I RUINED my hair + how I'm fixing it / solutions for extreme hair breakage

[@Ariplaygames]

Tips from someone who has gone from Black to platinum for almost 10 years: 1: The dish soap is what fucked up your hair the most, you can try this method without it and it will work, just slower. But its better to try the vitamin C one, a lot less damaging and better results. Also keep in mind that if your hair is super bleached and kinda damaged already this things are very risky. THERE IS NO DAMAGE FREE WAY, THEY ALL DO AT LEAST A BIT. 2: If your hair is so damaged is gummy and crumbling CUT IT OFF. Trust me I know it hurts and I have literally cried having to basically shave my entire head but nothing can recover that hair no matter what, if you want you can cut some, wait a month max for growth and keep cutting so you dont lose much lenght. 3: If your hair is reaaaally bad but its not gummy yet, COCONUT OIL OMG. Its life changing! I soak my hair fully for an hour or two once every week or two and then wash it, and I also use a drop on the very tips of my hair when I style it. Also protein! make sure to include it always. 4: Try to get away from any heating tool, any progress that you may have in reparing its basically getting fried back from heat. If you must, ALWAYS use a heat protectant. 5: Know your hair! Know when to stop! Sometimes we want something that its not achievable without ruining our hair, or at least not in very little time. You have to consider your texture, previous damage, dryness, if your hair is thin or not, etc and make the decision from that. If you see someone on instagram or youtube doing something it doesnt mean that its gonna work the same in your own hair.

[@Ariplaygames]

@reviewloop I dont think anyone is doing things to their hair to attract guys buddy lol. Women dont do things just so men find them more attractive, we do things because we want too.

[@nnacroon7356]

@reviewloop judging by the comments you leave on hair videos... You're the one who needs tips on the opposite gender 🤣

[@abbynormal371]

Coconut oil on hair + heat = fried. Like cooking an egg

[@Ariplaygames]

@@abbynormal371 I didnt say to use heat on hair with the coconut oil tho...?

[@Inadifferentuniverse1999]

I have 2c/3a curls and did the baking soda and dandruff shampoo method and it didn't do anything to the colour but it FRIED my hair. It didn't break but it felt like a hay wig. I did oil treatments and masks and olaplex. Once my hair was back to life enough I did dandruff shampoo and crushed vitamin C tablets and it didn't damage my hair at all and worked amazingly. Hope this helps someone ^^

[@cassidylouwerens1768]

I’m a hairdresser and I’m totally guilty of having tried the at home color removers before I went to school. Dawn dish detergent is so incredibly drying and damaging to hair, which of course i don’t need to tell you now ha. Vets use it to get oil off of animals that have been in oil spills if that gives any idea how stripping it can be. Also the 20 volume developer I don’t really understand. 20 volume would give up to 2 levels of lift theoretically, but it’s supposed to be mixed with bleach or haircolor. I don’t know if it will do anything by itself. Your hair is still absolutely stunning though and I love that color on you so much. ❤️❤️ Next time If you’re not in the market for a color remover, I would try some shampoos with menthol! Tea Tree shampoo by Paul Mitchell is really great at stripping hair. I’ve always used it to strip my color before redoing it, and we’ve used it on girls at work when they dye their hair too bright. (We are only allowed natural hair colors, funnily enough for a salon. We’ve had a few mishaps of girls going too red) and it really helps! It’ll make it dry but not nearly as much as other things might.

[@aromamorgan]

I tried the vitamin c tablets mixed with head and shoulders to try and strip out color and my hair felt horrible. Dry, brittle, and took foreverrrr to get back to a state where I could even use heat on it. This was 2 years ago, and my hair has finally grown out to the length it used to be before I tried it- now I’m trying to get my waves back 🤞🤞🤞

[@tabithaporter5136]

Where was this video four months ago!! 😭 I’m glad it’s here now. I have about the type hair as you (wave pattern and thickness wise) and I tried the DIY “safe” color remover to get out some faded red and it did work but but boy hair was destroyed. I ended up cutting it up to my shoulders and dying it brown, but there was still a lot of damage. I’ve been using the Redken Extreme line and Olaplex No. 3 and it has really helped! I’ve been looking into the All Soft mask as well so I’ll definitely be getting it now, might have to look into a chem shot as well 😊 So glad you were able to save your hair!

[@jennyrubi398]

I did that color removing recipe a few weeks ago too!!! I was stripping pink out damaged my hair so bad. Did the Aphogee protein treatment and it saved my hair. I also use the Redken extreme water treatment its amazing. I've got olaplex, and all the moisturizing masks that exist lol my hair feels amazing!!

[@lemolee]

I am so glad you posted this. I was just looking at those color stripping videos this week, and I will definitely stay away from those now!!!

[@Straberrysugar]

I totally feel you. I have the same type of hair and tried getting permanent dye out of my hair with the same method - thankfully it was just my ends and not my whole head, but it fried my hair so bad i had to cut them off or theyd compromise the rest of my hair. People who say this method is good because its "without bleach" don't know developer does damage as well. It got the color out of course, but it was so fragile, tangly and messy ,, not worth it imo. would've been better to just bleach it.

[@VectorHitomi]

I actually tried this method to pull green out of my hair, but I think there was a 5th ingredient that I added in. Developer can, from my understanding, can do damage to the hair as well. I think it's similar to Color Oops, which I've read can dry out the hair as well. I ended up having to use bleach in the end, but managed to avoid what I already had bleached. What messed my hair up was using ammonia "free" bleach, it made my hair go platinum and brittle in 15 minutes and I was going from an auburn color. Freaked the ever loving day lights out of me.

[@ivettechinas5853]

This video needs to go viral and save hair!!! I wish I found this video sooner, I also did the diy color remover to remove blue out of my hair and I fried it. My hair was falling off and I was freaking out because not even bleach has done that 😭 I’m so embarrassed to go to the hair salon because I know they will be upset, thank you for recommending products 🥺💗 I cannot thank you enough for this video!

[@melindab]

Ivette Chinas Awh you’re welcome!! I hope it helps! It seriously saved my hair🖤🖤

[@gremlinsx2793]

Wow! How scary, so glad it's getting better though! I used to dye my hair with schwarzkopf keratin color & I swear it's almost impossible to remove or lighten without a bleach bath! Luckily doing that didnt damage my hair much, hardly any breakage but after that I finally decided to stop dying my hair & just let it be. I love that you shared your experience with us 😊

[@IvyStarlight98]

The Shea moisture probably didn’t work because it didn’t have protein in it, bleached hair needs more protein for strength

[@kaybarnard1850]

I wish I saw this video a few days ago. After watching countless videos on non damaging stripper I did the exact DIY one you did. I then bleached my hair on Saturday and my hair is straw and falling out (honestly wanted to cry). I will be definitely trying your recommendations to try and rescue my hair as I thought my only option was to cut all my hair off.

[@zombiezoo837]

Wow, I'm sorry to hear how badly that colour remover concoction ruined your hair! At least you're taking the correct steps to repair it though. I have also used the same colour remover mixture, but with a 10 volume developer instead of 20 vol which you said you used. At the time I first used it, I had dyed my hair with Crazy Color's 'Lavender' which goes on really purple and then washes to a pink. The pink stuck to my hair and just would not fade any more, it just wouldn't budge. This was over a pure white blonde base. When I applied the mixture, I left it in for a good half an hour. If anyone reading this is going to try it, you need to know that when it is on your hair, you do not see any colour change at all, it's only when you rinse it out that the colour comes out. It's very strange! So don't leave it on for longer than half an hour thinking that it isn't working because it really does work. Anyway when I rinsed it off, I had an real moment of panic because a streak sized chunk of my hair came right out of my scalp..it didn't break off, it literally fell out. As you can imagine I thought that all the rest of my hair was going to come out and leave me completely bald!! But that didn't happen and I didn't lose any more hair. There was also no further damage to my hair - it didn't feel dry at all and I didn't have any breakage whatsoever. The second time I used the mixture was to remove Crazy Color's 'Cyclamen' which is a very deep pink. Again, this was over white hair. This time, the mixture removed all the colour with no hair loss or damage at all and took it back to white. So, if you do want to try this, use only 10vol developer and try it on a small section first to see how your hair reacts to it. The results really will depend on your hair texture, the colour you want to remove, how much colour build up you have, how porous or damaged your hair is....you may do well with it like I did (aside from the random clump of hair that fell out) or it may really damage your hair. Always do a test section first!

[@Shiiiveeers]

I wouldn't trust any DIY recipes from random people with no qualifications in hair. Household ingredients can definitely be damaging - it's way safer to use products formulated by professionals and SCIENTIFICALLY proven to work. Also "damage" is very vague and unscientific, different people could touch the same hair and call it damaged or not, so the results from videos are very unreliable.

[@Niklaura]

THIS HAPPENED TO ME. They need to NOT be on youtube anymore.... i saw all of these and it ruined my hair so bad.. never again.

[@JMV1616]

YOU ruined your hair so bad for being so gullible. Ask an actual cosmetologist. Duh. There’s a reason they don’t use junk like that.

[@Celeste402]

11:24 YEEESSS!! Nobody ever shows the camera and up close view of the quality of their hair. Especially not the ends.

[@maddylovell-crane881]

I did a bleach bath recently which worked a treat and my hair felt good after, so good i was able to follow it up with a high lift tint and it still is soft and shiny without having to straighten it, and i have wavey hair. Think bleach baths are the way to go for removal, even though it sounds like it should be more damaging, at least bleach is made for hair, dish soap and baking soda sounds like it does more damage then bleach which is kinda surprising?

[@kathleenseals4318]

🤣🤣🤣 "don't mix strippers and bleach" - best advice for life. 💖

[@melindab]

Kathleen Seals 😂😂 I was literally thinking that every time I said stripper lol

[@kathleenseals4318]

@@melindab 🤣😂

[@thatclaudiakid]

I had the same EXACT experience! My salonist dyed my hair way brighter than I wanted so I did the DIY YT remover method. Unfortunately I massaged it into my scalp and pretty much burnt my follicles! My hair felt straw like and it came out in huge clumps! I almost died of panic and shock. Thankfully it's been a year of healing and my hair is slowly getting better. Although I now know how to take care of my hair better and not get it done for a while!

[@Celeste402]

I removed Arctic Fox's Poseidon out of my hair with maybe 5 washes (week and a half time span) using only head and shoulders dandruff shampoo. It worked so extremely well that the color appears to have never been there. I tried the vitamin C + dandruff shampoo + 10 (or 20 i dont remember) vol developer method almost 1 year ago when i was trying to get Arctic Fox's poison & sunset orange out of my hair - definitely took the brightness and color out, but my hair felt shitty ngl. I tried it again without the developer and it had the same effect except my hair felt fine. Maybe a little dry but i use hair masks x2 which is why i didn't experience too much dryness. Vitamin C dries tf out of some people's hair. But like I said in the beginning for the least amount of damage done to your hair (including dryness and breakage) dandruff shampoo alone worked great for me.

[@Celeste402]

forgot to mention by removed the blue color out of my hair i mean 2 inches from my ends. although i image it would work the same for the entire head as well.

[@TammyHalsey]

Heyyy Melly!! I was wondering when you were gonna come get the third Chem-shot! Hehe so glad your hair is getting super healthy again!! Thanks for the shoutout boo! 🥰❤️

[@IlianaV]

Hi, Tammy! I asked this before, but I suppose as I should ask you as you’re a hair professional ☺️ Do you know if it’d be okay to do the chem shot yourself (after buying it online), and not use the Shot Phix as well? I've seen some people say you pretty much can't use the chem shot without it. I’m wondering, since the Shot Phix is hard to find. Thank you! ❤️

[@TammyHalsey]

Iliana Valentin yes you need the spray afterward, it’s the ph adjuster. It’s custom to weather you have mechanical damage or chemical damage ❤️

[@TammyHalsey]

Iliana Valentin also it shouldn’t be available for online purchase.

[@riris4132]

this video is really helpful but please consider adding captions! the automated captions work pretty well because of how you enunciate, but its hard for me to catch brand names and specific terms. was it a chem shot? kim shot? ken shot? i still dont know. adding captions helps people with auditory processing issues and hard of hearing folks, or people taking notes. thanks for posting this! glad to see you still have your hair.

[@melindab]

Riri S thanks for letting me know! I know I don’t speak super clearly either so sorry about that!! It’s a chem shot by Redken!🖤🖤🖤

[@jenniferballard6814]

Yes! When I used the color strip method I had the same experience you did! And I had to buzz my head with a 4 guard!! I had two patches where hair broke off that were literally just patches! Never again will I recommend the color stripping method!!

[@melindab]

Oh no!😭

[@haileyelizabeth2969]

I am literally watching this, because I tried the same exact 'damage free' color remover.. to fade AF wrath so I can go to AF sunset orange.. I left it on for about 20ish minutes, but it started to smell like drano so I quickly rinsed it.. and now the ends of my 'bangs' feel like mush when they are wet, and feel like hay when they are dry. My waves are now blah, and no where near as wavy and soft as they were, but the rest of my hair feels fine, only breakage is at the ends of my 'bangs'.. which is why I'm here.. a ton of people have already recommended shea moisture, but I've tried it a while back, and it made my hair feel greasy even after rinsing it out completely. so hopefully, I can get my hair back to being healthy.

[@melindab]

Hailey Elizabeth you definitely can! Shea moisture didn’t work for me either

[@ArielLovely321]

Dawn dish soap alone ruined my hair. I had to shave half of it and do a big chop on the top. It's been 14 months and my hair finally looks and feels healthy again. Now trying to get my curls back! I'm really glad I stumbled across your channel.

[@meganhansen7322]

I tried the baking soda method and my hair felt like ass. It felt like I hadn't rinsed everything out. I ended up doing a protein treatment and a keratin treatment after to restore softness.

[@nicolecondor5337]

A few dunks in the pool won't get you blonde but it'll be good enough to dye over, at least that's what I've done a lot

[@leonabattle4224]

12:20 I tried the color strip and it said you could bleach same day, but it didn't mention the smell. After I got most of the stank out, I bleached it because I couldn't handle more of the nasty smell

[@frorefawn]

I have pink hair that went from 3a to like 2b/c after bleaching and my hair is naturally black/dark brown so I can relate! when my hair was goopy like you described you I just cut it off, that happened the last time I bleached my lengths and ends 😬

[@Justice8911]

Sorry to tell you this but I dint think it was your color remover that did it. Sounds like your stylist overlapped the bleach. I'm a stylist and I see nothing wrong with the removing stuff you used. I mean it's not ideal and it's super drying like you said leads to more damage but the 2 inch pieces breaking off is definitely overlapping

[@rachaela5834]

At the end of 2018 a hairdresser fried my off and I had to get a pixie cut. Saturday was the first time in a year and 8 months I've had a real haircut. I mean I'd cut up the length a little bit because it was a mullet. Bleach will never touch my hair again as much as I miss fashion colors. Now I'm trying to figure out how to make my hair look good wavy.

[@carrieray1478]

Oh my god. THE SAME EXACT THING happened to me a few weeks ago!!! I have so much breakage going on because of it. My hair is now to my shoulders and some pieces are even shorter. I’m so glad I’m not alone in this.

[@melindab]

Oh no! I’m sorry🙁

[@rickandshorty37]

Maybe I missed this but have you tried olaplex no. 3? And/or their shampoo and conditioner but I love olaplex

[@slipperygiraffe7215]

Oh no! That sucks that happened! Thank goodness for knowledgeable friends!

[@allyyyyyyp]

HIGHLY recc the Fanola fiber fix shampoo and conditioner. Platinum blonde here and after every bleach process it feels like my hair is a weird hay sponge. I have to wait like 3 months in between each process but with the fiber treatments + oil masks and stuff it really helps.

[@immsky]

i put artic fox poison mixed with some sunset . i wanted to remove it and i bleached it . now my hair is orange and some blonde .

[@ImKodiBrooks]

The shea moisture products with protein in them are very beneficial to damaged hair. In another video, you recommended the honey & protein hair mask; which I love. I also love their coconut & protein conditioner.

[@09lealily]

This happened to me, I used the dish soap developer and baking powder technique, my ends literally went like gum, I couldn’t touch my hair, it was awful, I assumed i could re moisturise it but nothing worked so I cut like 4 inches off, I didn’t want to have to get it back to normal from that. Every video said it was normal and that you can get it back to normal with moisture products, but it felt awful

[@r.e.holding]

I did the same stupid method for removing color, and it destroyed my hair... I basically had to buzz it off- that was 2 years ago and my hair is so much healthier now, but still waiting for the length I used to have (your length-ish) 😩

[@leslielinnete]

I literally just did the diy dye stripper 30 mins ago and I’m crying as I’m watching this, hopefully ur vid helps 🥲

[@mydarling2081]

Omg I used this diy recipe that I found on KZbin w/toothpaste and baking soda and it did the exact same thing, a ton of hair was falling out, I was freaking out, it work very well but also lighted my natural hair, it’s back to being healthy now that it hasn’t touched hair dye or flat iron ( it was really damaged )

[@grimseiji]

I did the same color removing method and had SO much breakage it was so bad 😭 I was FREAKING out

[@lulu3623]

omg, thanks you talk about this!! I was planing to do the same method with my purple hair and now to see that this can fried your hair, no thanks

[@wellpretenditsokay]

Love those earrings! Where are they from?

[@melindab]

Thank you! They’re plugs I got off Etsy from the shop called The Edgy Sister 🖤

[@millijames]

I bought the Redken ‘all soft mega hydra melt’ after watching this and omg it’s life changing lol. The ends of my hair would get super frizzy one day after wash day and now it stays soft and smooth for days!

[@vampi2026]

How often do you do a chem shot?

[@melindab]

Vampi at first my hairdresser recommended 3 in one week when the damage was severe. Now I’m trying to go maybe once a month or whenever I start noticing more breakage again

[@tatum8201]

I know this is hella late but it reeeeeeeally sounds like she overlapped too much of the bleach onto the already bleached portions when she was doing your roots...

[@Winter9419]

I did this exact color remover concoction and then bleached and it killed my hair. Terrible time

[@Upper_echelon_exotics]

Kim shot? Is that what you are saying?

[@melindab]

Chem shot ☺️

[@Upper_echelon_exotics]

melinda Thank you!

[@fiveblackcherries]

This exact thing happened to me with the baking soda method! 😩 My hair is down to my butt and it was friiiiiiied. It’s getting better but is definitely ridiculously damaged. Coconut oil has worked wonders though!

[@cheychanne1653]

I did this and it messed me up more than the bleach.. 😅

[@AC-by4nf]

I need to know what Shea moisture deep conditioner you don’t like! Is it the Manuka honey mafura oil mask?! I love that one! But now you’re making me re-think it lol

[@melindab]

It’s whichever one says it’s for protein I can’t even remember Lol but I’ve tried that one too and just never notice a difference with any of their masks 🙊

[@angierosado6520]

What is a chem shot??? A needle? A drink???

[@melindab]

Angie Rosado a hair treatment you put on your hair and rinse out 😜

[@angierosado6520]

@@melindab thank you for replying!! I was so confused 😂😂

[@mememachine7382]

I use vitamin c and dandruff shampoo, but last time I used that method it was removing teal from a bottle of dye I've had for like 8 years. Ended up just dyeing over it and doing a bleach bath a few months later

[@cutepoiisonn]

i used color remover from sallys before and boy was it shit. it didnt do anything and it was just horrible for my hair. Recently i just did a bleach wash and worked great and it was a little drying but overal way better in one process vs 5x shit stuff

[@nataliadi9]

how to understand that hair need protein or moisture?

[@melindab]

When your hair is wet take one strand of hair and gently stretch it. If it doesn’t stretch and just snaps off it needs moisture. If it stretches out and then comes back it’s balanced. If it stretches out and stays stretched out it needs protein 🖤

[@nataliadi9]

@@melindab Thank you!!

[@brittanynorman9106]

Anything with developer will cause some damage

[@elenavolpini8452]

does anyone know what shea mask she’s talking about? so i avoid buying it lol

[@melindab]

The Manuka honey and mafura oil one 😅

[@pm5735]

Girl same!! Think because of ze alcohol in it o_o

[@melindab]

Mr.Bojangles&Myra oh good point!

[@elenavolpini8452]

melinda omg thanks! i was actually think about buying it because mel (manesbymel) loves it!! fortunately its difficult for me to find so i hadn’t bought it yet 😂😂

[@freddiemercury4880]

You are NOT supposed to use 20 volume! In the videos I’ve watched they used 10 volume for the color remover and it worked just fine. But have you tried the Shea Moisture protein power treatment? That has worked WONDERS on my bleached hair!

[@briellegaurrich8759]

Man whoever started telling people to use baking soda on their hair is a demon

[@briellegaurrich8759]

I used baking soda to clean my Greasy oven. Not to strip my color 😐😣😣

[@nnacroon7356]

As soon as baking sodas involved there's trouble.

[@brittynm]

the first couple times i did the baking soda method my hair was perfectly fine. I have blue hair and tried it and omg my hair was so bad i had to get it chopped to my damn chin. its still so bad i deep condition all the time :(

[@taldun5032]

Me watching this video after cutting off 20cm because it was damaged...

[@JMV1616]

WHY WOULDNT YOU DO A TEST STRAND?????

[@elainasfaith]

Was that a Hot Rod quote? 😅 “he died immediately. The next day”

[@melindab]

YESSSS you’re my new best friend

[@elainasfaith]

melinda hooray for making friends cause of a completely underrated movie 😅👏🏼

[@bmw8913]

I don't want to victim blame, but JESUS, this is what happens when cheap asses try to mess with their hair going the inexpensive DIY route. Someone proposed these videos need to not be on KZbin anymore, but NO, YALL NEED TO STOP with the diy cheap shit. I'm not a hair stylist and I'm not a professional, but I have colored and bleached my hair enough to know, that shit doesn't work! I'm just a hair color enthusiast. Literally all you needed to do was either get a color remover that costs like $11, or get a highlift color that's like $6 to bring you back to blonde. But no, you guys are really willing to bring your hair to its death bed then ask yourselves what went wrong.

[@kaitlikezsockz]

Idk, what my hair type is, but some of it is tight and frizzy, some is kinky, and some ringlets. You should NEVER brush your hair wet. I have shaved my head to save it, I don't care if you have stick straight hair. DO NOT brush wet hair.

[@ErinBrookes]

It’s very common for curly women to brush their hair wet with lots of conditioner it in.

[@millijames]

I literally only brush my hair wet. If I did it dry it’d be SO tangled and just end up frizzy. I brush it wet with a Denman brush and lots of conditioner, and go gently.

[@wendygil5892]

Next time just use Effasol color remover. Also to get your hair soft and healthy again try Overtone’s The Remedy mask. It has coconut oil, Shea butter, aloe Vera, jojoba oil,avocado oil, and many other good ingredients you should def try it

[@cheyster2349]

Are you a Virgo?

[@nnacroon7356]

Dry hair and damaged hair mean the same thing to me.