Hi guys! I'm 16/female, and gave dirty blonde hair, and was wanting to use a trick I recently heard of to make it blonder, by adding lemon judge and water to my hair. From where I heard, they said to leave it in your hair and stay in the sun for 30-60 minutes, then condition out. Is the conditioning necuessary? Because if I get out in the sun, I would most likely be with friends, and not get the chance to condition out till the next morning modst likely. Would it still be good to use, or should I not do it? I don't really see why it has to be conditioned out in the first place.
Dragonflymagic answered Thursday April 2 2015, 7:01 pm: I do know that there are products to dye hair, lighten it up with the sun, perm it to get curls or relax it to straighten it or iron it with heat into all sorts of shapes. Anything we do to alter the hair we were born with to look any differently is of course not a natural thing and going to have some negative effect on the hair with over use. Even over use of shampoo on hair isn't good after a point as it strips the hair of all its natural oils,(if you don't overproduce hair oil) and can tend to leave hair brittle with split ends even if you don't do any of the other harsher things to the hair. Just keep a close watch on how your hair is doing and if it isn't looking as healthy or shiny as it was before you began a certain hair treatment, then stop. Lemon juice and hydrogen peroxide are a couple things said to lighten hair. I guess its worked on some but if you end up liking the color, outcome...then you'd have to use it long term to keep the color you want so eventually over time, you will end up damaging your hair to some extent, no matter what you are using on it. Most conditioners, are just products sold to make money for the manufacturer and have little effect on conditioning a persons hair. Some may actually work but used in a shower, are not on the hair and in contact with it long term enough to have a healing restorative effect. I have ready many articles and heard that even if its just once a week that you put some conditioner on damp hair and leave it on for some time, maybe an hour at home, that it has a better chance of helping the hair. To do this, no matter what, pick a day of the week, easier on weekends when not rushing off somewhere or in the evening. Get hair wet over the sink and use towel to point its damp but not dripping, apply whatever store bought, or natural homemade conditioner or health store product on the hair and then cover it up with one of those plastic shower caps you can find at a dollar store, meant to keep hair dry when worn in a shower but used here to keep conditioner from dripping off the hair or smearing on furniture when you sit and will act as a mini sauna with the heat off your head and the moist product on your hair. The effort put out to do this once a week, no matter what every else you're doing to your hair, is bound to have a greater effect and also the best effect when you find a conditioner that used this way has a better result on you personally than others. Good luck. [ Dragonflymagic's advice column | Ask Dragonflymagic A Question ]
Ocalaphernella answered Wednesday April 1 2015, 10:25 pm: Honestly, that doesn't sound healthy for your hair at all. That's like one of those tricks like "Oreo eyeliner" which can actually SERIOUSLY damage your eyes. Just because it kinda makes sense, and seems cool, doesn't mean it is good for you. I wouldn't advice lemoning your hair and all that, but if you're going to, definitely condition it or something, because it could severely damage your hair, either way.
Hope this helps~ [ Ocalaphernella's advice column | Ask Ocalaphernella A Question ]
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