Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I wanted to write a review just so no one makes the same mistake I did. I was desperate and trying to find ways to remove the hair dye from my hair, and knew I did not ever want to bleach it again. I have been dying my hair red for years now. Every shade of red. Box dye, salon, temporary, permanent, every kind of dye. I wanted to go lighter since summer is around the corner and I'm just bored with red, and every time my roots grow out it looks horrible. My natural color is so light that when my roots grow out, I look bald on top. Lol. I'm just tired of recoloring it every few months when my roots grow out and the color fades. I read a ton of reviews on Color Oops, watched videos (more specifically the ones with red hair), went to their website, and wanted to give this a try before bleaching it or just dying it again. I went to Walmart to get it and they were out of stock, next to where it would have been was L'oreal hair color remover. I didn't read any reviews on it, but figured it just HAD to be the same. I also grabbed an ash blonde for afterwards. Well, I put the L'oreal remover in, let it sit for 50 minutes (Max. was 60), and then followed the rest of the directions. After I towel dried it, my hair had random patches of orange and blonde, the rest of my hair was exactly the same. It looked awful. I ended up dying it back just because it looked so bad. I had to find a way to put my hair up to where it wasn't noticeable since I had to go somewhere the next day. I did this on Saturday night. So last night (Sunday night), I checked walmarts stock online and drove to a Walmart farther away just to get this Color Oops. I have long thick hair, and I knew that after reading the reviews, I needed two boxes. I had my sister in law help me. She applied one box to one side of my head, and at the same time, I applied the other box to the other side of my head. I put the cap on and left it for 30 minutes, I didn't see a difference while it was in and already started getting bummed. After I finished the rinsing process (which takes forever), I was beyond impressed. This stuff worked exactly like it said it would! It took all of the red out and put me back at my natural color. I haven't even dyed it blonde yet, and might not. Everyone complained about the smell in the reviews, and fortunately I can't smell for some unknown reason, but my husband and sister in law said it smelled like rotten eggs. I do recommend using a deep conditioning treatment while you're still in the shower, when it says to apply conditioner. I used an Argan oil deep conditioning packet, instead of conditioner at the end. It made my hair so smooth and soft. I could feel it get very dry during the rinsing process, so I'm glad I used the conditioning treatment. Be sure to read every single instruction, and don't make the same mistake I did. I'm super impatient, but don't buy L'oreal! So glad I found color oops.