If you want to light your hair, going to the salon is the fastest and most hassle-free way, but you have to know that bleach is the easiest and most certain way to lighten your hair, it usually comes at a cost. This is because, in removing chains of pigment molecules, bleach also strips away the natural fatty acids found in the hair shaft. This can cause hair to become weak, brittle, and in extreme cases, even hair loss. Generally speaking, it is not recommended to bleach your hair unless necessary. If you must try to bleach your hair, you can try the following methods.
1. Lemon Juice + Hair Conditioner
Lemon is rich in vitamin C and fruit acid, this fruit acid has a bleaching effect. Generally speaking, want to whiten your skin, it is recommended to drink more lemonade. But in fact, if you want lighter hair, you can also use lemon juice with hair conditioner or coconut oil, because lemon juice is more acidic and can reduce melanin.
Process
Step 1: Squeeze the fresh lemon into a bowl, add a little water to help dilute the acidity of the lemon juice, then pour in the conditioner and stir with prepared chopsticks.
Step 2: Apply the mixture to the hair from the root to the end. If you want highlights, apply the mixture to the specific areas you want to dilute.
Step 3: Go outside and bask in the sun for 25 to 45 minutes. The sun’s rays help increase the acidity of citrus fruits, thereby lightening your hair.
Step 4: Rinse with water 3-4 times, so that the dyeing is complete.
If you feel that the hair effect is not what you want, follow the steps to dye it again. But this method is only suitable for blondes, if you have black hair, it may not be the best choice, because black hair contains more melanin, lemon juice is not strong enough to compete with it.
2. Use A Mixture Of Injected Honey To Lighter Hair
Honey, as a food, is very beneficial for people. It is also used as hair dye material, because honey contains a small amount of hydrogen peroxide, can lighter hair, creates an excellent luminous ingredient.
Three honey mixtures:
Honey + water or vinegar: take two tablespoons of raw honey to add water.
Honey + conditioner: Mix ⅓ cup of raw honey with ¼ cup of conditioner.
Honey + cinnamon + olive oil: This mixture is perfect for strawberry blonde hair. Adding cinnamon to the honey produces a warm golden tone with a red background. Mix a cup of raw honey with two cups of water. Add one tablespoon of cinnamon and one tablespoon of olive oil and stir all ingredients together.
Process
Get your hair combed and coat your honey mixture on dry or semi-wet hair. Next wait 45-60 minutes, you can also use a shower cap so that the honey mixture radiates its energy to the hair. Then rinse the mixture off. Remember: Don't leave hydrogen peroxide in your hair for too long!
3. Make a Baking Soda Paste To Lighter Hair
Baking soda can also serve as a natural hair salon. However, hydrogen peroxide needs to be prepared because it contains hydrogen peroxide, and mixing it with baking soda can oxidize the pigment molecules to fade the pigment.
Process
Step 1: Pour a cup of baking soda and three tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide in a bowl to make a paste.
Step 2: Apply a paste to the hair with a brush and let it stay for 30 to 60 minutes. Check the hair effect every 10 to 15 minutes, because the time of the baking soda mixture on the hair determines the brightness of the person's hair.
Step 3: Rinse the paste with clean water. Finally, apply some shampoo and conditioner twice.
4. Use Chamomile To Lighter Hair
Chamomile tea has a whitening effect. This method works best if your hair is light-colored but is not recommended for dark hair or already dyed hair. Because of its less aggressive nature,
Step
First, cook several bags of chrysanthemum tea in water for about 30 minutes. Wait for the tea to cool and apply it to the head.
Next, take 5 tablespoons of tea + shampoo and apply it on dry hair for 15 minutes, then rinse.
Then mix the remaining 5 tablespoons of tea and hair conditioner on the hair, short 30 minutes, no more than 1 hour. This waiting process is longer, you can go out to bask in the sun, which helps hair dry, but also increases the effect of chrysanthemum tea.
Finally, rinse out and clean. Another way is to pour chrysanthemum tea directly into a water bottle, spray it on your dry hair, and then go out in the sun to watch it change.
5. Use Apple Cider Vinegar To Change Your Hair Into A Lighter
Apple cider vinegar is a great antidote, it also acts like baking soda to soften your cuticle to smooth it out and reduce chemical accumulation.
Step
Mix apple cider vinegar with water in a 1:1 ratio. Spray it on your hair and wear a shower cap for better results; wait 20 minutes to rinse it with water.
6. Try Olive Oil To Lighter Hair
It's no secret that olive oil helps your hair. In fact, olive oil is a particularly mild hair-lightening agent that can enhance the color of your hair. This method is especially suitable for dry hair. But if it is applied to hair that is already very oily, not only doesn't lighter hair, but it will make the hair thicker.
Step
Apply a few tablespoons of olive oil on dry hair. Let your hair wait for 30 to 60 minutes and wash away the olive oil with shampoo. If the olive oil makes the hair smell like coconut oil!
7. Use Salt Spray To Lighten Hair
If you've ever swam in the ocean, you should know that sea salt can be a lighter hair. But only use this method once, will not appear the effect that you want, the hair needs to keep continuous daub, just can see the difference.
Step
Mix 1 serving of sea salt to 5 cups of hot water and wait for it to cool. Next, spray the solution on your hair. Then wait in the sun for at least 30 minutes and rinse the hair with fresh water. Follow this procedure to wash your hair every 4 days.
8. Use Rhubarb To Make Hair Lighter
Step
Cut up a pinch of rhubarb and place it in two cups of boiling water and cook for about 10 minutes. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat to cool, filter the residue, soak the hair in water cooked with rhubarb for 10 minutes, then rinse with water.
Because rhubarb contains pectin, if it stays on the hair for too long, it will become very sticky, so be sure to wash it as soon as possible.You can get rhubarb at the grocery store or at the farmers' market.
9. Exposure To The Sun
The sun will also lighten hair to some extent, to make the sun lighter the hair faster, please put one of the mixtures mentioned in this article on your hair before going outside. But because of the different angles of the sun on the hair, the hair may have different shades.
In short, the above 9 methods can help you lighter hair with both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you do not have to worry about chemical additives hurt your hair, the disadvantage is that the shallow speed is slow, need to have patience. If interested, you can use these methods. But if you don't want to wait or get affected by chemical additives, you can buy a wig.
