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Hair Color gone wrong? Fix with this

Submitted by Karina

If you have recently dyed your hair a shade that came out way too dark and you want a easy solution, here it is. Simply mix 3 parts lemon juice to one part conditioner (acids in lemon juice naturally lighten hair) and saturate hair with the mix.

Lightly towel dry and blow dry til almost completely dry, finish off with just rinsing hair with lemon juice and styling as usual. I promise your hair will be lighter (you'll even see the dye trickling out!) and soft and bouncy.

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THANK YOU! Comments By: NET You are a genious!!! I was trying to dye my hair back to its origional colour (brown) and my hair turned black! I am very pale, so I looked very gothic and dead! The lemmon mixture worked so well! My hair is now dark brown with natural highlights, and it is soft and smooth! THANK YOU!!!   It Really Works! Comments By: brilliantbrunette I, too, was trying to get back to my perceived natural color of brown and it also came out almost black. I tried the lemon juice/conditioner mix this morning and it worked! My hair is still a little darker than I prefer, but is much, much better than yesterday! My summer highlights came back (actually a little lighter than before) and my hair is brown instead of black. I will wash normally this week and if by the weekend, it is still too dark, I will apply the lemon juice again. What a wonderful tip!   It really works! Comments By: Cassieclay Thank you very much - I had my hair coloured at a salon yesterday - went from blonde with highlights to reddish brown with a few blonde highlights; colour went wrong in the salon so they did it again, differently this time - I woke up this morning with a very distinct green tinge! Thanks to you, it's gone now!! Thank you so much.   Getting There Comments By: Christina I read this about a week after i colored my hair black i have been using the lemon juice about every other week it's gotten lighter but not that light. It's pretty Dark brown and wierrd bloches of lighter brown but it's still working. Good tip although it takes a while.   It's lighter Comments By: playbaby I'm a guy. I tried this Just For Men stuff. I freaked. Your tip helped. At least it's not so black as to be purple. But I have a tip for guys...forget about it!!!   did not work 4 me Comments By: Ashley I tried this tip and it did not work for me. I dyed my hair blk wich turned out way to dark for my skin tone. So i tried this and not a single change. E-Mail me if you have any other tips that may work. LittleForeman1988@yahoo.com   its ok Comments By: Miss K thanks for the tip but it didnt do all that much for my hair i did see the colour running out but when i dryed it it wasnt that diffrent thanks anyway. xxxxxxxxxxx   worked 4 me Comments By: hayley thanks for the tip the lemon and conditioner really works my hair looks a lot lighter and to start with it was nearly black   has no one heard? Comments By: carole espie sorry to here all your colurs are going wrong, but havent you all heard of Elimin8 by RUSK. It breaks down the colour without damaging the hairs own pigment.   Great Tip!!! Comments By: Nurse Shannan totally worked....just one thing though, you have to wash the lemon juice out at the end or your hair will be sticky all day.   black hair at my temples w/the rest auburn Comments By: lisa i go to a stylist she dyes my hair auburn but at my temples it is black,what causes this & how can it be avoided? she doesnt know what causes this,1st time this has happened with her doin my hair,help.i am 42 & i do have plenty gray.   IT WORKS GREAT-WHAT A RELIEF!!!!! Comments By: anon I have naturally medium brown hair...I dyed my hair with a brownish red, and it came out dark dark brown, almost blackish-I wanted cry! I used your tip with the lemon juice, repeating the procedure 2 times, and now it is back to a beautiful medium brown with reddish highlights=I love it, and it didn't harm my hair-THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS TIP!   No kidding, it really works! Comments By: Cis I was kind of skeptical, but then I decided to give it a try. I went to the fridge and found a bottle of lemon juice 100%natural, those that u mix with water. Did what I had to do and squeezed it outfrom my hair. I saw the dye coming off, not a lot though. Then I washed my hair and after I styled it, I reaalized it is LIGHTER! It is still dark, but with brown shades, more natural then the gothic dead black i got before. You notice from the way you hair color will look more natural then it was. Besides, it is SHINY and SMOOTH! I bet if I do it again, it wil be even lighter!!! That is so amazing, spread the word girls!! Lots of people are struggling to deal with black dye that got too black. And that is so simple and easy , and it WORKS!! If u don't believe u can send me an email and I will confirm! :)   uhhh no Comments By: shannon i tried it and it didnt really work for my BLACK hair =&...any other ideas?   I haven't tried it yet, but I have a question Comments By: Nicole Like everyone else here I was going for the brunette look which is my nautural color and ended up looking black. I'm going to try the mixture, but it would help if you would tell me how much of eact to use, I know it says 3 parts to 1 part, but an average measurement would be better. Like... 3cups lemon juice to 1 cup conditioner?   ket Comments By: anon This is unbelievable. Worked great. I too was trying to dye my hair back to its original color (med-dark brown) and it turned out almost black. I've been shampooing 5x a day and barely any noticable change...until this. Thanks so much.   Not so Lucky Comments By: JaQ This didn't work for me. I did it the day after I tried coloring my hair brown and it came out black. It seems to have so highlights now when I walk outside but it still looks black inside. Maybe I didn't leave it on long enough? The directions are really vague - maybe you just have to get lucky and figure out excatly how much and for how long to use the solution.   i am going to try the lemon juice Comments By: lynn how much lemon juice do I use with the conditioner? TipKing says: The tip calls for 3 parts lemon juice to 1 part conditioner   fantastic tip! Comments By: Aud This is a great tip - thanks so much, it really works , my hair colour has lifted by 2-3 shades and the different tones are now visible rather than the dull flat, darker colour from before   *****Fantastic Tip - THANKYOU****** Comments By: TJ Yes I am a guilty one who tried to dye her own hair, picked the wrong blonde and ended up with a tinge of green, used the lemon and conditioner, green tinge gone and happy with new colour - Thankyou   green hair day Comments By: anon. I have a question. Does this remedy apply to permanent colourants or semi/toner only? I used just for men & now have green hair! HELP. TipKing says: Sorry I have no experience of this tip.   How Long? Comments By: Mar I tried the lemon/condition mixture and it worked a little. Perhaps I didn't keep it in long enough - any suggestions for how long?   help please Comments By: flickity I have dyed my hair red/dark brown and it doesn't suite my skin tone at all, is there anyway you can lighten your hair at the salon without having all the colour stripped out. Can you dye over already dyed hair with a lighter shade, say a head of highlights, Very tempted with the lemon thing but really want a quick fix.   no changes for me Comments By: ana i died my hair dark brown but it turened out looking more like black and it made me look so pale. i tried the lemon juice and conditioner mix trick but no changes at all. i was dissappointed. i guess i should have asked this question before i tried it, but does the lemon juice damage or change the hair pigments in any kind of way?   HAIR DISASTER RELEIF!!!!! Comments By: JAMIE THIS WAS A WONDERFUL IDEA. LAST NIGHT I DYED MY HAIR JUST A BIT DARKER BLONDE THAN I HAVE AND IT TURNED MY HAIR A GREY GREEN COLOR. I LEFT THE MIXTURE ON MY HAIR FOR A BIT OVER AN HR. AND RINSED TO FIND NOTHING BUT BEUTIFUL HAIR TO LOOK AT. THANKS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!   Wooo Comments By: Stacy I had my hair dyed at the hairdressers 3 weeks ago. I'd planned for a dark brown (my hair originally is brown) and it went a black colour. I was devestated as it made my complexion very pale. I used the mixture and within a couple of days of using it, my hair turned a dark brown. Now i get compliments of how nice my hair is. Thanks xx!   More Help Comments By: Sam Do I need to sit in the Sun or will the lemon juice work on it own without the sun. xxxx TipKing says: I always thought that you needed the sun!   It really works!, just be patient. Comments By: mizzy I'm so happy that this worked, i have never had a hair mishap till yesterday, when i ended up with some funky color on my head. So i tried this and it worked well. what i did was let the stuff sit on my head for 2 hours, then blew dried for a bit, washed and the color came out the way it was supposed to. THANK YOU!!!!   Didnt work Comments By: Billie Didn't work on me, I wonder why it's working for some people and no others?   will it wrk ?? Comments By: hana i have black hair will this wrk 4 me ??   Would anybody give a more detail description Comments By: lala I dyed my hair way to dark accidently (I thought it was natural black, it turns out to be really black). I'm really tempted to try this method. Can anybody let me know what kind of lemon juice worked? How about the conditioner? How long do you keep the mixed on your head? After the mixer, do you also need to use just lemon juice to rinse? Very desperate, any help would be greatly appreciated.   Brilliant tip! Comments By: Paula I have used a Loreal hair colour for years and for some reason my hair took a different colour last time and ended up greyish green, not my usual lovely blonde shade. I tried this tip last night...IT WORKS.My hair is a nicer shade than normal with out any tinges of green or grey remaining. Thanks you're a life saver...A girls crowning glory...!   GREEN?GRAY HAIR Comments By: Rosie Thanks so much for this tip. I dyed my hair with a semi permanent beige blonde, which took to the ends of my very blonde dyed hair a gray/green, Morified i tried various methods seen on the net, Ketchup, tomato juice, peroxide wash,and head and shoulders to try to get rid of it (all in one day!!) but it didnt work, I just tried your tip and it has removed most of the gray/green colour. Its still way too ashy for me but at least its alot better. I will do it again tomorrow, as my hair feels like straw today and needs conditioning.. Thanks.   still confused Comments By: eva do we need to shampoo after put that mixture? I dyed my hair 3 times but it shows nothing when I'm inside, so dissapointed of that. Help.   HELP Comments By: anon i have recently dyed my hair blonde bt it has gne far too blonde!!! wat do i do 2 make it darker but stay blonde??????   umm, blonde gone orange Comments By: BRAZZA will the 2 black solution work 4 the 2 orange one? H E L P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Cheers for the advice Comments By: Ella My sister used one of those 'do it yourself' hair dye kits. She has dark brown hair and wanted on put some bright red streakes in it. However it went horribly wrong and now she wants it back brown. Would this wreck her hair?   Thanks for the tip! Comments By: Cee My hair was a really light brown and I wanted it darker but when I dyed it - it turned out too dark - almost black. I used the lemon juice with conditioner, left it on my hair for about 30 minutes and when I rinsed I could see the color coming out. Now my hair is a chocolate brown color - exactly what I wanted in the first place - Thanks!!   Blonde hair gone light purple Comments By: scottie May hair is dyed blonde with gray roots. I usually use Excelence, but tried Feria "dark brown." My hair is now a light purple shade with slightly darker purple roots. I look like an old woman with purple hair! I am a fraid of what will happen if I try to color over it with what I normally use. Help!! What do I do??   it didnt work :( Comments By: leah hi i put brown streaks in my hair yesterday and it came out way to dark. it is mostly in my fringhe and looks horrible. i tried the lemon juice and it didnt really work but thanks any way do you know how to get it out? please help.. thanks   Nothing Happened.. Comments By: Cortney My hair is a medium brown && I decided to dye my hair just a little bit darker && It turned out JET BLACK! I tried this && nothing happened. Maybe it is because I used lemon juice from a lemon. My hair is still black && it sucks.   thanks Comments By: cassie I have colored my hair black with a perminint at home hair color kit. I tried this i almost used a whole bottle of lemon juice and left it in for half an hour. My hair feels great but there is no color difference. some of the dye came out but it still looks black. If anyone has any more ides or tips to get my hair back to its original brown color please let me know thanks   Worked perfectly! Comments By: Abscessed worked like a charm...im a brunette so it gave me lovely light brown highlights after the first application. thanks sooo much xxx   It worked!!! Comments By: Nicky My hair is died blondish, I wanted it darker, brownish... it turned greenish. Yuck. I tried this and it worked wonders!! No more green - just a nice, warm, brownish gold tone!   Hair Colour Gone wrong Comments By: Jananna I tried..... I had dyed my hair 7 weeks ago with a lovely dark brown and the salon highlights did show through was great.... yesterday i bought another packet but to my horror i realised after i had bought the wrong one and my hair is deep red.... I have tried the lemon juice with conditioner but nothing happened am i silly but can the exact amount of lemon juice be described in more details..... and how much in mls of each.... HELP ... i really dont want to pay £100 at the salon to get it back to normal.........   need to know how to fix colour Comments By: jananna Re may previous message. The colour if deep red perm colour.. i want to go back to the Dark brown it was before will the lemon juice take all the red out or will it make it more lighter....... Oh Help i have a meeting this afternoon at work cannot go looking like a beetroot.   I didn't think it would work, but did! Comments By: Lu I had brown hair gone black...I squuezed a whole lemon in a bowl and added a deep conditoner - 3 parts lemon, 1 1/2 parts condition.(Aveda Cherry Almond Bark). I mixed it up and used a dixie cup to pour in small amounts on my hair. I kept it on for 40 minutes. I used the hottest water I could stand and rinsed it out - very skeptical as I saw no color in the water. As I started to blow dry my hair, I could see immediate results. It was not a drastic change, but took all the black,black overcolor out of my hair and left the browns with what look like natural highlights. Thanks so much!   Help me please Comments By: Lisa I recently dyed my hair red and on top i did blonde high lights they came out orange so I tried to dye it all blonde and it came out orange and blonde it looks awfull do you have a sugestion can I dye it back to med brown will it work please help me thank you Lisa in Ma.   Another very quick fix Comments By: Linda I dyed my hair last night my hair was dyed blonde (now natural color is mostly gray)it was time to dye it so I tried a dark blonde so the summer sun didn't turn it way to light. It came out a medium brown. I needed a way to lighten it before I have to go to work which is now 9am the morning after. I took some hair peroxide mixed it with shampoo, stir, took a brush about an inch wide and proceeded to coat my dry hair. I left it on for about 20 minutes, took a shower and it is much better than it was to start with. It at least has some golden highlights.   Please clarify directions... Comments By: Unwilling greenish-blonde!! Just wondering - are you supposed to blowdry your hair with the lemon juice & conditioner solution in, and then rinse???   please help :D Comments By: bob i dyed my hair whta was ment to go a dark brown but it has gone black. i want my natural colour back but do u have any more tips email me at jodierelton _05@hotmail.com thanks   amazing! Comments By: Erin I died my hair a darker red and it turned purple. I did the lemon juice thing and left it on for an hour. After I rinsed it out, my hair was a beautiful, warm auburn color, which is exactly what I wanted in the first place! The change is subtle, but there's no more purple in my hair and I don't have to spend more money to get it fixed.   blonde Comments By: bby gal will it work on bleached hair cos ive got orangey bits in it that NEED 2 b lightend????????   Ashy turned beautiful Comments By: clairesmama THank you sooooo much for your tip!!! It worked like dream! I was very skeptical but tried it anyways. So what happened was my hair was light golden blonde and tried to dye it medium beige blonde, well my tips went ASHY almost looking purplish. So I put this stuff on I used 1/4 cup deep conditioner, and 3/4 cup lemon juice, left it on about an hour or so, and VOILA!!! I have the most beautiful and now back to my natural blonde!! THANK YOU!!!!   brilliant Comments By: mary kate bell i dyed my hair blonde this morning and now it gone tooooo blonde!:(and little bit scared cause it wont fade when i wash it!!cause it was blech and im confused. but il try that.   WOW-AMAZING!! Comments By: PAM FROM FLORIDA I was trying to put some color back into my naturally blonde hair after a summer of way too much sun (hair almost platinum). I used a "biscotti" or medium blonde color which looked warmish on the box but really pulled a lot of ash through the top of my hair especially. It was a gray!! So, I came upon this tip, happened to have somee lemons in the fridge and it made my hair come back to a beautiful shade of blonde with pretty highlights and it is super soft. You helped me turn a really disastrous situation to a triumph--THANKS!   HALLELUJAH Comments By: MIA I have colored my hair blond for years and years and had decided to go back to my natural color brown. i bought a light brown hair color kit and after about 10 minutes my hair started to turn purple. After waiting the recommended 30 min. all my hair turned gray. I tried to dye it again but it did nothing. I left the lemon mixture on for 45 min. and then rinsed. It worked perfectly. No more gray and my hair is back to my blond color.   dark hair went green Comments By: Patricia I had a highlight it went to a yellow orange, we then dyed it to a mega brown carmel with a complenment blue, the hair turned green so we put a acpriot brown and still to dk. plus still green. What can I do to get the green out   Did Nothing :( HELP Comments By: Anna I tried the mixture and it did nothing to my hair. How long did others with successful result leave the mixture on for? Also after you dry it should you wet it completely again? PLEASE HELP   Thank You !!!! Comments By: Ginger I don't know how you came up with this but, all I can say is it works wonderfully. I had tried to go from blonde to ash. My hair looked just like that ASH (like the ashes from a fire). YUCK!! I used your solution with great results. You put a smile back on my face! A big HUG for you!!!   GREAT RESULTS--Subtle Comments By: vanessa I mixed 1/4 conditioner and 3/4 cups 100% lemon juice and left it on for an hour. Then dried my hair (not completly) before rinsing it-i have very long hair and it takes me an hour to dry it so i wasnt going to rinse it 2xs. Then I rinsed with straight lemon juice and you could see the color going down the drain. I washed and conditioned my hair as usual and IT WORKED. Its subtle--still left some ash but its much better. I had very yellow hair and wanted it ashy so i bought-medium ash blonde--it went to a very dark ash blonde--gray green color--gross. lemon juice is so cool. i also read it takes away freckles so i used it last night it really makes you look refreshed. WARNING: my roots were a straberry blonde and i knew it i got the lomon it them they would go orange--couldnt help it, but its not to bad. be careful if your roots are very dark.   Can you plz tell me what you mean by !!!! Comments By: Natasha 3 parts lemon juice to 1 part conditioner, does it mean 3 cups of lemon juice??? TipKing says: Yes! As long as the mixture is 3 to 1   Coloured my hair light ash blonde Comments By: Mrs J Gallagher My hair was a bit of a yellowy blonde and my hairdresser advised me to colour my hair with a light ash blonde, which I did, it turned out an horrendous grey/green colour and it looked like I had aged 30 years. I used the 3 parts lemon juice and 1 part conditioner (30ml of lemon juice and 10ml of conditioner) I only had time to leave it on for 30 mins but the results were fantastic, the green tinge was almost invisible and the grey and been blended in, Thank you so much for this tip it has saved me a fortune!   HAIR CATASTROPHE SAVED!! Comments By: npiche Well here's the deal, I had light blond hair and wanted it just one shade darker. So I thought I would be smart and save money as hair dressers in Australia charge about $350-$400 for long hair colouring. Bad idea-I wanted to cry! My hair was grey...not just a little shade of grey--like gunmetal pewter grey! I thought there was NO WAY I could repair that. But I happen to come accross this site and its a miracle! This works!! My hair isn't its original blonde..but it's not grey one bit anymore! Atleast now I can leave the house as I would not before! Thank you so much!!!!   THIS IS A MIRACLE FIX Comments By: Duluthsmooch I tried this after dying my blonde hair with light ash blonde which turned greenish gray. Yikes! Even better color and my hair feels great.   Worked great Comments By: Linda I didn't believe it when I read this. But I thought what do I have to loose. I already have purple highlights. It took the purple out and gave me back my blonde highlights. I also used the Loreal whch I have used for years, but this time it went very wrong. Thank you so much. Your a life saver.   It worked Comments By: Anon thank you tank you thank you! i tried to dye my blonde hair a light brown colour and it turned BLACK!! so i tried thi solution and my hair went to the brown i wanted in the first place. I really could see the colour trickling out :)   Opps... Comments By: Red Blunder I'd have to say as a cosmetologist, I hadn't heard about this. But I colored my sisters hair at home, and once the color was on her hair she decided she didn't like it. It was a red color. She saw this and thought she would give it a try. It turned orange. This is a great idea. I just suggest not using it on red.   life saver Comments By: stacy the instructions were vague, but once you get the formula correct this tip is a life saver. i had red hair(colored, not natural) and i was wanting to go a shade darker, say a medium brownish red. i usually go with garnier color, but chose a brown color within loreal preference. my hair came out an ugly ashy dark brown almost black color. i freaked, because i have been through color correction before and i wasn't going to suffer it again. the first time i tried this tip i didn't see much results, but i decided to try again the next day before giving up on my poor hair. i made less mixture(eyeballed the ratio and i got about 1/2 cup of the mixture rather than a full cup). i let it sit for an hour and 15 minutes with a plastic cap over my hair. i dried my hair until it was almost crunchy. i did not dry as much the first attempt- this may be the critical step. then i rinsed with lemon juice and shampooed my hair. i didn't see a lot of color running but when i checked the results my hair is now a medium brownish red. i seriously about cried. i thought it would never work, but this has really saved my hair.   NO WAY Comments By: Lauren it didnt work for me! my hair turned out blk and i tried it over and over again--nothing worked!!!!!   Instant gratification!!! Comments By: John If your hair is too ashy, (grey or purplish tones)try this! It removes those tones and you are left with more natural beige blonde tones instantly!   If you dyed your hair black... Comments By: Margaret I tried to dye my hair medium brown and it turned out black! I freaked out and tried to dye it again, but it didn't work. I tried this solution and it kind of worked. I used 2 tablespoons conditioner and 6 tablespoons lemon juice. I let it sit for 30 min, then blew my hair almost dry, rinsed with lemon juice then rinsed the lemon juice out with the hottest water I could stand. I then washed my hair. It took the edge off my black hair, it didn't work exactly as I had hoped but at least the black isn't as BLACK as it was before. I guess i should have let it stay on longer, but I think if I try this again in a week it will keep lightening my hair. Also try washing your hair with prell shampoo,that seems to take some of the dye out of your hair.   Wow... Comments By: jenna This really does work. I was nervous the whole time I was doing it, but I didn't want to put more haircolor chemicals in my hair so soon after coloring. I paniced, and only left the lemon/conditioner mix in for 20 minutes before I rinsed it out. My hair turned out beautifully, it lightened a shade or two and looks very pretty and much more natural. It even looks like there are some 'natural' hightlights now. So pretty. Thanks for the tip!   soap powder Comments By: gem i dyed my blonde hair back to brown and it went BLACK!!! i rang my salon and they told me to use soap powder or washing up liquid! wash your hair with that it really works it will lift the colour a shade lighter   Feria Caramel Kiss (Dark Iridescent Blonde) DISASTER Comments By: jennygogo By the time I read the reviews of this Feria hair color product online, I already had purple hair. Thanks, Feria. Thanks a lot. Anyhow, I had been bleaching my hair white for almost 2 years. I decided it was time to try to return to my natural dirty blonde color and used this dye. I got a lovely grey-purple blend. I could have lived with bright purple. But this was disgusting. I found this site though and decided to give it a shot... I dug out some lemon juice (it expired in may '06... it's now just a few days from '08) and mixed in some conditioner. Left it in my hair for an hour, then did the towel dry/blow dry thing (tho not completely)... It looked a TON better. I rinsed it with more stinky expired lemon juice and then shampooed/conditioned. It's not perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better than purple-grey. Now it's more ash-medium-blonde. Thanks!   Wheeeeeewwww!!!! Comments By: kmb All I can say is THANK YOU!!!! You saved me a ton of money and embarrassment. I too had used a medium ash blonde to tone down and even out my frosted/two toned hair and the tips ended up purpley-black..the rest a very drab grey. I used 30ml lemon juice mixed with 10ml conditioner(small medicine cups)...left on for about 12-15"...blow dried, rinsed with pure lmon juice and washed/conditioned as I usually do, then dried and styled and it was much better. No purple-grey tinge..even some natural looking highlights. AMEN   Skeptic Convert Comments By: Anon I did not expect much from this remedy but was desperate when I unintentionally dyed my blonde hair murkey grey with a light-blonde/Ash dye (Loreal-'Copenhagen' colour, cheers to Loreal the jerks). I used freshly squeezed lemons and dried my hair with the mixture on, rinsed with straight lemon juice and left that on for about 30mins, then rinsed again in warm-hot water. Bloody brilliant! It removed the all of the grey and left me with this beautiful blonde hair colour. Saved me an expensive trip to the salon, thanks so much.   the lemonnn Comments By: TooDarkk ! i am a 15 year old with dark dyed hair ! i am very down about it and hate it ! i have searched and searched for different methods of removing the dye here are sone of my ways. i have been using vosene original shampoo wich everytime i wash it removes a good amount of colour also i found adding a 5 pence peice size of "bblonde" pure poroxide to my vosene shampoo when washing helps aswel. its working very well but i am very impatient and am currently sitting with the lemon juice and conditioner on my hair ! hope these tips help you.   Hair Disasters over! Comments By: Michala Try Color Oops if you've just dyed your hair or Color Oops Extra Strength if its been over a week. It corrects hair colour by shrinking the dye molecules so that they just wash away, its ammonia and bleach free, very safe and will return your hair to its natural colour, although it won't work if your artificial colour is lighter than your natural colour. Any other questions email michalasalt@hotmail.com   FABULOUS!!!!! Comments By: Misty I must say, I was a big skeptic. However, after my black hair dye left me with purple/blue roots, I decided that I must do something about it. I read this tip and thought, why not try it first. Boy, am I glad I did. My hair looks better than it has in a long time. Basically, I got the large bottle of *Real Lemons* and mixed it in a cup, 3 parts to 1 part Redken Conditioner. I poured it on my hair (no water was needed) and I massaged it into my hair, especially the roots. I left it for two hours, rinsed, shampooed and conditioned. The results were Fabulous!!! A must try before spending money at a salon. :-)   Slight purplish hue DID subside after this treatment Comments By: Debbie I just had my hair colored from natural dark blonde with very blonde highlights to a darker color of Light brown with highlights at the salon. My hair looked slightly purple and gray!!! I read all the comments, then mixed 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice with 3/4 thick conditioner and let it sit on my hair for 1 hour. The purplish tone did seem to go away. It's not any lighter, though. But it IS better. Thanks!   Better than the experts!!! Comments By: Kat Thanks to this post my lovely brown hair which the hairdresser bleached (yes, all over!!!!!) and turned green, is now back to a half recognisable nuetral colour. Maybe not quite how I wished for it to look, but better than the greeney/grey it was. Thank you soooo much for the lifesaving blog, and just for anyone else who has a disaster like mine...use this Tip!!!! Try it 2/3 times as it didnt work at first but now, I can show my face in public again. Thanks to you!   Fantastic Comments By: karen Used a warm red on ginger hair, it turned flame red. Used fresh lemon juice and conditioner for 40 mins- result- toned down version. Very happy with new colour.   i have brown, ginger,green hair Comments By: anon i have dyed my hair about 4 differnent colours.my natural clour is blond i accidently dyed it green, i went to a salon they died it brown, but it then went really gingery they died it brown again and the green is still coming through. if i put lemon juice on it will it turn it ginger again or get rid of the green! i need help!   AMAZING!!!! Comments By: Roxy I dyed my hair this auburn color and my hair came out like a vibrent Purple and I did this and its my good ol' Natural Red agai!!! I am so happy and I didnt have to spend all my money fixin it!! This is the best tip ever!!! Thanks!!!   vosene shampoo Comments By: 'anon' vosene shampoo is the best way 2 fade colour i cnt say iv tryed d lemon mix if you do 2 shampoos with d vosene shampoo every time you wash ya hair and use conditioner leave d vosene shampoo on 4 5-10 mins on the second wash and you will see a difference im a hair stylist and i would strongly advise it   gr8!!!!!!!! Comments By: Anon this tip is fab! at first i thought it can not be possible but it is. i could actually see the colour coming out when i was washing the mixture out of my hair. TRY IT ... IT WORKS !   blond hair gone orange Comments By: sue i died my hair a dark blond and it went a bit to orange so i put hightlights over it but u can still see a lot of orange what can i do   Canadian Girl Thanks You!! Comments By: diamondeyz well thank gawd I checked out this site...I tried this last night and left it in my purple (was supposed to be ash) hair until it dried and it worked like magic also I used my hair dryer to heat it up a bit thank you soooo much   Grey/Green Be Gone! Comments By: Rebecca I had tried to cover blonde color gone bad (was strawberry blonde with a medium brown. The end result color was golden brown with grey/green over the blonde! NASTY! Not to mention I was selling haircolor in a promotion! I needed it fixed, and fast! The lemon/conditioner worked awesome. I left it in for 30 minutes. Rinsed w/ lemon and shampooed. Now it's a nice combo of the two colors, you can tell the blonde is colored over and it's not as dark, but 100% better, 3 shades lighter.   I am so greatful Comments By: Angel I dyed my hair my normal color I use and it had turn green/blue at the ends and up to middle of hair. I cried cuz last time this happened to me nothing worked. OMG I am so happy to have found this hint I did it and it is GONE thank you thank you thank you.   Beautiful blonde to grey back to blonde Comments By: anon This works!!! I had beautiful blonde highlights with about an inch of dark brown grow out (my regular colorist lives 2 hours away). The lady who cuts my hair convinced me to let her color it. I told her I wanted to stay signifacantly blonde. She gave me very dark hair with a very light thin weave of blonde. I looked like I had salt and pepper hair (I don't have any natural grey). I was devistated, went back the next day and her solution was to take out the brown. I ended up with brassy light brown with some dark dark and some light light. I left, used a color stripper, then went to another sylist she fixed the color but then put a wash in to take out some of the brassiness. This just made my hair look totally grey. I came home did this and my color is way way better. The grey is gone. Thank you, thank you.   THANK YOU Comments By: Jules18 I made the mistake like many, dyeing my own hair at home. Now days, it can be really expensive to have your hair done. So with little thought, I did it myself. I have been gradually going blonde, and spent hundreds of dollars doing it. So, I took it into my own hands and did it. Well... It turned blue. So thank you for saving me money! It looks wonderful now! This really does work.   old hair color? Comments By: concerned mom Hi, was wondering if this solution works on hair that was colored weeks ago?..my poor daughter colored her hair brown but now over time it has turned greenish...she is a natural ash blond and it doesnt seem to matter what color we use she always turns green so I was wondering how soon after you color your hair can u use this solution?...Do You only have a fw hours or can u use it weeks later..   Greatly Appreciated Comments By: Meaghan I have very porous thin curly hair which was far too ashy for my liking. Nervously I put 10 ml conditioner with 30 ml lemon juice and covered my hair with it. I then dried it 3/4 with my hairdyer and covered my head in clingwrap. After about 40 mins I added another lot of the mixture and again dried it under the hairdryer. I left it for about another 30 mins then rinsed my hair with the lemon juice before shampooing and conditioning. My hair is incredibly so much better. It has lightened the shade and taken out the over ashy look. A hair and makeup friend of mine said it was a perfectly fine method. So happy and appreciative of the advice and surprised it worked so effectively. By reading the other comments it does sound particularly suited to blonde hair gone to ashy.   Orange hair Comments By: Meredith Can anyone please help me???? I went to the salon to get a cut and color..but the color came out way too orange on the top of my head...Any ideas on how I can get this orange out????   This Worked Incredibly!!! Comments By: Sarah Cruz I wanted to go back to darker brown hair after it had been lighter for awhile. I purchased the new Nice 'N Easy "Perfect 10" Dark Brown color (live in the U.S., not sure if this product is sold elsewhere). Anyway, my hair came out BLACK as can be...it looked like a bucket of paint had saturated it! I washed it out many times, to no avail. I didn't want to go through the nightmare of choosing another haircolor to try to fix it. I found this site (THANK YOU!!) and tried the mix of 1/4 cup conditioner, 3/4 cups 100% lemon juice. I left it in for 2 hrs. and it turned into a shade of dark brown that looked natural. I did it again 2 days later and now it's a lovely shade of lighter dark brown (with highlights), which is the shade I wanted to begin with. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!   A Bit Too Dark!!! Comments By: Kelly B Ok, so I dye my own hair. Yuck, this time I went for a medium brown and it turned out black!! I tried 3/4 cup lemon juice and 1/4 cup conditioner, left it on for 1/2 hour, partially blew my hair dry, then rinsed. I saw color leave! And, my hair is lighter and now liveable!!   hair gone wrong colour help Comments By: irene clack Hi please could you help, I coloured my hair last night hoping it would come out a light blond. but it has came out more like a reddy ginger. Please could you tell me if I can do another colour quickly. it is so bad.   Thanks so much! Comments By: Jenna I have been looking everywhere for something to get the color out of my hair because my hair is naturally blonde but i dyed it red and then tried to dye it blonde again! Oops! big mistake it didn't work and who would've thought that i would find the answer here?   Natural Jet Black Hair w/ 45% Gray Comments By: Nanise I have natural jet black hair 45% gray mostly in the front and temples. I am female early 40s. The gray is more along the line of a platinum tone. Very shiny and bright. I want to soften the black without messing up the gray. About 3 or 4 inches of my hair has what's left of brown hair color that is growing own. What do you suggest to lighten the natural black? I do relax my hair.   be careful! Comments By: anon Wait to do this, trust me! If you just highlighted wait about a week or your hair will break off and have a cotton candy texture. I am not kidding.   Thank you!! Comments By: sexybunny Thanks for this tip it really works! I mixed the lemon with an intensive conditioner, applied it to only the places that needed lightening, left it for 20 mins, blow-dried, rinsed with lemon then water and voila! Thank you for sharing this with us DIY hair-colourists!   Help!! Comments By: Hair dye disaster! I dyed my hair last night to which was supposed to be a medium brown (not very dark) but turned out black at the front =S Tried the lemon juice thing but it stung and didnt make much difference. Any tips?! Need to get it lighter!!!   This Sucks!!!!!!!!!!! Comments By: jessica this did not work at all!!!!!!!!!! i have been using it for three weeks and it didn't work! thanks a lot! not!   fantastic! Comments By: JO JUST TRIED THIS LEMON MIXTURE, CAN SEE BROWN HIGHLIGHTS NOW, THANK GOD! I LOOKED LIKE A WITCH, WILL BE USING THIS TIP AGAIN SOON FOR A GREATER EFFECT.   EXTRA HELP HERE!! Comments By: Suson I had recently tried to dye my hair a lt. Brown, it turned black and green!!! I used a product called Color Oops extra strength, 2 boxes, if you have long hair like I do, it worked. stinky at first, but it is a miracle, so if the lemon jice just won't work, try this product, my hair turned out really pretty. Make sure to read the directions though! Good luck, and God Bless!   why ??? Comments By: alyssa y didnt it work for me??? i put the 3/4 lemon juice in with 1/4 greentea conditioner and it didnt work ??? i left it in for an hour and nuthin... i dried it a little bit before i rinsed it out and still happened i watched the dye come out when i washed it but when i dryed it, it was still really black and not any lighter??? what else can i do i really dont like the black color :( please help me and quick :(   Total and Utter Life Saver!!! Comments By: Salster Ok, been bleaching my hair blonde on top for a few years, by salon until about a year ago when i took things into my own hands... how hard can it be?Well i bought a differnt shade to normal and used it friday night... it turned this god awful chav blonde! Almost illuminous So saturday morning, straight to the supermarket and bought one I've used before to try and hide my mess. Well this went terribly terribly wrong. It was a nice colour about 1" from my scalp down, but the rest was this dull, horrible faded grey colour. NIGHTMARE!!!Searched online and found this place... LIFE SAVER!! Ok my exact instructions... squeezed 13 lemons by hand, strained and mixed 9 spoons lemon juice with 3 spoons of conditioner, mixed well until smooth. Applied lots and lots to top of head, wrapped in cling film and towel turban. Left on for an hour. then blow dried til almost crispy. then rinsed and almost shampooed with the remaining lemon juice. Then shampooed and conditioned as normal. left to dry on its own (better for your hair) and then styled as normal. Stunning! I can't belive it worked, but it did! Miracle cure! lol. I still have enough lemons left to do this treatment again, so I might just do it before my hols in 10days. Thanks soooo soo much!!! xxx   No longer so green with envy! Comments By: Tina from Oxon Thanks for the tip! I've been using the same light blonde hair colour from Superdrug's own range for a year and a half every 2 6 weeks but they had run out of my shade. So I bought a golden blonde one instead. Maybe this was my mistake because after using I could see my hair had greenish-grey tints on the fringe and at the sides where my hair was previously lighter in colour and longer in length. The front part looked a dull colour. ( The back of my hair has been cut very short so it didn't have much dye in it ). Not golden! I rang my mobile hairdresser hoping she could come and dye it quickly but she never returned my call so I searched the internet. I had to rescue an old lemon out of the bin! I used your solution on the greener parts and after a blow-dry wrapped hair in cling film. It was now resembling sea grass so this helped soften it! I didn't have much time so only left it in for 3/4 of an hour and followed the rest of the tips. Close up I can still see faint green tinges BUT the rest of my hair is a glorious blonde again. I might try again with a fresher lemon tomorrow but thank you so much! x   Yes!! It does work!! From green/gray/brassy to pretty blonde Comments By: Anon I followed the directions of another poster--1/4 cup good conditioner and 3/4 cup ReaLemon 100% lemon juice (bought it at Kroger's in the juice aisle) stirred and put on hair for one hour with a shower cap over it. rinsed out and marveled at the results--easy and natural & no chemicals   You are a saviour!! Comments By: Katie BBB I could hug you. I tried to give my mousey, already highlighted, hair a bit of a lift with a L'Oreal Feria blonde dye. My hair turned out a strange grey/purple colour - horror! So I then went and bought an Excellence dye I have used before (I know, how silly can you get?) to try to get the colour somewhere near normal. But no, you won't be surprised to hear that my hair was just a more vile shade of purpley-grey than it was before. I surfed the net hoping to find some help and came across this site. So............my method is to use the juice of 3 lemons (I have short hair) and 1 part of conditioner. I soaked my hair in the mixture, put a showercap on and left it for an hour. I then blowdried my hair. Result? Gorgeous blonde shiny hair. I then jumped in the shower and shampooed and conditioned as normal. I can once again face the world.   Worked Amazing for me Comments By: Tammy in the USA Did as instructed when i rinsed with the lemon juice I saw the grey green color go down the drain from the toner I used on my blond hair. Thank you for the post!   green blonde hair, lol Comments By: Sheila Ok I was told not to use an ash blonde... ok, I didnt listen. Am going to go and do this immediatley. THANK YOU SO MUCH.   works Comments By: Jessica Wallace I bleached my hair last night, and toned it with manic panic virgin snow toner, and it turned purplish on the blonde parts and gold (yuck) so I washed my hair twice, still purplish and dry, then i came across this wonderful tip, and I used 100% real lemon juice and conditioner and I dried in till it was slightly damped, put some more on just lemon juice, got in the shower, shampooed it virgiously then condition again, got out and wow the results are great, I added a little more lemon juice as I begun blowing out hair, its now a pale beautiful biege blonde, great tip for blonde hair gone wrong! thank you so much   OMG! MIRACLE Comments By: Hilary OMG this really does work! i just got my hair done an hour ago... I wanted to get rid of some orange colour, making my hair light brown.... it turned out DARK BROWN> i was so scared of what my mum would think but then i found this! it really, really does work. ive only done this once and left the lemon/conditioner in for 1 minute and it still worked!! thank-you so much! i love my hair!   It Turned Greenish Ash & grayish looking hair back to normal Comments By: Anon I died my blonde hair dark brown , Yuck and then highlited it to get rid of the dark brown, Turned greenish ash, with grayish looking streaks, yuck. I used 2/3 a cup of lemon juice, and filled the rest with conditioner to equal a half cup. left it on 45 mins ,blowed dried it as best I could , rinsed with lemon juice, then shampooed & conditioned, it lifted my hair three shades and is a shinny dirty blonde, I am doing it again tomorrow, works great.   thank you Comments By: jenny i put a home dye on my hair,blonde,but it came out too dark for me,followed your advice and it worked perfectly.thank you so much for your advice.Lemon juice n conditoner def. works, thanks   Trying to go blonde and get a yellow and orange color?? Comments By: jessica I recently went to Hot Topic and picked up their bleaching kit, 40volume, to go blonde from dark brown. It was previously black and I used ColorOops to go to brown. I did this a month ago and waited, conditioning heavily, leaving conditioner in my hair 2 times a week over night, by rubbing it in and putting a towel over my pillow. Rinsing it out than applying Leave in conditioner, Heat Defense spray, and than defrizz before I hair dryed and than again before i straightened. The only problem was that my hair turned canary yellow and reesey piecey orange, than the toner turned some parts silvery blue. I saw this and thought I'd give it a whirl, why not? I bleached my hair last night, and toned it for about 10minutes. Washed it out and conditioned. Sprayed in Pantene Pro V stay in conditioner and blow dryed it. Sprayed it with conditioner again and went to bed. Woke up put loreal vive pro mosterizing conditioner on my hair dry and left in for about 3-4 hours. I did not rinse this out before the next step. Put toner in it again this morning, and got caught up with the baby and forgot that it was in there so although other parts werent as orangey a few good strands were silvery blue. I got a small applicator bottle and put 3/4 lemon juice and 1/4 loreal vive pro conditioner to moustirize hair. Mixed it, and squirted it around brushing and coming it in as i went. I left that in for about 20minutes. Blow dried it until it was semi damp, turned on warm to hot water and rinsed that all out, than dumped lemon juice on it and swished it around and re rerinsed. Towel dried it, and than put sunsilk de frizzer in it, than blow dried. my hair more natural looking, blondes and light browns and the blue streaks are gone, to a light blonde. Not bad! Much better than the catastrophe it was before. I will probably bleach it in about 1-2 weeks to go down more just blonde. But if you do this soon after your initial bleaching your going to FRY your hair. BE PATIENT you will get more of the result you are looking for. In the mean time, if you cant stand the colors find a hot bandana or do a funky style with your hair and just say you did it on purpose. its not their hair so tell them to shove it!! LOL   trying this now.. Comments By: Tessie Okay, I had dark brown hair with blonde bangs, I tried to lighten it by using blondissima to take the color out and then put a light blonde color on it, it went copper orange on my long hair and white at the roots and bangs. (I have been dying my hair since I was 17 and im 38 now lol) I dyed over that color with a darker blonde ash color and it went greeny brown in the front and coppery brown on the long parts, the roots seemed to take the color of the dye though.. my hair looks awful. I went to buy two big bottles of "real lemon" and used the conditioner I have at home to mix them. It didnt mix well at first so I used a whisk to blend it until frothy/smooth. Ive just put it on my hair and am waiting but I'll post what happens after I leave it on for an hour.   Trying this now.. Comments By: Tessie Well, not bad. The green is gone and replaced with a light blonde color. The longer parts of my hair that were copper are now strawberry blonde - still a tad brassy but not embarassingly copper like it was. My hair was very fried due to overprocessing though.. I did see some color as I rinsed my hair, nothing very impressive however, but still color. My hair feels sort of like straw but not too bad considering that I left the mixture on for an hour. I would have to say that this is a good idea, and I will reccomend it to my friends as well. Thank you for the helpful tip :)   It's a miracle! Comments By: Grateful of UK Thank you so much. I put some low lights in my (too) blonde hair and they went green! Tried tomato sauce, bicarb, purple shampoo - nothing. Then I discovered your tip for lemon juice - voila, it worked! Thought I might have to go work tomorrow with a hat on.... ;0)   can i do this to get orange out?? Comments By: louise help!! i used loreal perfect blonde dye to dye my hair a ash blonde but its gone a bright orange in the middle and is hard 2 discise! so wud this work 4 me? scared of trying it after whats happened...   it really works! Comments By: tina, england thank you, thank you, thank you. after being blonde for all my life, for some reason the colour i put on ( one which i always use) turned a horrible greeeny grey! after using the lemon juice and conditioner, i can now leave the house again.   Havent tried it yet Comments By: patrice bailey Hi all i have just recently died my hair blonde however my roots did not lift with the colour and are at present YELLOW!! my hair is naturally blonde, however i always get highlights in my hairdressers that do not contain any bleach, but now i feel that its ruined! does anyone think that lemon juice would be a good idea to try n strip the colour out?   Wanted dark brown and got black Comments By: Andrea Well I've been dying my hair for about a year and a half, always dark brown without a problem. Last night however it turned out black. I actually cried before finding this. Feeling a little bit better and a lot more hopeful I gave it a shot. I let the mixture sit in my hair for 45 - 50 minutes, blow dried, rinsed out with more lemon juice and rinsed that out with the hottest water I could stand. While rinsing with lemon juice my heart soared, Dark brown dye was actually rinsing out, not much mind you but I had high hopes. After the hot water rinse and shampoo I was left with 95% black hair. I had some darker brown highlights but no one I knew would even notice that compared to the horrible black I'm seemingly stuck with. Less than 24 hours since and I've been contemplating trying it again but I'm afraid the brown highlights will just get lighter and the black will stay the same. So I gave my hair dresser a call and told her my de lima, she's assured me that she'll get my hair color the way I want it and with today's remedies, that my hair will remain undamaged. just 8 hours until I go. I really hope the lemon juice works for you and you don't haveto go through the trouble I have.   help ive recked my hair! (addicted to dyes) Comments By: xxdonnaxx blonde 1day brown the next,but then decicd i want it bk blonde,now im ginger and my hair is snaping! promise if sum 1 can giv me a tip on how to get blonde wiv out my hair falling out i wont ever go bk brown.my addy xxdonnaxx1000@hotmail.com if the lemon works on orangey pink il try it.   help ive recked my hair! (addicted to dyes) Comments By: xxdonnaxx blonde 1day brown the next,but then decicd i want it bk blonde,now im ginger and my hair is snaping! promise if sum 1 can giv me a tip on how to get blonde wiv out my hair falling out i wont ever go bk brown.my addy xxdonnaxx1000@hotmail.com if the lemon works on orangey pink il try it.   Amazing Comments By: Anna I ended up with purple hair after putting dark brown dye on my highlights. It was terrible, I couldnt get an appointment with a hairdresser and shampooing was doing nothing at all. I found this online, tried it and now y hair is a lovely natural looking brown with some of my highlights coming through. Wow. Very good tip, thanks so much.   FANTASTIC, I AM A BELIEVER Comments By: How you like me now in Texas I initially was reluctant, being that I am African American with chemically treated hair. My story, I had my hair highlighted and decided that the highlights were to blond and decided to DIY (Mistake #1) and color my hair with L'Oreals Light Ash Brown (Mistake #2). Un-highlighted hair turned out perfect, highlighted hair turned light ashish gray with a hint of green (ON A SUNDAY--NO HAIRDRESSER UNTIL TUESDAY). After contacting hair stylist and going to the local hair supply and asking their licensed personnel (didn't like the answers) without any immediate solutions, I found this site and tried the lemon juice. I squeezed the juice of 3 whole lemons and 1/2 oz. deep conditioner, mixed together and applied to hair. Sat under hairdryer for thirty minutes. Rinsed, washed & conditioned and styled. PERFECT and love the new highlighted color.   brassy blond to minging green to darker blonde.... Comments By: Sarah about 2 months ago I dyed my hair from dark red to bleach blonde, obviously leaving my hair in awful condition. I used a deep conditioning treatment regularly and got my hair back to a reasonable condition. I wasn't happy with the brassy, ash blonde colour of my hair and wanted to get back to my natural 'shit blonde' colour, so bought some boots 'darkest blonde' dye (which assured me it was fine to use on good conditioned bleached hair). My hair came out a grayish green colour from the mid-lengths down, which I was mortified at. Being a student couldn't afford hairdresser, so tried tomato sauce (didn't work) and then stumbled across this tip. I changed it slightly; nearly half a cup of pure lemon juice mixed with 1/4 cup of deep conditioning conditioner on damp hair, warmed my hair up briefly with a hair-dryer before wrapping it in clingfilm for 45min. I then blow dryed it until it was nearly dry and then washed it out and shampooed and conditioned it. I am currently waiting for it to dry naturally but the green has completely gone to be replaced by a lovely blonde colour; I CANNOT thank you enough for this tip- i really thought i'd either have to dye it dark again ( :( ) or pay for a hairdresser to do it. whoever you are, i love you. it feels like christmas! xxxxxxx   YOU WOULD THINK A HAIRDRESSER WOULD KNOW BETTER!!! Comments By: Trudie As I am a hairdresser that no longer works in a shop I am afraid I begrudge paying shop prices to colour my hair!!! Thought I would go a lighter shade as I was fed up being brunette, knowing that shop colours don't lighten enough I used a pre-lightener and then coloured my hair with a light brown. HMMMMMM-went a nasty ash greenish colour and really dried out aswell. This has happened to me before and I have usually ended up going back to the darker shade but with a red in it to ensure it gets rid of the green and then 9times out of 10 it ends up being too dark. I found this site a cure for my mistake and IT WORKS!!!! I used the mixture on dry hair for two days. 1st day I left on the mixture for 20 mins then the 2nd day for 45 mins and now my hair is a lovely light golden brown. I feel I can go out with confidence again. Thanks again for this really useful tip and I wish I knew about it years ago.   Saved me from my Stylist's wrath! Comments By: Linda OMG! This really works! I used a light ash blonde, Hi-lift color on my light blond highlighted hair. What a mistake. My hair turned a lovely shade of grey/ with green tones. I used 1/4 cup lemon juice to 3/4 cup Biolage conditioner. Applied it with a paintbrush, covered it with a shower cap for 25 min. Blew it dry, and followed with a lemon rinse. I did this twice. Finally washing and conditioning as usual. The grey/green is gone! I am back to my my very light blonde with NO brassiness. You are a life saver. And i won't suffer my Stylist's wrath.   it REALLY does work Comments By: kathy I spent a fortune at a salon -highlights, lowlights and then they coloured over everything with a too dark permanent dye. once I got outside I realized it was reddish too. I tried the rinse, left it on for 10 min. and first I thought nothing was happening but when I rinsed it out, the water was brown - my hair is lighter and I will be doing it again until it is back to my real colour. Thanks for the great tip.   FIXED GREY- PURPLE HAIR DISASTER Comments By: Dee my naturaly dark blond hair has been over processed with highlights etc. PROFESSIONAL dyed my hair with low lights and high lights and TOP layer all turned GREY. toner made it more grey? They wanted to STRIP my hair to correct and i said NO WAY. Found this, tried it, did mixture on 1 hour, dryed w/dryer, rinsed with straight lemon juice and prayed. Believe it or not..... it fixed it! I'm still in shock it actually worked. If you have GREY/purple hair this actually works. ANd it actually made it look NATURAL because it was very subtle. Amazing. I love the person who put this up on here. I really do :) THANK YOU SO MUCH!   Ash colour hair....yuk!! Comments By: Anon This did work, truly. I had a wedding to go to and tried to tone down my very blonde hair (after holiday), but it turned ash grey. Rushed to my hairdresser who added a toner, but I still looked like a witch. Tried this formula and it really did work. My hair is now a more natural blonde colour.   hair coloring tip Comments By: ashleeeeee Well ive been reading results and they sound great. Im sitting here with it on my hair and its been about 25 minutes. Im trying a hour cause i have a dark brown almost pure black. I will post another comment and tell you how it looks. i hope it works!!! :)   hair went black Comments By: Sharon I Tried the lemon juice & Conditioner to take my hair from black to brown it did tone i