dyed hands

[sophie_1003]

Just dyed my hair and have managed to dye my hand as well, have tried the following to get it off- make up remover
soap
nail polish remover
some horrible soap with bits in intended for people who work in an industrial place
shampoo
milk (read it in a magazine)
toothpaste (it was just there so thought I'd give it a shot!)
none of these have worked, anyone got any other suggestions?

[Athley]

What colour is it?

[AniaSM]

Neat bleach should get it off but it will make your skin dry for a day or two. Good luck with this one.

[Athley]

Apparently black is hard to get off but I don't know the colour. Its says to apply more of the dye to the dye and wash off immediately apparently that really does work.

If you use toothpaste it must be the paste and not the gel one.

Good Luck

Also the Oxy face cleaning pads work too.

[Ctrak]

Could pumice stone it off, if you have one.

You must have one weird smelling hand by now...

[Goodsoulette]

my mum once put a great big handprint of pillar box red hairdye all over my face, I had to use neat bleach. Then washed face in milk to neutralise it, then soap and lots of moisturiser. Do it quick though, the hair dye remover you get in a hair dressers is just acetone based.

[Lonnie]

Scouring powder should do it, without any after effects.

[Athley]

Is it off yet??

[Miss-taken]

I asked my hairdresser this question (I always end up with dye on my forehead and ears!) and she says cigarette ash works everytime - sounds disgusting but apparently works first time!

[Athley]

If it doesn't come off buy one of those sparkly gloves and see if you can bring back that Michael Jackson style trend of the 90's! (or was it the 80's)??

[curlyfilm]

whem ive had food colouring on me paws, i use bleach and a nail brush, bit harsh but works, just moisturise afterwards

[mycats]

lol I do this all the time I use alcohol wipes to get it off, good luck, last time (before I could egt to shops) I had yellow hands for days (I'd dyed my hair orange)

[Mandamoo]

you can get wipes especially for removing hair dye from skin, Superdrug, 99p for three if nothing else works :) xxx good luck

[Aprilis]

I have never tried it but I'm told lemon juice works.

[sophie_1003]

thank you for all your answers, unfortunately I was unable to get back on the internet last night. It was a reddish brown dye by the way, it seems to have nearly gone now, I just keep using a lot more soap than I usually would when washing my hands! Will bear all your answers in mind for the future though!

[idalovett]

You could wash your hands in some bleach but you really would have to wash them a lot after with soap and put hand cream on. The best bleach that there is (for nails and hands) is lemon - use your nails like a lemon extractor, rub pith and skin and lemon into the hands and that will bleach them up a bit. Did you not get gloves with the colourant? if your nails are discoloured then gently use a brillo pad but you really will have to rub in handcream. Oh, my friends just shouted out to use a car engine cleaner (gunk) and that does work but get the washing up liquid and handcream ready for afterwards.

[sophie_1003]

as I sadi it has nearly all gone now so don't think I'll need the extremeties of bleach! I did get gloves, my mum was actually dying my hair for me so she had the gloves on but she was gettin a bit panicky cos it was nearly running out n so she started to go a bit quicker (strange mentality I know!) so to help I offered to hold the bottle which was covered in dye, didnt think it would dye my hands in the short time I was holding it!