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Rhubarb, added with citrus extracts lemon, grapefruit or pineapple, creates the perfect natural highlighting effect on blondes and brunettes. Time and heat from the sun will lighten and add shine to the hair. Several application might apply.
Natural Ways to lighten Hair
Lightening your hair color at home is always risky. The natural ingredients below have been known to lighten hair. You will not get a bleached effect, more so a subtle highlight change. Several applications may have to be done to notice results in your hair color.
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Henna, the colorless kind can create an herbal hair bleach by mixing with orange, lemon and cucumber juice and apply to hair.
Honey contains natural Hydrogen peroxide. Iron in honey oxidizes the oxygen free radicals released by the hydrogen peroxide.
Method for lightening hair color with Honey:
- Mix 3/4 cup honey with 1/12 cups water
- Apply to damped hair. Wrap hair in saran wrap or a plastic shower cap.
- Let sit for up to 8 hours, then rinse. Honey can also be used a moisturizing treatment. But it can remove artificial hair color.
Chamomile has been used as a natural hair lightener for countless years. A chamomile hair rinse is best used on blondes to brighten and add shine to the hair. When chamomile is used on brunettes, you’ll get a very subtle effect of sun kissed highlights that appear slightly red or copper in color. Take a look at our Chamomile shampoo recipe here
Method for lightening hair color with Chamomile:
- Place 1/2 cup of dried or fresh chamomile flowers in 6 cups of boiling water for 30 minutes
- Strain the infusion and allow to cool
- Shampoo and condition hair as normal with any brand..
- Tip head over bathtub or sink. Use a bowl underneath to catch the liquid. Pour the tea through towel-dried hair at least 3 times to ensure all strands are thoroughly saturated.
- Place a shower cap on saturated hair for 30 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
Lemon. Using lemon juice is one of the most effective natural ways to lighten hair. As with all natural hair lightening methods, this works best for blondes. Darker hair shades will lighten but will see more coppery tones to the hair.
Methods for lightening hair color with Lemon Juice:
- With lemons, you need heat. Best to sit in the sun or wrap hair with saran wrap then apply heat with a blowdryer. But the sun does work the best
- Dilute the lemon juice with 3 parts juice, 1 part water. Mix in a spray bottle and apply to hair before sunning.
- You can also add 1 tbs of Olive oil to the mixture to combat the drying effects of the lemon juice on the hair
- Always condition after using lemon juice to lighten the hair! Lemon juice is very drying on the hair.
How to Lighten Hair naturally with Rhubarb
You'll need 3/4 oz. powdered rhubarb root and 4 cups water.
Directions: Simmer rhubarb root in 4 cups of water in a pot for 1 hour. Let the mixture cool, and then strain it through a sieve.
To Use: Use the strained liquid as a final rinse after washing and conditioning your hair. Pour the rinse through your hair over and over again. Catch the liquid in a bowl. Results will be a slight, warm or bright highlights in your blond or light-brown hair.
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Natural Herbs For Hair Color Shopping List
Herbs for Pale or Golden Blonde hair:
Marigold flowers also known as Calendula , chamomile flowers, nettle, rhubarb root, safflower, mullein flowers, Catnip, rosehips, lemon
Herbs for Light to medium Brunette hair:
Bay leaves, black walnut hulls, burdock root, nettle, quassia bark, cloves, cinnamon, Coffee, Sage, Potato, Molasses, Oak bark, Red Sandalwood
Herbs for Reddish tones on brunettes and red hair:
paprika, rosehips, cloves, Cherry Bark, Beet Juice, Henna, Madder Root, Alder Bark, Hibiscus, Saffron, Rosehips
Herbs for conditioning and accentuating GREY hair:
sage, rosemary , Oak bark, Potato, black tea, Walnut, Cloves
Herbs for Warmer, Golden or Strawberry Blonde hair:
Barberry, ginger, Goldenrod Powder, Lichen, Rhubarb, Bloodroot
Herbs for Dark hair:
Alder Bark (black), Juniper, Lavender, Nettle, Black Tea, Blackberry Shoots (black), Coffee, Dock Root (black) Indigo Powder ( Deep blue black), Elder Bark (black), Rosemary, Sage
Henna Hair Color Shades: Black, Red, Sherry, Mahogany, Burgundy, Dark Brown, Light Brown, Medium Brown, Copper, Strawberry, Marigold Blonde, Neutral
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