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How to remove hair color stains from your skin
Submitted by Mr. Mark
Particularly dark hair coloring can often stain the skin it touches when coloring the hair. To avoid this problem, I suggest carefully applying a thin layer of petroleum jelly around the hairline and anywhere else you may come into skin contact with the coloring product. Also, I have yet to see a case where 24 hours didn't do the trick. Simple perspiring pushes the excess color out of the pores, and as difficult as it may seem to get off when just finishing a
hair coloring, it's amazing how easily it comes off after even a few hours. There are those of us, however, who put that stuff on ourselves because we're concerned about our appearance NOW, however! As a hairstylist with 30 years experience,
I can tell you the best methods to remove hair color from your skin are:
- Cigarette ashes - Finally, that friend or relative who still smokes has a redeeming quality regarding their habit! Gently rub cigarette ashes onto the stained area. It works
miracles.
- (The most commonly used method in hair salons) For more difficult stains, use cuticle remover, that can be purchased at nearly any drug store or beauty supply. Be careful though to rub it gently, as being too aggressive can actually remove skin!
- Permanent wave solution will also remove most hair coloring from hands and skin. Be careful though, once again, not to rub too hard, or to leave it on the skin for more than a couple of minutes or so. Many people have sensitive skin, and ideally should so a patch test before using this method, although, I've never personally had a problem with the little bit of irritation I may have incurred, as opposed to the color stain I would have walked around for a day with.
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