The hair becomes orange due to excessive bleaching that damages the hair cuticles. The chemicals in the bleach cause damage to the hair which turns a nasty shade of orange. There are many who will recommend different shades of hair dye to mute out the orange color, but smearing the hair with more chemicals is the worst that you can do to your hair.
Instead of fixing your orange hair with box dye, try out these natural remedies to get rid of orange hair after bleaching and return your hair to its original shade.
To prevent your hair from turning your hair orange, apply the dye evenly and use deionized water while rinsing the hair to prevent it from turning into brassy orange.
10 Amazingly Simple Home Remedies
You might fancy yourself to be a cross between Nymphadora Tonks and Luna Lovegood, but the orange bleached hair looks nowhere as magical as that of two of most loved characters from J K Rowling’s Harry Potter.
Orange hair is actually the hair that has gotten poisoned with toxic chemicals. But you need not worry because you are in the right place. Elucidated below are 10 amazing home remedies and frequently asked questions on how to get rid of orange hair after bleaching.
1. Honey And Milk Pack
This is one of the best remedies on how to get orange out of hair at home.
- Stir a tablespoon of raw honey in a cup of creamy milk
- Massage your hair from the roots to the tip using this mixture
- Wrap the masked hair with a shower cap
- Leave it on for about 10 minutes
- Rinse your hair with water and herbal shampoo
- Do this every alternate day for the orange color to fade
[Also Read: Honey Benefits for Hair]
2. Coconut Milk and Cream Pack
Massaging with this pack makes the orange shade to get out of hair at home(1).
- Stir in a tablespoon of fresh coconut milk in a cup of fresh cream
- Massage your hair from the roots to the tips using this mixture
- Wrap the masked hair with a shower cap
- Leave it on for about half an hour
- Rinse your hair with lukewarm water
- Do this thrice a week for the best results
3. Herbs and ACV
- This is a combination of the hollyhock herbs and apple cider vinegar, this is an age-old treatment for orange hair.
- In a pan, boil some water and to the simmering water add 2 tablespoons for ACV and 1 ounce of hollyhock herbs.
- Heat the mixture, until it thickens and becomes viscous and once done, take it off the heat and let it cool.
- Apply the mixture to your hair and make sure you gently massage it in a circular pattern.
- Let it be for 10-15 minutes and then wash it off with a sulfate-free shampoo and then use a natural conditioner.
Apple Cider Vinegar Rinse
- Apple cider vinegar is renowned for its potency in treating various medical conditions.
- First off, you would need to apply coconut oil prior to the day before using ACV rinse, preferably apply the oil before going to bed.
- The next day, in the morning, add a few drops of blue/purple liquid food color, 2 tablespoons of ACV, 2-3 tablespoons of coconut oil and 1 cup of water and stir them well.
- Now wash and condition your hair as you would and then follow up by rinsing your hair with the mixture
- Stay committed to this and follow this routine for 2 weeks to see the best results.
4. Almond Oil and Banana Mask
This is one of the best home remedies on how to correct orange hair.
- Prepare the mask by mashing a ripe banana
- Mix that with 2 tablespoons of almond oil
- Massage your hair and make sure that every strand is smeared with the mask from the roots to the tips
- Cover your hair with a shower cap
- Rinse the mask off with lukewarm water after about 15-20 minutes
- The orange color will gradually fade away
[Also Read: Hair Mask Benefits for Dry Scalp]
5. Strawberries, Eggs and Olive Oil Pack
- Mash a handful of strawberries into a smooth pulp
- Mix it with the yolk of an egg and a few tablespoons of olive oil to prepare a paste
- Massage your hair from the roots to the tips using this mixture
- Wrap the masked hair with a shower cap
- Leave it on for about half an hour
- Rinse your hair with lukewarm water
- Do this thrice a week for the best results
6. Black Tea Pack
This is one of the most effective ways of to fix bleached hair that turns orange.
- Mix a teaspoon of black tea with a tablespoon of jojoba oil
- Massage your hair from the roots to the tips with this mixture
- Wrap the masked hair with a shower cap
- Leave it on for about 20 minutes
- Rinse your hair with lukewarm water
- Do this daily for about a week for the best results
7. Lemon Juice and Marula Oil Pack
Will dark ash blonde cover orange brassy hair with the help of lemon juice? Well, this pack will help to recover the dark ash blonde shade and is also very effective for hydrating the scalp and keeping it well-nourished as bleaching damages the scalp to a greater extent.
- Add a few drops of freshly pressed lemon juice to a tablespoon of marula oil
- Massage your orange bleached hair and scalp with gentle rubbing
- Do this thrice a week for the orange shade to disappear
8. Egg Whites and Yogurt Pack
This is a highly beneficial remedy for to get rid of orange hair after bleaching.
- Prepare a nourishing and remarkably effective hair mask by mixing the white portion of an egg with 2 tablespoons of fresh yogurt
- Apply this to your hair with gentle massaging
- Cover your hair with a shower cap and let the mask stay for about half an hour
- Rinse your hair with a scented shampoo to remove the mask and get rid of the smell of eggs
9. Papaya and Mayonnaise Pack
It might sound quirky, but fatty mayo is highly effective in fixing orange hair.
- Mix a tablespoon of mayo in a cup of mashed ripe papaya
- Massage your hair with the pack
- Cover your hair with a shower cap
- Let the mask stay for about half an hour
- Rinse your hair with a scented shampoo to remove the mask and get rid of the smell of mayo
[Read: Mayonnaise for Lice]
10. Aloe Vera and Milk Pack
Aloe vera gel(2) is a highly effective answer to turn hair from orange to brown.
- Prepare the mask by mixing a small quantity of freshly sliced out aloe vera gel with a cup of creamy milk
- Massage your hair from the roots to the tips using this mixture
- Wrap the masked hair with a shower cap
- Leave it on for about half an hour
- Rinse your hair with lukewarm water
- Do this thrice a week for the best results
11. Bananas and Avocado Pack
- Mash half a slice of banana and mix it with 1/3rd a cup of mashed avocado
- Massage your hair from the roots to the tips with this pack
- Wrap the masked hair with a shower cap
- Leave it on for about half an hour
- Rinse your hair with lukewarm water
- Do this once a week for the best results
[Also Read: Avocado Oil For Hair ]
Bottom Line
Coloring hair(3) is always an attraction to get out of those regular boring shades, but when the process goes wrong, it results in severe damage. In order to bleach dark hair without it turning orange try herbal hair colors and keep your scalp and hair well-nourished all the time. This damage can be well-reversed by practicing the above-mentioned techniques regularly for better results.
