So, you have a permanent hair color and you wish to bleach it out? Or lighten it?

To be honest, with the right peroxide level it is actually not that hard to remove permanent hair dyes. The tricky bit is to actually remove it evenly, this is definitely the hardest part to achieve!

How to Bleach Out Permanent Hair Dye

As a hairdresser who has 27 years of industry experience, the evenest way to bleach out permanent hair dye is definitely to use foils if the desired color is lightening the overall look of the hair color.

What Level of Bleach Should Be Used to Remove Permanent Hair Color?

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First and foremost you need to assess what color is currently in your hair. Hair is industrially described as a level one to ten. One is black and ten is white blonde. You then need to assess what color level you want to achieve. From this information, you can decide what level of bleach you will need to achieve the desired results.

1. If you only need to lift your hair one level and you are not in a hurry, it can actually be done with cheap shampoo. Shampoo twice before conditioning every second day for two weeks and you would be amazed what you can achieve easily and without chemicals.

Or, it can easily be done with a bleach bath. This is a 1:1:1 ratio of bleach, clarifying shampoo and semi-activator or the lowest level peroxide you can get, preferably 1.5% peroxide, mix this into a shampoo-like paste and shampoo it onto your hair quickly and evenly. It lightens very quickly, like within minutes.

However, you need to be aware that for 1 shade of lightening this is fantastic, for more than that leaving the bleach bath on will make the hair blotchy, and it will lift unevenly. And if you put another hair color or toner over that, it’ll be uneven too. So, if you try and lift more than one shade, the outcome will not be good!