how do you make your hair lighter?

Question

is it true that when you spray lemon on your hair it will make it lighter? if it doesn't work, what other ways can you make your hair from black to a dark brown. any other way but dying you hair and standing under the sun...PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

Soak your hair in hydrogen peroxide

Answer 2

It is true, as is standing under the sun. But that would take a lot of time, and a lot of lemons to get it to make a real difference - and would damage your hair just as much as dyeing it. And dyeing only takes half an hour if that!

Going to a profesional is your best option, because lightening dark hair (which needs a permanent dye by the way) is known for resulting in accidents (the usual is your hair turns bright orange).

ALL hair colours can be dyed light, but it requires bleach.
Henna will turn your hair red, it is made of red pigment, bleach will remove the colour from your hair, and then you can dye over that hair with the colour you desire - which can be any colour light or dark!

Answer 3

If you have black hair no matter how you look at it you will have to strip the color from your hair which is not good for your hair. I am not saying that you would have to stip all the color from it but any form of lightening is stripping it. You wouldnt be dying it. Dying your hair is when you are adding color to it . Just like when you dye clothes. You can add color and change a lighter color to a darker color but to change a dark color to a lighter color you have to strip the color from it first. Black hair has a way of usually coming out a redish color no matter what and not brown. Before you start experimenting I would talk to a hair stylist first that can show you what type of results you can expect.

Answer 4

First of all the lemon juice thing only works if you sit under the sun. Second of all if you put lemon juice in dark hair and sit under the sun it will turn your hair red. Honestly, the only way to lighten dark hair is to dye it.

Answer 5

the only way u can lighten ur hair with lemon juice is if u put it in ur hair and then go into the sun... umm it matters what color hair u have.. if u have blonde u can use peroxide... if u have brown u can use henna.... and black.. i dont know about =]

Answer 6

i heard that if you have dark hair and you shampoo with stuff made for blondes it will actually lighten your hair. try sheer blonde from john frieda and it should bring out your lighter tones without coloring.

Answer 7

the way i did it hydrogen peroxide but i went for blond so use very little of it but test it on a sample b 4 doing the whole thing

Answer 8

put lemon juice in your hair if you want your hair to be neon orange.

Answer 9

you should go to a salon to buy something they sell i dont know what is called but u just but it on like if it was oil for your hair but its not oil but it works you just stop using it when u reached the color you want
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Answer 10

try putting heena in your hair.