Will hydrogen peroxide naturally highlight my hair?

Question

I am a guy with short brown hair and I want to naturally highlight my hair. I do not want to go to a hairdresser or use commercial products at the store because they contain bleach and ammonia. So what will happen if I pour pure hydrogen peroxide into a squirt bottle and mist my hair with it? Will the peroxide lighten my hair? Will it damage my scalp?

Answer 1

I used to do this all the time and it will lighten your hair. However you have to either blowdry it after applying or sit out in the sun. It needs to have the heat interaction to work.

Answer 2

If you have brown hair, the peroxide (and that's beauty salon peroxide-- not OTC) is a chemical too it will make your hair anywhere from bronzy- orange to a rusty and/or red color.


There is already a spray on the market called "Sunblond" I think, it's a spray and the box will give you the information you need. Then when you go out in the sun, it will lighten. But heads up on that: Color base of the hair determines what color --and brown has a red base.
Hair products containing the use of peroxide with bleach and ammonias will not damage your hair as much as you think while giving you the color you want. You just have to take care of it--add conditioner after washing.

Your scalp is just skin on your head--it will be fine if you don't abuse the chemical color processes.

gd. Luck to 'ya

Answer 3

It not natural. Try Real Lemon Juice.
Diluted H2O2 (around 5%) is used to bleach human hair, hence the phrases peroxide blonde and bottle blonde. It can absorb into skin upon contact and create a local skin capillary which appears as a temporary whitening of the skin. It whitens skeletons that are to be put on display. 3% H2O2 is used medically for cleaning wounds, removing dead tissue, or as an oral debriding agent. Most over-the-counter peroxide solutions are not, however, suitable for ingestion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide

Answer 4

I accidentally poured peroxide on part of my hair once and it turned it red.

Answer 5

it might lighten your hair but no thats not natural is it ?