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Lightening hair Use Lemons for lighter hair

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If you comb lemon juice evenly through your hair and the dry it in the sun your hair will turn lighter repeat this for at least a week.

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Lemon lightner may be bad! Comments By: Irene Yep it's true unless you don't wanna be a bright orange head you shouldn't put lemon on your hair in the sun!you will get orange hair!!!   sorta works Comments By: me the lemon does make ur hair blonder...but not very fast. i recomend mixing it with hydrogen peroxide and water, it works faster and doesnt damage ur hair...dont believe ppl wen they say it doesnt damage ur hair cus i do it and my hiar is still healthy and soft.   it works Comments By: Anon Dunno what irene means by turning your hair orange.. maybe she had a darker shade before.. meh well it worked for me !   NOOO Comments By: steve i soaked my hair in lemon and went out in the sun all day.... got home and had abotu 5 bald patches. i am only 25   pay no attention Comments By: anon don't listen to steve, first of all he soaked it in lemon juice, second of all he could just be a pranker. i'm just saying...   gettin the orange out Comments By: Nina My plan was to go from brown with hightlights to allover blonde, just for a try. well this am i did just that only my hair has alot of orange tint to it. will puttin lemon juice on my hair take the orange out and if so how much shouldf i use???? BTW i rated the tip as "5" i haven ttried it yet but it seems like a good tip . heard about it before   a tip Comments By: elijah you can also use camomile extract... tea or whatever...   Confused Comments By: Lara Ok first of all everyone here is saying everything different what is up with that? Why can't you use sun-in. I know it may damage ur hair. If you have brown hair will it turn your hair reddish?   Don't Worry Comments By: Naomi The lemon thing works well if you already have lighter hair, that is naturally that way. People usually get the "orange" look when either they have color treated hair or they have dark hair.   i hav brown hair Comments By: crystal my hair is brown does this really work!im going 2 dye it blonde anyway soon but does lemons work??if you have brown hair and have tried this remedy comment back!thanks xxx   sun-in vs. lemon Comments By: Kelsey okay i had a friend,who has brown hair, that used a sun-in product and it turned her hair orange by her roots. I would defiantly used the lemon juice to lighten it may cause a little damage, such as drying, but i prefer it much better.   fun day Comments By: harriet Today I played on the swings it was fun love, harriet   browns vs blondes Comments By: Julie if u have darker hairlike brown or red then dont use this..simple as that. if u have lighter hair like me then its a good way to spruce up ur colour and lighten ur hair a bit mmore. i use a similar formula and it works great on my dirty blonde hair. it isnt damaging at all allthough im not sure about the hydrogen peroxide. dont try it if ur not sure and u can always ask ur doctor about it first.   brown to a nice blonde Comments By: casey your hair might have orange or red due to natural tint in your hair...I have brown hair with some auburn, it came out a bit red..but eventually turned to blonde   made my hair pretty Comments By: kate i did this one summer but like someone mentioned, i mixed lemon juice, peroxide, and water. when i started in june my hair was ugly yellow the first day but definitely lighter (i am a natural dirty blonde) and by july i was a true towhead. but i had bad roots showing. next time, i will just make streaks!! deep condition ur hair! and p.s. harriet, i love the swings!   Angel Comments By: Angela Hi, I went to a hairdresses to have a colour change. I am a brunette with blonde highlights.I asked the hairdresser to turn my hair one colour Blonde. BUT it turned orange and they tried to fix it by dying it a darker blonde. So now i have a burnt skalp with orange brown hair HELP!!!! what should i do ? because i have to wait a week to dye it again.   Er... strange questions... Comments By: Jen ... strange question but I was wondering if oranges would work the same as lemons or if it was just the lemons... TipKing says: You could try but I am fairly sure that oranges will not work   to angel Comments By: * jade * you must deposit neutral or ash over an orange hair color. you deposit by going to youll local "sallys beauty supply" and getting a 10 developer, and whatever color you like one shade darker than your hair color now. make sure is has a blue, blue-violet, ash, or neutral base!! good luck   ethnic experience Comments By: Serenity I tried Sun-in, and at first it was not so pretty. Gradually the multi-tones of red and orange and even some brassy tones were amazing against my pecan complexion, yet it will weaken your hair so..condition...condition..condition. p.s excess washing of ethnic hair is damaging. It's better to just rinse, condition, and rinse well and dry.