Developlus Color Oops Color Remover (Extra Strength) (Pack of 2)

I was so nervous to use it because of the mixed reviews but I had a great experience and I don’t know what people are talking about but the smell is not bad. I followed the directions to a T and I do still smell the product after washing it, but it did not bother me. It Does say on the direction to pointed away from your face while mixing it. I’m guessing they change the formula because of all the bad reviews about the smell? I barely smelled it until after I rinsed it out!! This is what my hair looked like before and after color oops, prior to using it I got caramel highlights and previous to that I had gotten my hair darkened after highlighting it at a salon, so I’m assuming it got light because it removes the color that they put on the salon to cover my highlights when I went dark again. It was a medium chocolate brown that I had, and look at all this color that I got out!! Now I’m ready to lighten it a little bit more. I recommend you get at least 2 to 3 boxes If you have long hair like me and you wanna saturate every strand, I’m very happy with the results. I will definitely use it in the future.

I've used this product several times. It works exactly as it's supposed to work if you spend the extensive amount of time you need to completely wash it out. The only problem with it is the people who don't understand HOW it's supposed to work. 😫 Color removers almost always turn your hair orange. They don't magically restore your natural hair color. Why? Because you PERMANENTLY CHANGED YOUR HAIR COLOR. Whatever you did to it-dark, light, red, black-you removed at least SOME OF your natural color. It doesn't exist anymore. So when you remove that permanent color by using products like these, you're left with the LIFTED RESULT of your hair before the color was applied. AKA orange. Depending on the products you've used to color your hair and how your natural hair reacted to those products, the lighter or darker that orange might be. Bottom line: You use a color remover so that you can do something like a bleach bath a few weeks afterward and apply A NEW, usually LIGHTER color. You don't use a color remover thinking you're going to get back to who you were before you CHEMICALLY PROCESSED your hair for 5+ years. Hope this helps.

I have used this product a half dozen times over the past couple decades to remove dark brown box color. It has always worked well for me, until now. I followed all instructions, and even rinsed and shampooed for longer than it says, because rinsing is the key. It barely budged the color at all. I have to be under a certain light to even tell that it’s a tiny bit lighter. I don’t know what has changed in the four years since I last used this, but it’s not an improvement. I’m not happy at all that I wasted my money on this, and as a hair professional I will not recommend this product again to anyone. Just do a gentle bleach and save your time and money. I’d like a refund.

First of all, this seemed to work great at first. I washed my hair 3 times to make sure it was all out, since several reviews said it darkens if you don’t rinse it well enough. It went from black, to strawberry blonde (close to my natural color) which seemed great. The box says you can dye it same day... since it was a few different shades I wanted to even it out... so I used a light auburn hair dye the next day, to try and even it out so it was at least close to all one color. What a huge mistake, my hair is nearly black again. It turned a super super dark auburn almost black. I am so upset I spent 2 days trying to fix my hair, spent over 100$ on 2 boxes of color oops, and my hair dye. For that price I should have just went to the salon and had it fixed properly and I wouldn’t be dealing with this issue. Also- it smells so strong it burns your eyes, I have had windows open, fans blowing and candles lit and it still smells so bad 2 days later. It’s like the smell just won’t leave my hair no matter how many times I wash it. If you wanna use this product to get a dye out and then not dye it, it’ll work, beware your hair will be a few different shades. But if you’re going to try and dye it after beware it might go to nearly the same color you used it to rinse out of your hair. I’m so confused as to why my hair basically turned black again, when the box clearly states that it is safe to dye your hair right away (I waited one day). I won’t buy this product again, just go to the salon it’s worth the money to not deal with the issues and what might happen to your hair. I gave 3 stars because if I didn’t dye my hair it worked, but they shouldn’t put on the box that you can dye your hair the same day, when clearly that is false because it turned my hair from blonde back to black.

Two boxes was the perfect amount for my hair and got all the color out on the first try. Unfortunately I would keep the window open while you do it because my bathroom smelled like sulfur for at least two weeks after even with a deep clean included in that time period. Also make sure you take care of your hare after because this is a strong product. I used a stripping shampoo before hand for the best possible result. Only reason I didn’t do five stars is because it smells just so bad

I rarely ever write reviews on anything just cause I don’t have time or feel like it lol but this stuff actually works! I had dark brown permanent dye and a reddish purple semi permanent on top of blonde and it pretty much took almost all the brown out and it took out all of the reddish purple color I had in my hair! I would definitely recommend this product and I’ll probably be buying it again in a couple weeks to do my hair again. I would say to get a good conditioning mask for afterwards, though because it does leave your Hair feeling a little dry but the next day it felt pretty OK with the leaf products I had

I am naturally a strawberry blond, but have been using an 8G color for 20+ years to add a little more red. I am a fan of the natural look. I decided to go a little darker with a 7C. BIG MISTAKE! It was way too dark and looked like FAKE red on me. I tried to color it again with my old color but it barely touched it. I was horrified and I wore a hat for days to hide my hair until I found this product. COLOR OOPS WAS A LIFE SAVER!!! I am so grateful. It removed the horrible dark color and restored things back to my natural color, or at least very close. It came with everything needed. The process was easy, but took a while because I followed the directions exactly. The process itself only took 20 minutes, but involved 4 washings and a total of 35 minutes of just rinsing. The smell wasn’t too bad, despite the claims. It smells like when I used to get my hair permed back in the 80’s and the scent sticks with you for a few days, but it’s subtle. Thank you Color Oops!

SELLER Feedback: I will not take off a star for this, but the seller: "Mango Six B&M" sold me TWO boxes that BOTH had the large solution bottle with taped back up caps on, only half of the solution in it and wrapped in bubble tape. The other (small) solution bottle appeared to be full, but the lid was ALSO taped on. I had to combine the two bottles from each box. THank GOD I already bought a box of this stuff from CVS before this order arrived (I couldn't wait and I have long hair, so I thought I may need two treatments and then I forgot that this order already had two boxes coming). I am literally sitting here, with the solution on my hair (for a second application) from combining the contents of both boxes, hoping that it's not going to F-up my hair (WHY THE HELL was the solution bottle half full/empty??). PRODUCT Feedback: I have naturally blond hair that was dyed dark brown forever (past 9 1/2 years) and then I went burgundy/red for a long while with bouts of dark brown root touch-ups. Mostly box dye, with some salon dye-jobs in between. I saw my blond roots as they were growing out lately and now I had a rainbow mess and thought: "You know, I'm not turning gray yet and I'll be graying within the next 15 years, I bet, so maybe going back to blond will be less cumbersome and easier to maintain, since I'm naturally a blonde anyway!" - I want to go almost platinum and priced it out. With color correction, to get the red and dark brown out, I was looking at $150/ hour at a salon and I saw that women who were doing the same thing, were taking up to 6 hours in the salon! I don't know about you, but I don't have that kind of dough lying around. 1st application, was yesterday. I was impressed. The red/brown came out and I did see a LOT of orange tint in my hair, but I expected that. Especially since I put a lot of harsh red (box dye) pigment into it AND my blond is a really brassy/ yellow/ orange one anyway. I thought that I shampooed and then rinsed enough, but I may not have. After a while, after a blow-out, today, it looks a bit darker. I read up and found that I did not rinse enough (do not rinse until water is clear, just KEEP rinsing for 20 minutes). Here I am right now, reapplying a 2nd application (using Olaplex treatment with it, so that my hair integrity is not compromised by the peroxide) because I still have a dark band of hair that goes around my head, above my ears that is still noticeable after the first lift (must have been a certain salon or box dye job that was different from the rest. It was already a darker shade than the rest of my head before attempting this color lift). After writing that last paragraph, I went and rinsed for 20 minutes. Holy moly, that is an exercise in patience....rinsing for an ENTIRE 20 minutes! All in all, it works great. just be ready to use a purple shampoo or toner to eliminate serious brassiness and use Olaplex and a deep conditioning treatment to insert moisture back into the hair shaft. I am going to put coconut oil in my hair for the rest of the day after the Olaplex treatment formula 2 that I have in my hair is rinsed out. I will probably give my hair another day of rest after this before I start bleaching. The poor dear has been through enough already.