Developlus Color Oops Color Remover (Extra Strength) (Pack of 2)

SELLER Feedback: I will not take off a star for this, but the seller: "Mango Six B&M" sold me TWO boxes that BOTH had the large solution bottle with taped back up caps on, only half of the solution in it and wrapped in bubble tape. The other (small) solution bottle appeared to be full, but the lid was ALSO taped on. I had to combine the two bottles from each box. THank GOD I already bought a box of this stuff from CVS before this order arrived (I couldn't wait and I have long hair, so I thought I may need two treatments and then I forgot that this order already had two boxes coming). I am literally sitting here, with the solution on my hair (for a second application) from combining the contents of both boxes, hoping that it's not going to F-up my hair (WHY THE HELL was the solution bottle half full/empty??). PRODUCT Feedback: I have naturally blond hair that was dyed dark brown forever (past 9 1/2 years) and then I went burgundy/red for a long while with bouts of dark brown root touch-ups. Mostly box dye, with some salon dye-jobs in between. I saw my blond roots as they were growing out lately and now I had a rainbow mess and thought: "You know, I'm not turning gray yet and I'll be graying within the next 15 years, I bet, so maybe going back to blond will be less cumbersome and easier to maintain, since I'm naturally a blonde anyway!" - I want to go almost platinum and priced it out. With color correction, to get the red and dark brown out, I was looking at $150/ hour at a salon and I saw that women who were doing the same thing, were taking up to 6 hours in the salon! I don't know about you, but I don't have that kind of dough lying around. 1st application, was yesterday. I was impressed. The red/brown came out and I did see a LOT of orange tint in my hair, but I expected that. Especially since I put a lot of harsh red (box dye) pigment into it AND my blond is a really brassy/ yellow/ orange one anyway. I thought that I shampooed and then rinsed enough, but I may not have. After a while, after a blow-out, today, it looks a bit darker. I read up and found that I did not rinse enough (do not rinse until water is clear, just KEEP rinsing for 20 minutes). Here I am right now, reapplying a 2nd application (using Olaplex treatment with it, so that my hair integrity is not compromised by the peroxide) because I still have a dark band of hair that goes around my head, above my ears that is still noticeable after the first lift (must have been a certain salon or box dye job that was different from the rest. It was already a darker shade than the rest of my head before attempting this color lift). After writing that last paragraph, I went and rinsed for 20 minutes. Holy moly, that is an exercise in patience....rinsing for an ENTIRE 20 minutes! All in all, it works great. just be ready to use a purple shampoo or toner to eliminate serious brassiness and use Olaplex and a deep conditioning treatment to insert moisture back into the hair shaft. I am going to put coconut oil in my hair for the rest of the day after the Olaplex treatment formula 2 that I have in my hair is rinsed out. I will probably give my hair another day of rest after this before I start bleaching. The poor dear has been through enough already.

I was so nervous to use it because of the mixed reviews but I had a great experience and I don’t know what people are talking about but the smell is not bad. I followed the directions to a T and I do still smell the product after washing it, but it did not bother me. It Does say on the direction to pointed away from your face while mixing it. I’m guessing they change the formula because of all the bad reviews about the smell? I barely smelled it until after I rinsed it out!! This is what my hair looked like before and after color oops, prior to using it I got caramel highlights and previous to that I had gotten my hair darkened after highlighting it at a salon, so I’m assuming it got light because it removes the color that they put on the salon to cover my highlights when I went dark again. It was a medium chocolate brown that I had, and look at all this color that I got out!! Now I’m ready to lighten it a little bit more. I recommend you get at least 2 to 3 boxes If you have long hair like me and you wanna saturate every strand, I’m very happy with the results. I will definitely use it in the future.

I wouldn’t necessarily call this a miracle worker as others did, but it basically came out as expected. I have thick, medium brown hair that touches to the middle of my back. I have dyed and highlighted my hair multiple times in the past 3 years. I started out with some highlights, and then got sick of the lighter hair and changed to dying my hair dark chocolate brown. I kept dying my hair to keep up with the roots, and then I finally got sick of dying my hair altogether. This seemed like the way to go as spending $50 on hair products and DIY-ing it sounded better than a $300+ salon visit, and I figured I could always go to the salon if I completely screwed it up. I went through the Color Oops process twice (24 hours apart from each other just to see the results) using two boxes of Extra Strength each time for the full 20 minutes. After the first time, I could tell a slight difference however not as much as I expected. I did rinse my hair for 45 minutes in total, shampooing 3 or so times. The first time I did this I rinsed in the sink with my head bent over it…DO NOT DO THAT. My neck hurt for three days straight afterwards. The second time I did it I just rinsed in the shower which was much easier. I used an argan oil based deep conditioner afterwards each time which left my hair almost as soft as it was before. It was still kinda dark and brassy overall but definitely closer to the medium brown I began with years ago. The roots came out a completely different color than the rest of the hair, a light brown with A LOT of red in it. I assume it came out that way because the roots have only been dyed once and maybe I shouldn’t have left it on for the full twenty on my roots each time, but I thought it would be too difficult to evenly distribute the color from the roots down and not have a distinct line. So I bought a box of Foam Permanent Color in light brown (the box and everyone on here said go lighter). I put the color on my roots only and left it in for 3 minutes after I saw the color looked very dark. After rinsing, it was still lighter than the rest of my hair however there’s not as much of a distinct line and it’s less noticeable. I will recommend using John Frieda Color Glaze after this process if your hair came out too brassy. I bought the kind for cool-toned browns. I do have some red/warmth to my hair color naturally, but the glaze neutralizes the brassiness without making it look ashy (I also leave it on the roots only for a few minutes which makes the hair color seem more seamless as well). Also- the smell was not as bad as everyone was saying. I didn’t notice it at all while I was using the product. I noticed a slight eggy smell in my apartment the next day after leaving and then coming back, but a few candles and some fans rid the apartment of the scent completely within a few hours.

I have used this product a half dozen times over the past couple decades to remove dark brown box color. It has always worked well for me, until now. I followed all instructions, and even rinsed and shampooed for longer than it says, because rinsing is the key. It barely budged the color at all. I have to be under a certain light to even tell that it’s a tiny bit lighter. I don’t know what has changed in the four years since I last used this, but it’s not an improvement. I’m not happy at all that I wasted my money on this, and as a hair professional I will not recommend this product again to anyone. Just do a gentle bleach and save your time and money. I’d like a refund.

I’ve used Color Oops many many MANY times before, but never written a review for it. I’ll write about this last two uses. I purchased the two pack twice (4 boxes), I have to use two boxes a time to really make sure my hair is saturated.. I have really thick hair and a lot of it. I triple bag the hair with disposable shower caps to hold the liquid and the god awful smell in. Follow the directions to the T! When it said to rinse the first time for 20min, do that! Make sure your hot water heater is working well and spend as much time as possible rinsing out your hair as you can, this is a huge part in removing the color. As for that smell?? After a few washes it does go away, so don’t fret. This last time using this, I started with my hair being boxed dye Garnier Nutrisse #11 Blackest Black (peppercorn). I sadly forgot to take the before photo so image a super dark black. After the first two boxes I got it down to a brown/red, I then waited two-three days (mostly cause of shipping, I didn’t buy the 4 boxes at the same time) and then used it again… now I have a lighter reddish brown. I’m happy with the color (IT DOES NOT BRING YOU BACK TO YOUR NATURAL HAIR COLOR) (I’m a natural dark ash blonde)…I’ll probably dye it later though. If you do dye after using Color Oops, keep in mind that your hair is super porous right now and whatever color you choose will come out darker than the desired result … so buy a few shades lighter then what you want. I think that covers it. Pretty much, read the instructions and don’t expect a miracle in this box… expect some color removal. This isn’t bleach so be happy it isn’t completely destroying your hair.

After seeing some videos and reading a few positive experiences from other henna users whom used this to lighten, I decided to give it a try. Backstory: I use "Wine Red" from Henna Color Lab (online product based in Oregon). I have been using this product for 2 years & I color my entire head of hair each time. Based on my experience, this product did not work for my hair except to lighten the top 1/2 inch only VERY slightly (in fact I'm not sure if it even did or not). Keep in mind however, that Wine Red is quite a dark color and I've been coloring my hair for a little 2 years (probably 8-10 times!) - it's pretty saturated to say the least. If you are using a lighter henna and/or have only dyed your hair once or twice, you may have some success with this product, but if you're in the same boat as me, I can definitely save you the trouble and assure you that it will not work (to be fair, I don't think the product claims to work with henna anyways - it was just a shot in the dark since others had some success)! Some general pros were: - It was easy to apply - It didn't take long to use (20 minutes only!) Some general cons were: - It was very drying - It smelled terrible - All that rinsing was rough! My scalp even felt a little numb from it! If it had of worked, the cons would have been no big deal to me at all! Thanks and best luck! :)

I rarely ever write reviews on anything just cause I don’t have time or feel like it lol but this stuff actually works! I had dark brown permanent dye and a reddish purple semi permanent on top of blonde and it pretty much took almost all the brown out and it took out all of the reddish purple color I had in my hair! I would definitely recommend this product and I’ll probably be buying it again in a couple weeks to do my hair again. I would say to get a good conditioning mask for afterwards, though because it does leave your Hair feeling a little dry but the next day it felt pretty OK with the leaf products I had

This won't turn your hair back into it's actual color if you've been coloring as long as I have, but it WILL strip out the chemical components of whatever you have been putting in your hair. I've used this twice, once to take out a black purple and this past weekend to remove plain brown so I could bleach. Key take-aways are: It's super thin and drippy and stinks like rotten eggs. Also, RINSE. They aren't kidding. You have to rinse for literally 20 minutes, which is forever when you're upside down over the tub, then you wash your and rinse for five more minutes FOUR TIMES. So that's 40 minutes of rinsing in all. Oh, and then you should have a really good conditioner on hand. It didn't trash my hair, but it (or the prolonged rinsing) left it unhappy and dry. But it works. I do love this stuff. $25 seems pricey, but this is a set of two boxes.

I know this would work great to get the colour out watched YouTube videos and it does work great.

Absolument inutile Je n’ai jamais vu un produit qui marchait si peu J’ai déjà testé mieux pour 4 fois moins cher, que du marketing. Je suis très déçue de ce produit Une perte d’argent et de temps considérable. Nul.

This worked excellently! I died my hair with a golden blonde permanent colour that turned out brown on my blonde hair. It was so dark! I used two boxes of this because I have very thick and quite long hair, and my hair is back to normal!! It’s light and blonde again, such a relief! It does stink! My hair smelled really bad when I went to sleep last night while it was still damp but this morning the smell has reduced significantly. But the smell is worth it!! I highly recommend!

Totally lifted my black box dye ! Would buy again

Just go to a hair salon because you’re hair will look patchy and will look like hot Cheetos