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    Posted: October 01 2005 at 6:51pm

I hear that soaking your hair in lemon juice makes it lighter... is this true?  Because if it is, I was thinking about trying it.  I have light borwn/dirty blonde hair.  In the summer it's a nice color, since I'm out in the sun all day and it lightens up, but when it's winter and I'm indoors most of the time, it's a yucky, dull color.  At times it almost looks grey!  (I'm 14 by the way) 
Do you think using lemon juice will help brighten my hair color??  I don't want to be totally blonde, though.... just a tiny bit lighter than it is now.  Any good techniques?
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You need to combine the cirtric acid with sun in order to get any reaction.  Just soaking it by itself wont do anything.
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Also ur hair just might turn orange so beware, and this can be very drying to the hair. I don't normally like to recommend this but i hear that bblonde gel by john frieda is good for that sort of thing.
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Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's gentle. I read about a woman who ended up with a crew cut after using lemon juice on her hair.


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I would recommend using Sun-In and then blow drying the hair, but make
sure to follow up with a good deep conditioning treatment if your hair is
in worse condition afterwards.
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Why not just use a high lift color in that case to create streaks where u want it lighter?
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I've tried John Freida's Blonde Gel and it is good but I really didn't notice any difference.
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You really want to avoid sun-in, it is about the worst thing you can do to your hair. It is a product designed to lighten the hair while claiming you don't 'bleach' it. It is very harsh. Just get highlights, it's gentler.


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