getting hair dye off my skin

monket · 10-06-2007, 08:27 PM

I dyed my hair this awesome electric blue color and I was doing all good with the stain-prevention until I blow dryed it and got blue all over my fingers.

I tried scrubbing with soap and body wash and hot water and pretty much anything else, but now, four days later, my fingertips are still as blue as my hair is. Quite embarassing. Anyone know how to make it go away?

thanks in advance

meganf · 10-06-2007, 08:40 PM

i just kept washing my fingers and used spot face wash with little beads in it.

Ivy · 10-06-2007, 08:41 PM

rubbing alcohol?

rainbow.love · 10-06-2007, 08:41 PM

if you have like..oxy pads for your face or any sort of make up remover that usually helps for me..and then crazy amounts of soap and hot water.
hope that helps

Lampost · 10-06-2007, 08:44 PM

TOOTHPASTE!
seriously I've been dying my hair for 4 years every 2-4 weeks without stopping and nothing beats toothpaste. Put it on the areas for a minute, itll tingle and make your skin all tingly and then wipe it off, if it doesnt take it all of first time just do it till its all gone. Nothing works better coz other things dry your skin out too much. My trusty hair dresser taught me that one.

Mirabelle · 10-06-2007, 08:56 PM

scrubbing stones

Psiren · 10-06-2007, 10:15 PM

I like that toothpaste idea haha.
I usually use make up remover/toner and scrub like hell. Painful but usually pretty effective.

Voldemort · 10-06-2007, 10:30 PM

Go to Superdrug, go down the hair dye aisle, pick up a small sachet that says 'Hair dye removal wipe' and apply to your fingers. =)

Costs 99p and is a lot less painful than scrubbing and hot water.

lostdoll · 10-06-2007, 11:24 PM

I was told that milk is good for it.

That, or try baby wipes. But baby wipes might be for fake tan removal...

FlightlessBird · 11-06-2007, 04:19 AM

nailpolish remover works for me sometimes...but after a few days it'll just wash off.

raistlin · 11-06-2007, 05:39 AM

I usually just wait till it goes away itself. But I am sure after you try several of the above techniques it will mostly be off by then. lol. :)

squarepeginaroundhole · 11-06-2007, 08:56 PM

I usually find that make-up remover wipes get it off pretty well - you might have to use quite a few, but you don't have to scrub as hard.

monket · 12-06-2007, 10:01 AM

Thanks guys! I tried a couple of them out and I'm a lot less blue now, haha. It's still not all gone, but I look a lot less like a smurf, so I'm satisfied :D

random.swirls · 12-06-2007, 01:34 PM

glad you are less smurf like bio/olive oil etc sometimes work but umm its quite late on in the day so yep!!