A hair dye removal composition includes a cleansing agent, a humectant, a rheology modifier, arginine, cysteine, and aminomethyl propanol. The cleansing agent includes between approximately 60 wt % to approximately 80 wt % of the hair conditioning composition, the humectant includes between approximately 10 wt % to approximately 20 wt % of the hair conditioning composition, the rheology modifier includes between approximately 2 wt % and approximately 10 wt % of hair conditioning composition, the arginine includes between approximately 0.05 wt % and approximately 0.8 wt %, the cysteine includes between approximately 0.02 wt % and approximately 0.08 weight %, and the aminomethyl propanol includes between approximately 1 wt % and approximately 6 wt % of the hair conditioning composition. The cleansing agent may include sulfated castor oil, the humectant may include propylene glycol, and the rheology modifier may include acrylates/steareth-20 methacrylate copolymer.
