If you have black hair, you would rather be brunette, if you have dark hair, you want blonde … mostly we want exactly what we don't have. But the handle to bleaching is always associated with chemicals that attack our hair and can cause allergies. Fortunately, there are also some home remedies that can be used to lighten dark hair …
Lighten dark hair: the benefits of home remedies
- To make a blonde out of a brunette, you need one Bleaching. The bleaching process, however, is complex, expensive and can damage the hair. To do this, you have to be sure when bleaching that you are constantly new Stain approach. In addition, unsightly results can arise: For example, if the hair is already very stressed or already colored. On Yellow or green tinge is sometimes the result here. Especially if you don't let the professional do it. Furthermore, you can chemical agents allergies cause.
- However, if you rely on natural products that lighten your hair, you can be sure that they are as far as possible act gently, are cheap and also one in natural look create. However, the applications are not always immediately apparent and sometimes take a while to make a result clear. The good thing about it: Over time, your hair will not grow back to an unsightly beginning!
Lighten dark hair: how it works
If you want to gently lighten your hair, there are these options:
honey
Honey offers care and light lightening in one!
- It works best Liquid honey for the hair. At room temperature, it is not easy to spread, so you can warm the honey up a little (but not above 40 degrees!).
- Then mix your usual hair treatment with three teaspoons of honey and distribute the mass in the freshly washed hair.
- The home remedy works best warmth: Wrap your hair with aluminum foil and then with a towel and let the honey take effect for at least an hour.
- Then wash off the slightly sticky mass thoroughly.
Camomile tea
- Chamomile tea gives your hair a golden sheen and can change your hair color up to two shades lighten up or accent individual highlights.
- Place chamomile flowers (organic) in a bowl and pour boiling water on them.
- After ten minutes of brewing, you can strain the tea. Let the chamomile tea cool.
- Add the tea to damp hair after shampooing (works especially well with a spray bottle).
- You do not need to rinse the chamomile tea out of your hair: let the hair air dry (preferably in the sun).
- You can repeat the application as often as you want. The great thing about it is that chamomile tea is not only good for the hair, but also for the scalp Chamomile soothes the skin and soothes dandruff.
cinnamon
- Cinnamon has only a very slight effect in your hair, but is still worth trying:
- Stir a teaspoon of cinnamon with a little water, so that a creamy mass is created.
- Put some normal hair conditioner and cinnamon paste in your hair after washing your hair.
- Then wrap your hair in a towel and let the mass work for a few hours.
- Then rinse everything thoroughly.
Lemon juice
- Lemon juice has one strong effect. In contrast to the other home remedies, it can also strain and dry out the hair a bit. With this method, you should therefore pay attention to a rich care of your hair.
- Squeeze three to ten lemons (depending on the length of your hair) and then distribute the juice evenly throughout your damp hair. The use of a spray bottle is also recommended here. Note: For sensitive hair, you should dilute the citric acid with a little water.
- The effect of the lemon juice is best shown through warmth: Wrap your hair in a towel or let it air dry in the sun. The exposure time is one hour. Rinse the hair afterwards thoroughly.
Sea water and sunlight
- Sure, sunlight bleaches your hair and sea water also brightens your hair. If the next visit to the beach is a bit late, you can get one Teaspoon of sea salt in 250 ml of warm water dissolve and distribute the liquid in your hair.
- If you still have the hair dry in the sun leaves, the effect increases.
- Rinse the salt water thoroughly after an hour.
- Note, however, that both salt water and sunlight dry out your hair. Therefore, the hair needs an extra helping afterwards maintenance. Read here how you can do a hair treatment yourself.
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