How to Remove Bigen Dye With Alcohol

Undo a Bigen dye job using alcohol and oil.

Bigen Hair Dye is a henna product used to darken hair color. It is a powder formula that is activated when water is added. The permanent dye uses other undisclosed ingredients to lock in the color, but the semi-permanent dye works like regular henna. It rinses out after several hair washings. Although you cannot remove the permanent Bigen dye, the semi-permanent formula can be removed like henna, using alcohol and oil.

Things You'll Need

• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• 3 bath towels
• Cotton balls
• 2 bowls
• 70 percent -- or more -- in concentration of rubbing alcohol
• Comb
• 5 hair clips or more
• Mineral oil or castor oil
• 8 oz. or taller squeeze bottle
• Dense-bristle brush
• Professional hair dryer or handheld blow dryer

Instructions

1. Wash and towel dry your hair.

2. Section the hair into four parts. Use clips to hold the hair in place. Pick a section to start and separate a lock of hair from the rest of the section. Clip the rest of the section up.

3. Saturate the cotton balls in alcohol. Squeeze out enough to stop the drip. Use the ball to dampen the lock of hair. Do this in every section until all of the hair has been covered in alcohol.

4. Place castor oil or mineral oil in a small squirt bottle. Saturate the hair with the oil.

5. Sit under a professional hair dryer for 30 minutes or blow-dry your hair thoroughly.

6. Wash your hair with your regular shampoo. Perform the wash twice and be sure to rinse the hair thoroughly. Dry your hair with a towel.

7. Section the hair as you did in Step 2 and apply the alcohol as in Step 3. Let it sit 10 minutes.

8. Wash your hair with your regular shampoo. Use your preferred conditioner afterward. Style your hair as you normally would.

Tips & Warnings

• If you don't have an applicator bottle, dip a dense bristle brush in a bowl of the oil. Separate your hair into 1-inch sections and brush the oil into the hair. This ensures that the hair is saturated.

• The process can dry your hair. Use a conditioning treatment in place of the regular conditioner to protect the hair from unnecessary styling damage.

References

• Doris Moller Hairstyling; The Best Way to Remove Henna From Your Hair; Doris Moller
• Hairfinder: Hair Color Removers