Vitamin C hair dye removal, Episode 1!

Hey guys, Elyse here

In my last post, I told you all about my latest frustration...getting this blue dye out of my hair. Since then, I have spoken with a friend of mine that told me that the brand and color I used is the hardest to remove. I have been using Ion Brilliance, in various shades of blue, including their teal and aqua shades, gleefully dying my hair what would end up being the most stubborn blue. So, if you're reading this Ion, fuck you. If you come across this post before you use this brand and color, please please turn back, while you still can!!

Anyways, brace yourselves, because this post is going to be picture laden with horrifying images of my face with no makeup! EEK! If you've decided you have the balls, join me now in the confusing adventures of Vitamin C dye removal, and my review of the results. 

The before pic: beware, here there be no makeup dragons.

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First, I went out and bought Vitamin C pills, tablet style. Not chewable, not gummy. Tablets. Take a mortar and pestle and crush about 20 of those suckers up. If you don't have a mortar and pestle, sucks for you. Put the pills in a ziploc baggie and crush them with a rolling pin. 

make sure there's no lumps or hard bits. it should be powder. 

Now, add two parts shampoo (clarifying shampoo like head and shoulders or baby shampoo works best.) to one part powder. Add to moist hair, and lather. Lather like your ass is on the line. It might get gel-like, or it might be runny. 

Warning: This is for the people that may not have any common sense. If it burns when it's on your head, rinse it off. Right away. Don't blame me when you get a rash, but I didn't. 

Now it may get runny, so wrap your head in a plastic bag, and have a towel on your shoulders. 

I left this this goop on for two hours as the other blogs about it suggested. Yeah, I don't have much patience, but I was able to wait it out. I didn't feel any tingling, or anything from this. It didn't run on me, but I had a towel near by just in case. Gotta protect my solid-gold sofa.

I rinsed it out, and didn't see any color coming with it, which was disheartening.
 After drying, the blue near my roots had lightened some, but overall, this method didn't do much for me. Also, (and pay attention, this is important)
It dried my hair out like a mofo. It has taken some intensive care to get them back to a semi-healthy condition again. Now, some people who have tried the Vitamin C method say it takes a couple tries. I, however, will not being doing it again. The results were not at all worth drying my hair out so bad, and I'll be trying something out next time. Any suggestions of alternative color removal methods? Comment below. My locks are your guinea pigs. Oh, and here is the picture of the next morning, with the results of this failed, failed experiment.

Until next time, enjoy responsibly!
Elyse

My Hair Journey...From Blue to White

AKA...why won't the blue dye get the fuck out of my hair?

Hey guys, Elyse here, and I am writing a two part post about my hair. After all of my shades of pastel hair, I had decided a few months back to use semi-permanent blue, in a few shades. I loved it. But now that it's time for a change, I am completely unable to lift this damn blue out. After doing some research, I found out that blue and green dyes are some of the toughest to get out. Frustrated, I looked for answers. Here's the hang-up, I cannot bleach my hair again until I heal it a little. It's fried like an egg in the desert.

Not my kid. 

I looked up ways to get this color out of my hair, (in order to put another one in of course,) and I came up with EVERYTHING. From crushing up vitamin C pills, to oil pulling, to awful bleach, to voodoo magic. I may have been exaggerating one that last one. 

So, here I am at a crossroads. Which one do I try? Well, I hope you are prepared to follow us for a few weeks because I am putting my hair through all of these, or until I find one that works, and reporting to you guys with the results of each. Prepare to see my face with no makeup, EEK! And hopefully some good results will be found. That's right, for all of you who are sitting at home with faded, but very persistent blue hair, I am sacrificing myself FOR SCIENCE!!! (and I will document it for your use. You're welcome, assholes.) 

So stay tuned viewers! 

Part two of my post is brief. Because I will be wrecking my hair, most likely, I need to start with some semi-repaired locks. I jogged to the store..jk I fucking drove. And I randomly selected a Keratin conditioner. Went home expecting little results, and damn was I wrong! 

This shit is made of angel tears and the blood of a virgin.

I used my regular shampoo, conditioned with this, and not only does it smell like coconut heaven, it works. From the first time i used it, I noticed an immediate improvement in my ends. Less split ends, much easier to comb through wet, and brush while dry, and best of all, I will be able to commence Operation Blueless, starting with episode 1: Vitamin C. And no, this company didn't pay me a cent to whore their product. Although if you work for them, and want to send me money, please feel free.