How to Lighten or Brighten Dark Hair With Lemon Juice
Cut and juice your lemons., Dilute your lemon juice with water., Apply the mixture to your hair., Head out into the sun.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Cut and juice your lemons.
Slice your lemon in half.
If you have a hand juicer, you can use it to speed up this step, otherwise simply squeezing the lemon by hand works fine.
Over a cup or other container, squeeze the lemon until all of the juice is thoroughly drained.
You may accidentally get a few seeds in your cup, but that’s OK. -
Step 2: Dilute your lemon juice with water.
Because lemon juice is acidic, you run the risk of damaging your hair if you apply it directly.Instead, create a mixture of one part lemon juice three parts water.You can add the water directly to the cup, or make it even easier by combining both ingredients in a clean, empty spray bottle.
This will make applying it to your hair even easier.
Stir or shake the lemon juice and water together. , If you are using a spray bottle, you can spritz it throughout your tresses or focus on the top layer to get sun-kissed highlights.
If your lemon juice and water is in a cup, use a pastry brush or hair color brush to apply the mixture wherever you’d like to lighten.
You can focus on your ends for a gentle ombre effect, or paint the mixture in streaks for highlights.
If you have enough mixture, you can coat your entire head of hair in it! , Think of sunlight as the lemon juice activator.
When your lemon juice-coated hair warms up in the sun, the lemon juice opens the cuticle and fades pigment.Apply this treatment to your hair every time you know you’ll be spending a few hours outside, and watch as your hair gradually lightens! -
Step 3: Apply the mixture to your hair.
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Step 4: Head out into the sun.
Detailed Guide
Slice your lemon in half.
If you have a hand juicer, you can use it to speed up this step, otherwise simply squeezing the lemon by hand works fine.
Over a cup or other container, squeeze the lemon until all of the juice is thoroughly drained.
You may accidentally get a few seeds in your cup, but that’s OK.
Because lemon juice is acidic, you run the risk of damaging your hair if you apply it directly.Instead, create a mixture of one part lemon juice three parts water.You can add the water directly to the cup, or make it even easier by combining both ingredients in a clean, empty spray bottle.
This will make applying it to your hair even easier.
Stir or shake the lemon juice and water together. , If you are using a spray bottle, you can spritz it throughout your tresses or focus on the top layer to get sun-kissed highlights.
If your lemon juice and water is in a cup, use a pastry brush or hair color brush to apply the mixture wherever you’d like to lighten.
You can focus on your ends for a gentle ombre effect, or paint the mixture in streaks for highlights.
If you have enough mixture, you can coat your entire head of hair in it! , Think of sunlight as the lemon juice activator.
When your lemon juice-coated hair warms up in the sun, the lemon juice opens the cuticle and fades pigment.Apply this treatment to your hair every time you know you’ll be spending a few hours outside, and watch as your hair gradually lightens!
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