Stripping doesn't lighten your natural hair color, only the hair dye. If you bleached your hair before dying your hair, you won't be able to regain your natural hair color. Many permanent hair dyes contain bleaching agents to lighten your hair at the same time as your hair is being dyed.

Does Colour stripping damage hair?

Colour Remover enters your Hair shaft and removes all the artificial Colour pigment (Permanent Hair Colour) from your Hair. It will leave your Natural Colour pigment intact and does not cause damage to the Hair.

Can you strip permanent hair dye?

There are steps you can take to lighten or remove the dye. Instead of putting up with hair color you don't like, strip the dye using a color remover. ... If you'd rather try a gradual, more natural way of removing permanent hair dye, wash your hair using dish soap, vitamin C shampoo, lemon juice, or baking soda.