how can I lighten my hair a few shades without using chemical stuff?? only with natural things?

Answer 1

Hi there!

It is always very difficult to know what would be the best way to proceed without seeing your hair colour now, but here is my tried and tested way of lightening hair that REALLY works.

To be sure you are not going to look like traffic light it may be a good idea to test a small piece of your hair first before progressing to your full head.

Take a small piece of hair, you wont need much, from the nape of the neck. I recommend getting someone (you trust) to do it for you.

Of course Lemon is the most natural highlighter for blond hair or slightly mousey hair, this is a progressive lightener and, like the 'recipie' below the more you use the lighter it becomes especially when done on a really sunny day- Good look and remember have fun with it!



Chamomile is probably the most popular herbal hair colorant among blonds. A weekly rinse with this herb tea will also remedy the brown streaking that results from overexposure to the sun, and brighten "dishwater blond" hair.

To prepare a chamomile rinse, steep half a cup of the flowers in a quart of boiling water for half an hour. Then strain the mixture, and let it cool while you shampoo. Now, pour the brew through your towel-dried hair at least 15 times (catching it in a basin each time, in order to use it again). Wring the excess moisture out and leave the solution in your hair for a quarter of an hour before rinsing it out with clear water.

Don't limit your herbal experiments to chamomile, however. Just about any yellow-blossomed flower or herb can be used on blond hair . . . including calendula (it's also called pot marigold), mullein blooms and leaves, yellow broom flowers, saffron, turmeric, and quassia chips.

Lemon is also a time-honored hair lightener. The juice of two of the citrus fruits, strained into a quart of water, makes an excellent rinse that can be used in the same way as the chamomile preparation. Try to dry your hair in the sun after using a lemon rinse, in order to get the most from the treatment's lightening effect.

Another native dye favored by blonds is prepared from rhubarb root ... and it'll add attractive honey gold tones to light brown hair, as well. To put those glints in your locks, pour three cups of hot water over four tablespoons of chopped rhubarb root, and simmer the concoction for 20 minutes. Strain it . . . pour it through your freshly shampooed hair 15 or more times ... rinse in clear water ... and again, weather permitting, dry it in the sun to strengthen the effect of the dyeing agent.

With hugs
Red
xxx

Answer 2

Lemon juice supposedly works if your hair is light brown. A girl I went to school with used to put it on her hair and then go out in the sun. It lightened gradually over a couple of weeks, but it might dry out your hair so make sure to use conditioner.

Answer 3

this trick is normally used in the summer, but it might work. i dont know. give it a try.
for lighter highlights, squeeze lemon juice on desired places, and then go in the sun for a couple hours. your hair should lighten in these areas
note: may not be noticable on very dark hair, such as black, or almost black

Answer 4

Lemon juice is the only thing that kind of works because of the high acidity in it. You have to do it many times and sit out in the sun with it though. It doesn't work that great either.

Answer 5

some ppl say lemon juice, i've never tried it tho...maybe u could try sun in its not a dye either....u can get it at pretty much any drugstore!

Answer 6

Chocolate Sauce with Lemonade, and insert a color of Koolaid, to color it.