had put bleach on my hair and it had turned an orange/yellow colour. The dye had definitely stripped the dye out, but it had also lightened it.

The condition on my hair after was fine, wasn’t brittle or dry.
I left it for 2 days to see if I would live with it, but unfortunately, it was too bright. The box did say to leave it for 3 washes or 7 days before dying it again, but I couldn’t leave it the way it was.

Would I use it again???
Ermmm, if I couldn’t get to the shops or brave enough to physically go into a high street shop to buy hair b4 or similar, then yes, I would order this product again, perhaps I could have washed it off earlier, either way, does this strip your hair, yes. Do you need to have another box of dye ready to tone it down after??? Yes!

I wanted to dye my hair a lighter shade of blonde and having used lots of toners to counteract brassiness, I wanted to rid my hair of these ashy tones before I dyed it to avoid any green disasters.

See photo – in my before pic my hair is an ashy cool tone and after more of a baby blonde colour (this result is immediately after using this product, I’ve not dyed it yet). So as you can see this product worked well and I got the results I wanted so could go on safely to use a coloured box dye without worrying about colour reactions.

The process is quite straightforward but it is so stinky! I was prepared for this as have used similar products before, but it is still awful even when you expect it. When it’s all washed out you still smell, I was so glad I was immediately dying my hair after as this helped get rid of the smell.

**review** update – I’ve bought this again and this time used it to take permanent blue hair dye out of my daughters bleached hair and worked perfectly, photo added of before and after. She’s very happy!

During Corana virus lockdown I had decided to tackle the roots on my darker blonde with lighter blonde highlighted hair. (Not coloured for about two months). Half way through the process I remembered it’s not Olia Blonde that I use – it’s Olia Light Blonde. And as expected it came out a solid block of dull dark blonde. Not a million miles from my own natural colour. (And I didn’t want that!) Quickly I reordered Olia Light Blonde (price inflated by demand!) and realised I would need colour remover too.

This came in two days – thanks! I found the instructions easy to follow and it was easy to mix and apply. (I’m pretty sure I shook it for a full minute)?! Anyway I rinsed it, applied a bit more, rinsed again and used the conditioner.

I could see even when wet it was lighter. It had definitely removed all the colour from 2 days before. It had also removed some of the salon colour – so I was left with quite a bit of the bleached highlights and less of the darker applied dye to give a more natural look. But it’s fine. It’s a sort of hybrid and not unlike what I had been aiming for 2 days before when I had coloured it (had I used the right colour). I daresay the overall effect is a golder blonde than I go for. But the point is. It works. It does exactly what it says it will do and it removes any recently applied colour.

I will leave it for now and probably re colour it in a few days! Wish me luck.