Removing Green Splat Dye

I had green hair from late June 2018 to around February 2019. I used Splat’s Midnight Jade 30 Wash, a shade I surprisingly fell in love with. Before this, I had only dyed my hair warm colors (reds, oranges, purples, browns). It looked so good, and because of how I bleached my hair, some parts actually looked blue after a few washes. However, I eventually got tired of the look and decided to remove it, and like a lot of testimonials about the brand, it did not budge.

  • June 25, 2018 – First application of Midnight Jade over a level 7-8 orangey base.
  • January 2, 2019 – Extreme regrowth and fade. I was ready for a change, so I started using a clarifying shampoo.
  • February 10, 2019 – I used a color remover product to fade out most of the green.
  • February 14, 2019 – I’m already somewhat blonde, but there’s definitely still a lot of green. Surprisingly my test patch for bright pink worked though.
  • February 17, 2019 – I used two different types of bleach. Ironically, I used the one with a stronger developer on the green parts.

Patience is a virtue for sure. By mid-February, I had been been getting rid of my green/blue hair for maybe a month. It was the toughest to get rid of! Looking at YouTube videos, I saw someone with a similar process as mine but she did a vitamin C mix. I didn’t have any vitamin C or baking soda lying around so I tried other ways of getting rid of the already-murky green that faded from my original color. This was over the course of a couple of weeks to minimize damage, and I definitely didn’t expect to get rid of the green in one sitting.

  1. I used clarifying shampoo to strip the color every time I showered. I can’t remember the exact variant I had but I believe it was VO5 Clarifying Shampoo. I would also apply Briogeo Don’t Despair! Repair Deep Conditioning Mask at least once a week to help bring back moisture, as clarifying shampoo is very drying.
  2. I applied Joico Color Intensity Eraser with 6% (20 vol) developer, which helped get rid of a lot of the remaining green, but there was still a green tinge to my hair.
  3. I applied the generic blue-based bleaching kit from Hair Boss to my virgin roots. It had a 12% (40 vol) developer (YIKES). It lightened my regrowth to about a level 6 or 7. It also included a generic keratin treatment which I also applied immediately after.
  4. I applied the Hair Boss Generic Violet Toning Shampoo which sort of helped with the brass on my roots, but of course the rest of my hair was still green. I also did a test strand to check if bright pink will go over it, and it did.
  5. I reapplied another session of the blue-based bleach to where the green hair was, and then applied Splat’s Lightening Bleach (a blue-based bleach and the oxide I believe is 35 vol).

Now, to be perfectly honest, that was all I needed to do. But then, I guess I didn’t know enough about color theory at the time and already applied a toner and dye when my hair wasn’t light enough yet. But anyway, here’s my “ash blonde” with a little pink! I used Wella Color Charm in T18 Lightest Ash Blonde with 20 vol developer, and Sparks Semi-Permanent in Rose Gold (which I think is discontinued). It was definitely patchy and not my best work, but I liked it enough at the time.