How to lighten hair at home without harm?

Light hair color will never go out of fashion among the fair sex. An example of this is the many famous Hollywood stars, such as Reese Witherspoon, Charlize Theron, Diana Krueger and other divas, who for many years have made platinum hair color a trend.

Most girls associate the lightening procedure with a long stay at the hairdresser, but in fact it can be done on their own at home. However, not all ladies know how to do the procedure with their own hands, so as not to cause severe damage to the hair. About what are the nuances of such staining will be described in detail in this article.

As you know, the most effective and safer dyeing is the one for which the hair is previously prepared. To lighten hair at home, you need to carry out a number of procedures, the amount of which is often regulated by the natural color of the strands, which are planned to give a platinum shade.

Need at least a month protect the curls as much as possible from the effects of chemistry, sunlight and a hairdryer. Dry them naturally, do not often use curling irons and heavy fixing agents for styling.

It is strictly forbidden to dye your hair shortly before lightening, because it can not only affect the result of clarification, but also significantly worsen the condition of the strands.

To prepare blond or other, not previously dyed curls, for a new shade, a few months before dyeing, you can start using traditional brightening products based on food and natural ingredients. Also use intensively restoring masks from the same natural materials. A couple of weeks before bleaching should stop these procedures.

It’s impossible to quickly prepare black hair for clarification in a natural tone, so either start using folk remedies long before the planned dyeing, or use chemical products that contribute to complete discoloration. If black hair is dyed, then several washings should be carried out to a natural shade and allow curls to recover after this procedure.

In advance, rid the hair of split ends. As a result of exposure to light paint, they will become even more lifeless and will look unaesthetically. Therefore, remove a few centimeters of damaged strands in advance.

Do not wash your hair for 1 to 3 days before the start of the staining procedure. This will protect the scalp with the help of the natural fat layer that will form these days.

Of course, the process of the effect of dye on the hair will be transferred much better if the body does not experience stress, is not exposed to bad habits and receives a healthy regular sleep.

Lightening strands can be done at home with paint or powders that will not do much harm to your hair. Of course, lightening is a great stress for curls, but you can minimize it by choosing the right stain.

Compositions containing 3% peroxide should be best chosen for those ladies who, by nature, do not have very dark hair, which have never been dyed before. Also, the funds are acceptable for those girls whose hair is painted in light blond tones. Often, for safe clarification, the coloring powder is mixed with a 3% oxidizing component in a container not made of metal.

Chestnut hair requires a more aggressive oxidizing component, which already contains 6% peroxide. Thanks to this effect, the color changes by 3-4 tones.

Curls will become 5-6 tones lighter if you use a 9% solution. This paint is often taken for dyeing dark hair.

But the maximum effect allows you to get a coloring powder in combination with a 12% component, allowing to achieve platinum blonde and paint over yellowness. However, remember that the root area should do without such an aggressive effect, since it can destroy the hair follicles. An oxidizing agent with an indicator of 9% is usually applied to the roots of the strands.

None of these brighteners should be applied to hair after henna. Make sure that the henna has naturally washed off with the strands before proceeding with lightening procedures. Otherwise, you may get a rusty color.

There is also an original express way to lighten strands - use of a special spray. It is suitable initially for blonde or fair-haired girls who want to create the effect of burnt locks. The spray is not harmful, but its cost is quite high.

A popular home stain is cream paint presented on the cosmetic market in a huge range of shades. Due to its texture, it dyes hair well and gives the desired shade in one dye, provided that the hair is properly prepared. This effect is due to aggressive components in the composition of the substance.

If you want a more gentle approach without harming the hair structure, use clarifying oil. It was created on the basis of natural oils, but the dyeing procedure at one time will not be possible. Depending on the initial shade, the number of staining sessions can sometimes be quite large.

There are time-tested folk recipes for the use of products that make the shade of the hair lighter. Of course, they do not give such a cardinal effect as chemical staining, but they can rightfully be considered more harmless. However, remember that it is better not to do such experiments with previously dyed hair, since it is possible to obtain an undesirable shade. Use folk recipes only to convert natural hair color. The most relevant are the following methods.

• Chamomile decoction, which is usually done on the basis of raw materials purchased in a pharmacy. A glass of dried chamomile flowers is taken per liter of water and infused for 90 minutes. Filter the resulting infusion before use, and then quickly apply it on the curls so that it saturates all the strands. After you need to wrap your head with film material. You can evaluate the result after a couple of hours, having washed the infusion off your head, without using the foam-forming agents.

• Many ladies tried to use for clarification natural homemade kefir. Be sure to take the one that is brought from the farm, and not the one that can usually be found on the shelves of grocery stores. To brighten clean hair, you need to apply kefir, then the strands are wrapped in a film, and after five hours the composition is washed off.

• If you decide to give your hair a light tone using hydrogen peroxide, before that it is recommended not to wash your hair for a couple of days. Before starting the procedure, you need to comb the strands, and lubricate the skin in the temporal region and on the front border of hair growth with a cream of oily consistency.

The clarification mixture is prepared by combining 60 grams of shampoo, 60 milliliters of ammonia, 60–70 milliliters of peroxide and water, also taken in the amount of 60 milliliters. You need to apply the mixture starting from the back of the head, then moving to the top of the head, and ending with the side sections. After observing the color change yourself, rinse the composition from the head and, if necessary, make the tone even brighter, repeat the procedure. At the final washing off of peroxide from the head, shampoo should be used.

• You can give curls a lighter shade with lemon based mixes. It is important to check in advance if you are allergic to this citrus by applying lemon juice to the area behind your ear for 30 minutes. If a rash and irritation has not manifested, then you can start preparing the mixture.

First, a couple of lemon fruits are dipped in boiling water for a couple of minutes. After they should be cut and squeeze all the juice. All juice should be mixed with olive oil in a ratio of 2 to 1 and then warm. When the temperature of the composition becomes warm, it must be applied to the unwashed head, distributed over the hair, then put on the head a plastic bag and a towel. Rinse hair should be at least a couple of hours.

• A fairly quick lightening method is the use of powder soda. First, the substance must be sieved, and then mixed with mineral water until a paste-like consistency is formed. The right amount of soda for the entire hair is established empirically, because for each lady a different amount may be required depending on the density of the hair and its length.

• An excellent tool for healing hair in combination with lightening is natural honey. To melt the product with a water bath is necessary only if it is sugared. If not, then you just need to warm it up.

Next, you should distribute honey on clean, dried hair, rubbing it into strands. To enhance the effect, you can add lemon juice or cinnamon. After wrapping your hair and leave honey on your head for 60-240 minutes. If after washing off the effect seemed insufficient to you, then no earlier than three days later you can carry out a second procedure. In addition to the effect of faded color, the hair will also acquire a healthy shine after a similar mask.

• Those girls whose hair has a fine structure, suitable for clarification cinnamon. It, in addition to changing color, also has a beneficial nutritional effect on the strands. Sift the cinnamon powder, and then combine it in an emulsion consistency with one of the following components: lemon juice, kefir, honey, coconut oil or cucumber juice. The choice is determined by individual preferences and the availability of one or another raw material.

Using a brush, apply the composition to your strands, slightly backing away from the roots. Wrap your hair with cellophane. After 30–45 minutes, rinse off the homemade paint. Repeat this procedure after two days.

• A fairly aggressive way to give your hair a lighter tone is the use of hydroperite tabletsthat can be bought at drugstores. Two tablets should be mixed with 15 ml of pure water, after shaking these components, add another 2 ml of ammonia. This amount of ingredients is added to 25 grams of hair shampoo. For a larger mix, calculate the ingredients based on the specified proportion.

To make the process of turning into a platinum blonde at home without flaws, listen to the following tips.

• If you want to achieve a light color of hair with the help of folk remedies, keep in mind that this process will require a longer time and regularity of the procedures. In addition, the darker your natural shade, the more procedures will be required.
• With a hair spray with a brightening effect, you have the opportunity to give a lighter tone not only to the entire hair, but also to individual strands. Many ladies experiment by making the lower area of ​​the hair a tone lighter.
• Hair lightening balms also take place as an alternative with a temporary effect. But they are suitable for those ladies whose hair is prone to oily, because they have a drying effect.
• If you do not have much experience in self-clarification of hair, ask someone close to help you dye your hair on the back of your head, or use mirrors to see how thoroughly the paint has covered the hair behind. Do not forget that the clarification procedure should be carried out in good light.

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