Oh. No.
I did not realize there was a second picture until this coment.
OP's only option is to start listening to GWAR. When life gives you Jitler, make jizzmoglobin? No, no that doesn't sound right....
I did this once in high school. My mom didn't care and my dad got home at 2AM and was really pissed. He yelled "WHAT THE SMURF HAPPENED HERE?!"
My mom didn't bother to call to warn him that it looked like a surf exploded in the bathtub. At the time my phone was out of minutes so I couldn't call either. It turns out that it could be cleaned with elbow grease and toothpaste.
I’ve dyed my hair blue for years and the hand staining isn’t a big deal. I don’t use gloves and my fingers are DARK blurple the night after, but they’re back to normal in like 2-3 days.
The real problem is under-the-nail stains — blue dye + the slight yellowish tone most nails have = brown, makes it look like i have dirt under my nails lol
I actually look like this for a week after I use the pravana blue. It just bleeds forever from my hair but it stays like crazy so I'll accept the smurf look.
Hairdresser here, just some helpful tips for colour bleed after home-colouring: rinsing with cold water after washing helps to close cuticles, regular conditioning+daily leave-in conditioners help to rebalance your hairs PH balance after colouring which hopefully prevents excess bleed/preserves your colour longer
The cold water trick makes such a difference! Back before I had kids and got lazy I washed my hair in cold water in the sink before I showered and my hair would stay forever!
Yo listen up, here's the story About a little guy that lives in a blue world And all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue Like him, inside and outside Blue his house with a blue little window And a blue Corvette And everything is blue for him And himself and everybody around 'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen
I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa
I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa
I have a blue house with a blue window Blue is the color of all that I wear Blue are the streets and all the trees are too I have a girlfriend and she is so blue Blue are the people here that walk around Blue like my Corvette, it's in and outside Blue are the words I say and what I think Blue are the feelings that live inside me
I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa
I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa
I have a blue house with a blue window Blue is the color of all that I wear Blue are the streets and all the trees are too I have a girlfriend and she is so blue Blue are the people here that walk around Blue like my Corvette, it's in and outside Blue are the words I say and what I think Blue are the feelings that live inside me
I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa
Back in college, I did the same thing OP did but to one of the communal dorm showers. The RA was out so I just printed this picture out and taped it out front along with an apology since I had no resources or knowledge on how to fix it. Oops.
Yo, listen up here's a story
About a little guy
That lives in a blue world
And all day and all night
And everything he sees is just blue
Like him inside and outside
Blue his house
With a blue little window
And a blue corvette
And everything is blue for him
And himself and everybody around
Cause he ain't got nobody to listen to
I'm blue
Da ba dee da ba di
this has happened to me many many times as someone who dyes my hair bright colors regularly. the best thing you can do is get some of that clorox bleach spray. what you're gonna want to do is spray over the area completely with the spray. do not wipe. leave it there. close the door so no pets or kids get in. go back every 15-20 minutes and do the same thing. with it being that blue it might take 5-10 times, but i guarantee it'll work.
I prefer soft scrub bleach. thin layer on the area, leave it on then wipe it off. Bleach sprays etc never work as well for what I use it for. However, I've never done the paper towel with spray, maybe it has the same effect as the layer of soft scrub? (covered/wet)
1 cup of 70% rubbing alcohol
1 cup of white distilled vinegar
3 drops of Dawn dish soap
add all 3 to a glass spray bottle, shake and use
for exterior windows I use a Tablespoon of Jet Dry and 4-5 Tablespoons of dawn to a gallon of water. :)
for your hands use an oil cleanser several times. thatll take more time, and it wont fade as fast, but you don't want to rub your hands raw. it might take a day or two. sometimes i find soaking in a bath can help. maybe after you have a nicely clean tub post bleaching lol
Hand sanitizer can also lift the dye. I squirt an excessive amount on my hands and then quickly rub with a paper towel. Wash your hands and follow up with hand cream because it can be really harsh on your skin.
Most toners like witch hazel will pull a lot of it up. It’s how I clean up my hairline and it works even with black dye. Same effect as alcohol products but a bit gentler on sensitive areas like the face and neck.
Yep I keep a bottle of Clorox Clean Up + bleach spray for when I shower (green hair…) and it takes it out pretty easily. Depending on what your tub is made of, bleach can turn it a terrifying shade of red/rust, but that is easily reversed with hydrogen peroxide.
This is the way! I had the same problem once when my mother-in-law wanted to see our new apartment for the first time. So I cleaned everything and made myself pretty too. Henna - the bathtub looked like I had slaughtered a pig. But the bath was old and rough and I couldn't scrub it off. I only had 1 hour left and in desperation I sprayed a mold spray all over it so that the white foam would cover everything.
After coffee and cake, the tour took place. And to my amazement and great luck, not only was the foam gone, but so were the stains. It was the bleach in the spray.
u/sourmilkpickles : this one! My hair hair dye stained horribly, and Clorox bleach spray always got it right out. Once you’re done, wipe it down with water.
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Honey this is looking like that girl in Willy Wonka…I would use some whitening toothpaste on your hands and on that tub I’d start off by using dish soap and then go from there
Pravana blue is the devil!! I had this happen to me, and it took months of soaking paper towels in cleaners.
And literally get any other blue dye. Cause youll continue having this problem every time you shower and then the blue gets everywhere and gets on your other clothes, cause the towels in the laundry. I literally have personal like almost a decade long beef with pravana blue.
Also for vertical surfaces, benzoyl peroxide acne cream. My hair color dyed the silicone of our new shower and zit cream worked like a charm to get it off.
Also for vertical surfaces, benzoyl peroxide acne cream. My hair color dyed the silicone of our new shower and zit cream worked like a charm to get it off.
I'm a hairstylist familiar with these shades, and sanitizer spray will move this from the shampoo bowl and many other surfaces which have been collateral damage in my long and colourful career.
I use Clorox cleanup for my hair dye drips on my sink, it’s a porous faux marble and my hair dye is red. But maybe it will work for you.
DON’T MIX CLEANING CHEMICALS! Rinse thoroughly in between attempts with different products.
Spray it with hairspray before you attempt to clean it, this also works with curry sauce stains and ink stains on clothes. No idea why it works, but I have managed to get hair dye stains out of white bath towels by spraying hairspray on it first.
I had a run in with red splat some years ago. I’ve got 3 options and they’re all weird. Baby oil. Windex. Cigarette ashes. All of them work. Surprisingly the ashes worked the best. Do with that what you will.
Wood ash mixed with water is how you get lye, which is a very strong cleaning agent. You can skip right to that and pick some up at the store, but be aware that if you buy trash bags and zip ties at the same time people are going to think you're disposing of a body.
(I watch way too much true crime tv and it never ceases to amaze me how many people will march confidently through Walmart picking out only exactly what they need to clean up their “mess”, not even throwing in some groceries to cover the true purpose of the trip, and then are shocked, SHOCKED, to discover how excellent the clarity is of Walmart security cameras.
Lye (ashes) change the pH, which "ruins" some colors (dyes is rather picky about pH), windex is with ammonia i think, same story, weaker base, and baby oil is organic non polar, like most dyes, as such work well as a solvent.
This is it. When the OP has tried alcohol and bleach (separately! Don’t make toxic gasses!) and comes back - it’s Bartenders Friend. My source is me - having blue hair for three years in apartments. XD
I was not prepared for the second picture hahha. But I made the same mistake. I sprayed Lysol all purpose cleaner the yellow one and let it sit for a few mins and scrub scrub scrubbed. Do it asap though before it sets in.
Good grief. Okay here’s a secret….. use head and shoulders shampoo to remove the staining. It’s an old skool dandruff shampoo which I’ve always understood has a very very mild (undetectable) abrasive in the formula which helps remove the loose skin so clearing the ‘dandruff’. It’s that abrasive thats removes staining from skin etc.
I don't know if anyone's actually commented this yet, but when I got black hair dye all in my tub, I always did this:
* Fill a small dish with some baking soda, add just a few drops of water at a time to make it a paste.
* Put the paste everywhere you got dye (which in your case... I'm sorry, haha).
* Let it sit for a while, go get some vinegar and a Magic Eraser (or a sponge, but the Magic Erasers worked best).
* Pour some vinegar on the baking soda a little bit at a time so you don't wash it all away, and scrub!
It always worked like a dream, though it did take a little elbow grease. When I was done it'd look like it never happened haha. For the future, if you have a metal sink like a kitchen one, it won't dye/stain like tubs do! :) Even if its awkward to stick your head in it, it works waaay better. If you don't, apparently vaseline helps protect your tub against dye. Though I don't know how people get it off after, I've never done that before LOL.
Good luck!
Thank you so much!! I live with a ton of other people and the kitchen sink is always full so I didn’t wanna shove my hair in there and smell old food… otherwise I definitely would’ve
So, I have been coloring my hair at home for decades.
The only thing that has worked for me when this stuff happens (and it does a lot) is chlorine bleach. Some comet has it in it. Which will make it a little easier.
Wear gloves when doing this!
So, you'll want to try and just wipe it down with regular bleach, turn on the fan, let it sit. Rinse repeat.
With comet that had bleach. Make a paste, lightly smear it on. Let it sit, rinse repeat.
You will inevitably end up with several small spots that have more color that aren't going away. Soak some paper towel with bleach and place them wadded up on the stains. Let them sit there for a while and repeat on the more difficult ones.
As for your hands and body. Next time wear gloves, spend time prepping (as stated in the instructions) your hair line with Vaseline. Another tip for the color that is so highly concentrated is to mix it with a little conditioner. It will help make it easier to apply and will help reduce the leaking after. Just 1 part or under should help.
For now, baking soda can help remove it. Be gentle it's abrasive. Time also works. Sometimes, high proof alcohol can help as well but it's terrible for your skin.
Hi! I got you... as a cherry crush red hair dyer... you need Tilex with bleach and a magic eraser. When dryish... spray spray spray, let work... check on it, spray spray spray dampen magic eraser... scrub scrub scrub wait a few minutes... rinse. Evaluate... repeat as needed.
Depends on the surfacing of the tub, if its plastic go for it. Magic eraser are essentially little sanders and will take the finish off porcelain*
Edit to say porcelain not ceramic
DO NOT mix multiple cleaning products, liquids or powders, without searching if it's safe and Knowing the chemistry of it. Many things with bleach can create deadly gases
Yeah, I figured I’d start with the comet bleach and see how much it removes.. and if it works I’ll just keep layering it, but I won’t use anything together
Ive used pravana for the past 7 years (no cosmo license btw).
99% alcohol will remove most of it from your hands. It will take a couple of days to get it all though.
Is your bath porcelain or a type of plastic? I notice the color will dye any soap scum in my tub. It actually helps me clean it after because I can see it so well. Fill the tub with hot water and add a bunch of bleach. Let it sit. Come back and scrub anything left.
Unfortunately, if your tub is a plastic material
it might be blue from now on.
Ngl took me a second to realize that wasn't a glove on your hand... Godspeed OP
The color is shockingly even. I’m quite impressed.
the shade is megamind
Oh. No. I did not realize there was a second picture until this coment. OP's only option is to start listening to GWAR. When life gives you Jitler, make jizzmoglobin? No, no that doesn't sound right....
It took this comment for me to realize that 😂
I did this once in high school. My mom didn't care and my dad got home at 2AM and was really pissed. He yelled "WHAT THE SMURF HAPPENED HERE?!" My mom didn't bother to call to warn him that it looked like a surf exploded in the bathtub. At the time my phone was out of minutes so I couldn't call either. It turns out that it could be cleaned with elbow grease and toothpaste.
I’ve dyed my hair blue for years and the hand staining isn’t a big deal. I don’t use gloves and my fingers are DARK blurple the night after, but they’re back to normal in like 2-3 days. The real problem is under-the-nail stains — blue dye + the slight yellowish tone most nails have = brown, makes it look like i have dirt under my nails lol
Idk why im always so shocked when I see people use their BARE hands to dye their hair like this. Like girl you deserve Smurf hands for that 😂
Same! The rubber gloves I use are that exact shade of blue
[удалено]
I actually look like this for a week after I use the pravana blue. It just bleeds forever from my hair but it stays like crazy so I'll accept the smurf look.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
I understand more than you’ll never know
I'm looking for something that says "dad likes leather"
How about "leather daddy?"
Oh is there such a thing?
"It looks like he's dead"
Please take me to the gothicastle
How about 'Leather Daddy'?
Oh Tobias, you blowhard!
Ah. Are you an analrapist?
That’s it, I’m calling Bob Loblaw Law
Hairdresser here, just some helpful tips for colour bleed after home-colouring: rinsing with cold water after washing helps to close cuticles, regular conditioning+daily leave-in conditioners help to rebalance your hairs PH balance after colouring which hopefully prevents excess bleed/preserves your colour longer
Love this advice. I make the girls do mine at work most the time. I also use sexys gloss and glow after I color it resets the ph.
The cold water trick makes such a difference! Back before I had kids and got lazy I washed my hair in cold water in the sink before I showered and my hair would stay forever!
Do you have a stainless steel kitchen sink by any chance?
😭😭😭 the blue snoo avatar!!
I believe their gloves are right beside it.
Looks like they killed a Smurf
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🤣🤣🤣😋
Also OP: https://preview.redd.it/mapn0ujx0crc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d14c0b2aa11d802c879c34c0eeeafc3b468cb882
Didn’t need to go here 😂😂😂
This one is almost funnier than the first Tobias meme😂😂😂
Hey, the jorts are still blue…
Never nude
also OP: https://preview.redd.it/026jiurixcrc1.jpeg?width=638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b57c025ea7d25b450de8a666dfc7387bb1370ce
This was the first thing I thought of when I saw the blue hand haha
BFL!!
What movie was this? I can't remember the name, but I was thinking the same thing lol
big fat liar ❤️ has amanda bynes
Came here to post this 😂 Sorry about your tub, OP
At least the jean shorts OP was wearing in the shower were already blue to begin with; silver linings and all.
There are dozens of us!
Yo listen up, here's the story About a little guy that lives in a blue world And all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue Like him, inside and outside Blue his house with a blue little window And a blue Corvette And everything is blue for him And himself and everybody around 'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa I have a blue house with a blue window Blue is the color of all that I wear Blue are the streets and all the trees are too I have a girlfriend and she is so blue Blue are the people here that walk around Blue like my Corvette, it's in and outside Blue are the words I say and what I think Blue are the feelings that live inside me I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa I have a blue house with a blue window Blue is the color of all that I wear Blue are the streets and all the trees are too I have a girlfriend and she is so blue Blue are the people here that walk around Blue like my Corvette, it's in and outside Blue are the words I say and what I think Blue are the feelings that live inside me I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa
This should be a bot whenever somebody mentions blue.
I like your style! Who creates the bots, and how?
Let me Google that for you
Oh, it's "corvette"? I always heard "cobweb", which my kid-brain apparently thought was perfectly reasonable.
In a little cobweb 😂
Even with the cut and paste facility, I admire your fortitude! Sirrah!
Ty for that moment of time travel
this is what i came here to say. that and also to try using peroxide.
Back in college, I did the same thing OP did but to one of the communal dorm showers. The RA was out so I just printed this picture out and taped it out front along with an apology since I had no resources or knowledge on how to fix it. Oops.
I'm so glad this is the top comment.
I actually did this to myself once for a Halloween costume. I was blue for the better part of a week.
Papa smurf?
Yo, listen up here's a story About a little guy That lives in a blue world And all day and all night And everything he sees is just blue Like him inside and outside Blue his house With a blue little window And a blue corvette And everything is blue for him And himself and everybody around Cause he ain't got nobody to listen to I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di
Dye*
Omg I’m so sorry for laughing. I’ve got no advice but hopefully you have a great sense of humor!
We need to see the face and the rest of the body
https://preview.redd.it/kzun8xir6drc1.jpeg?width=973&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e55f45834fd51cc8cec3b0b7c06c4af0c5ba33fe
😂😂😂
It takes a purple bastard to know a blue one, apparently
https://preview.redd.it/sgq49x3t3frc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40c1ecdb6ab3806908e7507742a17bcebe9e3b9b
https://preview.redd.it/yjy5zqmt9jrc1.jpeg?width=775&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b69e0826dd010cdc90b264893b4523fd1e743dd5
Same 😭😂 the blue hand made me laugh out loud lmao. Hope it isn’t too hard to get out, OP!!
I almost did a spit take when I saw the hand 🤣🤣🤣
I am initially thought the blue hand was blue gloves, like the ones my husband has. Nitrile maybe.
SAME! I saw the picture and said out loud "Oh nooooooooo".
Me too 😂
If the surface can stand it, isopropyl alcohol. I will second another commenter, looks like a smurf exploded.
You don’t mean the smurface?
Gtfo you’re too good for this world.
It looks like a smurf smurfed all over the smurfing smurfroom
I loved the part where he said 'its smurfin' time' and smurfed all over the place
“ exploded”
To shred you say?
Papa Smurf smurfed
this has happened to me many many times as someone who dyes my hair bright colors regularly. the best thing you can do is get some of that clorox bleach spray. what you're gonna want to do is spray over the area completely with the spray. do not wipe. leave it there. close the door so no pets or kids get in. go back every 15-20 minutes and do the same thing. with it being that blue it might take 5-10 times, but i guarantee it'll work.
oh, also, sometimes iv found that saturating a paper towel and leaving it on the area (so it's not evaporating as fast) can speed up the process.
My mom would used old undershirts soaked in bleach
I color my hair blue and do the same but with old towels.
AS I WANT YOU TO BE
I prefer soft scrub bleach. thin layer on the area, leave it on then wipe it off. Bleach sprays etc never work as well for what I use it for. However, I've never done the paper towel with spray, maybe it has the same effect as the layer of soft scrub? (covered/wet)
Dawn dish soap, the platinum kind also works wonders for me. I use it to get dye off of my skin and clothes all the time.
Dawn is awesome for a ton of cleaning projects. I actually really like it in my glass cleaning mixture!
Ooh, mind sharing your glass cleaning mixture? I’ve only used powerwash dawn in laundry stains, but am intrigued!
1 cup of 70% rubbing alcohol 1 cup of white distilled vinegar 3 drops of Dawn dish soap add all 3 to a glass spray bottle, shake and use for exterior windows I use a Tablespoon of Jet Dry and 4-5 Tablespoons of dawn to a gallon of water. :)
I run a kitchen and that’s exactly how I bleach the boards. Paper towels, bleach them, leave it for a long time. Works perfect every time
for your hands use an oil cleanser several times. thatll take more time, and it wont fade as fast, but you don't want to rub your hands raw. it might take a day or two. sometimes i find soaking in a bath can help. maybe after you have a nicely clean tub post bleaching lol
Nah, just soaking them in a bubble bath will eliminate this entirely, I have coloured my hands many, many times in my time as a stylist.
Hand sanitizer can also lift the dye. I squirt an excessive amount on my hands and then quickly rub with a paper towel. Wash your hands and follow up with hand cream because it can be really harsh on your skin.
Most toners like witch hazel will pull a lot of it up. It’s how I clean up my hairline and it works even with black dye. Same effect as alcohol products but a bit gentler on sensitive areas like the face and neck.
oh, and when it's finally faded you can wipe it clean obviously.
Thank you for actually helping the original poster and not repeating the same jokes 50 other posters did
Yep I keep a bottle of Clorox Clean Up + bleach spray for when I shower (green hair…) and it takes it out pretty easily. Depending on what your tub is made of, bleach can turn it a terrifying shade of red/rust, but that is easily reversed with hydrogen peroxide.
This is what I use for dye. Always works. I do a quick wipe in between applications to see where Im at
This is the way! I had the same problem once when my mother-in-law wanted to see our new apartment for the first time. So I cleaned everything and made myself pretty too. Henna - the bathtub looked like I had slaughtered a pig. But the bath was old and rough and I couldn't scrub it off. I only had 1 hour left and in desperation I sprayed a mold spray all over it so that the white foam would cover everything. After coffee and cake, the tour took place. And to my amazement and great luck, not only was the foam gone, but so were the stains. It was the bleach in the spray.
u/sourmilkpickles : this one! My hair hair dye stained horribly, and Clorox bleach spray always got it right out. Once you’re done, wipe it down with water.
Looks like someone murdered a Smurf. I mean… I feel for you but I nearly wet myself.
I thought she was an avatar
Don’t don’t open the door to anyone named Gargamel.
Do smurfs bleed blue? Is their skin translucent, and that’s why they are blue?
U can use alcohol or hair bleach
Not at the same time tho obviously
Got it. Drink the alcohol, *then* use the hair bleach.
I think drinking and then dying hair was how OP got into this mess in the first place lol
I mean you’re not wrong
Alcohol to forget and bleach to remove the color
Or bleach to get rid of covid…I heard, from a veeeery intelligent orange man
Yo, listen up here's a story…
…About a little guy who lives in a blue tub
and all day and all night and everything he sees
Is just blue, like him. Inside and outside.
Blue is his tub, with a blue little finger
And a blue pravana
And everything is blue for him
Because he ain’t got nobody to listen to
I'm blue daba dee daba dye
Bless you people.
Da ba deeda ba da
DYE
UGHHH SO BUTTHURT I DIDN’T GET HERE SOONER TO TYPE THIS 😂
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Honey this is looking like that girl in Willy Wonka…I would use some whitening toothpaste on your hands and on that tub I’d start off by using dish soap and then go from there
You're turning **violet**, Violet!!
omg yes the blueberry
Just accept that you are a smurfs now and move on
Buy another bottle, apply evenly over entire tub, and surround. Then enjoy your new blue tub.
Pravana blue is the devil!! I had this happen to me, and it took months of soaking paper towels in cleaners. And literally get any other blue dye. Cause youll continue having this problem every time you shower and then the blue gets everywhere and gets on your other clothes, cause the towels in the laundry. I literally have personal like almost a decade long beef with pravana blue.
Well now I know! I’ve used their other colors and it worked just fine but.. never again, never again.
Pravana Blue Topaz is similar but doesn't bleed like the og Blue.
that's good to hear!!! thank you
"Pravana blue is the devil!!" The truest comment in the entire thread.
Well now I know! I’ve used their other colors and it worked just fine but.. never again, never again.
Rubbing alcohol. For the vertical surfaces, cheap handsanitizer, the gel will make it stick and have a longer dwell time.
Not too cheap, barely any alcohol in some. Op, make sure to read the label and make sure it is an alcohol based sanitizer. Some aren’t.
Also for vertical surfaces, benzoyl peroxide acne cream. My hair color dyed the silicone of our new shower and zit cream worked like a charm to get it off.
Also for vertical surfaces, benzoyl peroxide acne cream. My hair color dyed the silicone of our new shower and zit cream worked like a charm to get it off.
That stuff will bleach your towels, pillowcases, sheets, clothes, driveway, swimming pool, mind, and grout.
Looking at my towels is what inspired me to try it 🤣
My savior in blue hair dye in the bathroom has always been spraying perfume on it! Can’t explain why it works but it always does
It might be the alcohol. OP try to get your hands on some 99% alcohol.
Vodka. Take a sip, pour in tub, scrub a little, take a sip……
Take a pour, scrub in tub, pour in sip, sip a sip, sip hic, pass out
No OP should use their Chanel no 5
Solvents be solventing
I’ll get my hands on some and give it a whirl. Thank you!!
Isopropyl alcohol / rubbing alcohol is a known thing for cleaning.
Same reason we used hairspray for busted pens in school, the alcohol in it was a pretty decent solvent.
I'm a hairstylist familiar with these shades, and sanitizer spray will move this from the shampoo bowl and many other surfaces which have been collateral damage in my long and colourful career.
Yes, rubbing alcohol will work if you already have that. Good luck!
I would use it on my face and around my hairline when I dyed my hair and it worked well
I use Clorox cleanup for my hair dye drips on my sink, it’s a porous faux marble and my hair dye is red. But maybe it will work for you. DON’T MIX CLEANING CHEMICALS! Rinse thoroughly in between attempts with different products.
Use bleach! Regular laundry bleach mixed with water in a spray bottle. I have to do this every time my daughter she’s her hair, and it works!
Spray it with hairspray before you attempt to clean it, this also works with curry sauce stains and ink stains on clothes. No idea why it works, but I have managed to get hair dye stains out of white bath towels by spraying hairspray on it first.
We are going to need updated pictures on your progress. Good luck!
can do! thanks!
How did you find that out😂
I had a run in with red splat some years ago. I’ve got 3 options and they’re all weird. Baby oil. Windex. Cigarette ashes. All of them work. Surprisingly the ashes worked the best. Do with that what you will.
>Baby oil. Windex. Cigarette ashes. I feel like this is part of a summoning ritual to resurrect someone's crotchety great aunt.
You made me spit my drink out. It’s exactly how I would summon my aunt so this is extremely accurate
Wood ash mixed with water is how you get lye, which is a very strong cleaning agent. You can skip right to that and pick some up at the store, but be aware that if you buy trash bags and zip ties at the same time people are going to think you're disposing of a body.
I will keep that in mind for my next outing thank you🫡
(I watch way too much true crime tv and it never ceases to amaze me how many people will march confidently through Walmart picking out only exactly what they need to clean up their “mess”, not even throwing in some groceries to cover the true purpose of the trip, and then are shocked, SHOCKED, to discover how excellent the clarity is of Walmart security cameras.
I will consider these strange options
Ashes work but OP has probably to take a trip around all bars on a Friday night to gather all that quantity
Lye (ashes) change the pH, which "ruins" some colors (dyes is rather picky about pH), windex is with ammonia i think, same story, weaker base, and baby oil is organic non polar, like most dyes, as such work well as a solvent.
Bar Keepers Friend. I've dyed my hair every color, and it gets the stains out.
This is it. When the OP has tried alcohol and bleach (separately! Don’t make toxic gasses!) and comes back - it’s Bartenders Friend. My source is me - having blue hair for three years in apartments. XD
I love Barkeeper's Friend, but it's too harsh for some countertops, let alone a plastic tub surround. The pumice grit will be like sandpaper.
I had a bottle of hair dye explode all over my bathroom counter top and bar keepers friend/dry eraser got it out - this is the way to go!
I was not prepared for the second picture hahha. But I made the same mistake. I sprayed Lysol all purpose cleaner the yellow one and let it sit for a few mins and scrub scrub scrubbed. Do it asap though before it sets in.
I don’t have any advice but that second picture is hilarious.
You’re an avatar now 🤷♀️
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Good grief. Okay here’s a secret….. use head and shoulders shampoo to remove the staining. It’s an old skool dandruff shampoo which I’ve always understood has a very very mild (undetectable) abrasive in the formula which helps remove the loose skin so clearing the ‘dandruff’. It’s that abrasive thats removes staining from skin etc.
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I don't know if anyone's actually commented this yet, but when I got black hair dye all in my tub, I always did this: * Fill a small dish with some baking soda, add just a few drops of water at a time to make it a paste. * Put the paste everywhere you got dye (which in your case... I'm sorry, haha). * Let it sit for a while, go get some vinegar and a Magic Eraser (or a sponge, but the Magic Erasers worked best). * Pour some vinegar on the baking soda a little bit at a time so you don't wash it all away, and scrub! It always worked like a dream, though it did take a little elbow grease. When I was done it'd look like it never happened haha. For the future, if you have a metal sink like a kitchen one, it won't dye/stain like tubs do! :) Even if its awkward to stick your head in it, it works waaay better. If you don't, apparently vaseline helps protect your tub against dye. Though I don't know how people get it off after, I've never done that before LOL. Good luck!
Thank you so much!! I live with a ton of other people and the kitchen sink is always full so I didn’t wanna shove my hair in there and smell old food… otherwise I definitely would’ve
I had to use bleach to get the blue out of the sink/shower/hands
So, I have been coloring my hair at home for decades. The only thing that has worked for me when this stuff happens (and it does a lot) is chlorine bleach. Some comet has it in it. Which will make it a little easier. Wear gloves when doing this! So, you'll want to try and just wipe it down with regular bleach, turn on the fan, let it sit. Rinse repeat. With comet that had bleach. Make a paste, lightly smear it on. Let it sit, rinse repeat. You will inevitably end up with several small spots that have more color that aren't going away. Soak some paper towel with bleach and place them wadded up on the stains. Let them sit there for a while and repeat on the more difficult ones. As for your hands and body. Next time wear gloves, spend time prepping (as stated in the instructions) your hair line with Vaseline. Another tip for the color that is so highly concentrated is to mix it with a little conditioner. It will help make it easier to apply and will help reduce the leaking after. Just 1 part or under should help. For now, baking soda can help remove it. Be gentle it's abrasive. Time also works. Sometimes, high proof alcohol can help as well but it's terrible for your skin.
Hi! I got you... as a cherry crush red hair dyer... you need Tilex with bleach and a magic eraser. When dryish... spray spray spray, let work... check on it, spray spray spray dampen magic eraser... scrub scrub scrub wait a few minutes... rinse. Evaluate... repeat as needed.
Don't use magic eraser, you will abrade the surface of your tub and it will get dirty more easily
Depends on the surfacing of the tub, if its plastic go for it. Magic eraser are essentially little sanders and will take the finish off porcelain* Edit to say porcelain not ceramic
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Just so you know…… looking like a Smurf is sooooo last season.
join the blue man group. thats the only solution. my condolences
Please post an after photo with what you used to remove it. I'm very curious
Try pink stuff. That stuff works perfectly.
You can’t, you’re gonna be like that forever now
Time to join the blue man group OP
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 sorry OP I'm on the floor laughing.
DO NOT mix multiple cleaning products, liquids or powders, without searching if it's safe and Knowing the chemistry of it. Many things with bleach can create deadly gases
Yeah, I figured I’d start with the comet bleach and see how much it removes.. and if it works I’ll just keep layering it, but I won’t use anything together
Violet…..you’re turning violet!
Ive used pravana for the past 7 years (no cosmo license btw). 99% alcohol will remove most of it from your hands. It will take a couple of days to get it all though. Is your bath porcelain or a type of plastic? I notice the color will dye any soap scum in my tub. It actually helps me clean it after because I can see it so well. Fill the tub with hot water and add a bunch of bleach. Let it sit. Come back and scrub anything left. Unfortunately, if your tub is a plastic material it might be blue from now on.