How well does hydrogen peroxide lighten hair?how long does it take?

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I would light to lighten my dred locks naturally. I was informed by a neighbor that perioxide would do the trick!!Had a experiences?

Answer 1

Hydrogen Peroxide lightens air by stripping an oxygen molecule fromthe hair. If you put HYdr. Per. on a cut it bubbles because it strips an O2 molecule. I tried it this summer and it worked in like one hour in the sun

Answer 2

Does Hydrogen Peroxide Lighten Hair

Answer 3

I'm not sure, but peroxide might damage your hair. And whatever you do, don't use bleach (such as Clorox). I read an article awhile back that this girl tried used her bangs as a test site to see how well it would work. It did manage to make her blonde, but as soon as she ran a comb through it, all her bangs just fell off. If you want to use peroxide though, my guess would be to dilute it with water and spritz it on just until it's damp, then either use a hairdryer or go out in the sun until it dries. Since your avatar has dark hair, I'm assuming so do you. Peroxide will probably make it reddish looking. But that's fine, you'll just have to work extra hard to get it blondish, unless you're going for the red look. =) I also read in a book (I think it was Bobbi Brown's book) that lemon juice is great to lighten all blond to light brown hair shades, and cranberry juice is good for lightening the medium brown to raven shades. Hope this helps. =)

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How well does hydrogen peroxide lighten hair?how long does it take?
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Ok, hairbender. You are clearly a guy (or little boy) and have no idea what you are talking about. Honey CAN in fact lighten your hair. As can lemon and cinnamon. And no, not every woman has the same colour and will get the same results. You are totally ignorant and uninformed. Someone with damaged hair will have hair dye turn out much darker than someone with healthier hair. What works on one won't work on another, so if something "doesn't work on her hair" then it doesn't. Now Leah, I have some good info as opposed to the useless rant of an immature kid. Lemon is way damaging. Say no. I haven't tried cinnamon yet but I hear you can add it to the honey mixture to amp up the effects. Honey actually does work and I can attest to it. I just started using it a few weeks ago. Not sure how it will work on yours. Mine is a dark golden blonde and the honey seems to have lightened slighty, but more than that it's taking out the brassy tone I tend to get. And my hair has never felt better. It is not damaging, in fact it is a humectant and is very moisturizing for your hair. Honey has a very low (not high) peroxide content which is why it is not damaging and takes a while to get the results you want. Hard to say what you'll get with your colour, maybe some golden highlights. People seem to think it succeeds in bringing out natural highlights or undertones that are already present in your hair. I mix 2 tbsp honey in 3/4 cup of distilled water. The measurements are very important as in the use of distilled water. I got a 4L jug at the grocery store for 99 cents. Tap water has too many chemicals and will make your efforts useless. Let the mixture stand for an hour for the peroxide to develop. I then put it in an applicator bottle and pour it on my hair standing in the tub after I have washed my hair and it is soaking wet. The honey water is very watery and will make a bit of a mess. Some people rinse over a bowl and reuse it, I find it's enough with my shoulder length hair to just pour it over once. Roll your hair up on top of your head and wrap very well with saran wrap. It is very important that your hair stays as wet as possible for it to work. I put a cheap shower cap on over that, and put on a robe or old shirt and a towel around my neck. It will be messy, it will drip and the sides of your face will be sticky. Wait an hour, wash it out, a few times if necessary, condition and you're done. You will be amazed how good your hair feels after. Give it a shot and let me know how it goes!

Answer 6

The only reason it looks reddish is because some of the pigment leaves the hair faster than other pigments. If you use it repeatedly, it ll get lighter every time--but will go through iterations as you re doing it. Likely red-strawberry blonde-yellow blonde-platinum blonde. Each time you do it, it dries your hair out A LOT. This isn t the end of the world if you are just smart about it. Use 3% (not 6 or 9%) on hair that hasn t been washed in 2-3 days. Make sure you comb your hair to get the natural oils along the whole hair. Put peroxide on it for ~30-60 minutes. Hit it with the blowdryer to speed it up. Rinse it out THOROUGHLY. Shampoo, rinse, rinse, rinse, shampoo. Then coat your hair with olive and/or coconut oil to replenish all the moisture you just zapped out of your hair. Leave the oil on overnight (shower cap or towel). Wash normally the next morning.

Answer 7

I did this when I was fairly young, too young for my Mom to let me dye my hair. So I used peroxide thinking it would look like the sun did it. (you have to go out in the sun or use a hairdryer for it to work) I have medium brown hair, it turned my hair a shade of light orange. Not the look I had in mind.

It'll lighten your hair, but it can damage it too, and might not give you the look you were going for.

Better off using an at-home highlight kit, or better yet, go to a salon

Answer 8

hydrogen peroxide alone never worked for me. Try hair bleach.

Answer 9

Mix with a lot of honey and always dilute with water. It might take longer but it won't damage your hair in the long run. Xoxo

Answer 10

The reason why is everyone with blond, why cannot you just have jet black hair with some blonde or blonde hair with some jet black hair. Right now you don't have to choose.