If you color hair often you know that the transfer of hair color to the skin is a common challenge, no matter how crafty you are with donning those gloves. Hair dye tends to get on everything from your clothes to the countertop. What do you do when it gets on your ears, forehead, neck, or hands?

The answer to this question is not limited to one answer. In fact, there are a number of ways to remove hair dye from the skin. First and foremost, you always want to remedy the mistake or take precautions to extricate dye from the skin as soon as it is noticed.

However, should you be able to finish the process of coloring hair with dye before seeing the stain, there are a few actions you can take to correct the mishap.

How to Remove Hair Color from Skin

Here are 9 ways that experts recommend removing hair dye from your skin.

#1: Hairspray

To deploy the hairspray technique, you will need a cotton ball and hair spray. Next, saturate the cotton ball with the hair spray. You will apply to the saturated cotton ball to the area in which you are trying to remove the color. The hair spray contains a mixture of chemicals that will support the removal of the dye while simultaneously exfoliating the skin.

#2: Lemon Juice

To use this technique, simply apply a generous amount of lemon juice to a cotton ball or makeup removal pad and rub it to the affected area. The action associated with rubbing the area to remove the hair dye may take a bit of time, but you will begin to see some results.

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#3: Eye Makeup Remover

In those instances, where the dye is left on the skin for a period of time, you may need to apply something to help break the substance down a bit. Petroleum jelly, baby oil or olive oil is an excellent way to do this. Using a sponge or your finger, apply the jelly or oil to the affected location. This is a multiple-application process. With repetition, you should start to see the dye slowly lift.