Lemon Juice?
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Printed Date: November 23 2025 at 2:06pm
Topic: Lemon Juice?
Posted By: blueorca84
Subject: Lemon Juice?
Date Posted: October 01 2005 at 6:51pm
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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) |
Replies:
Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: October 01 2005 at 7:23pm
| You need to combine the cirtric acid with sun in order to get any reaction. Just soaking it by itself wont do anything. |
Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: October 01 2005 at 10:40pm
| 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. |
Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: October 02 2005 at 8:44am
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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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Posted By: LostForever
Date Posted: October 02 2005 at 3:49pm
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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. |
Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: October 02 2005 at 6:02pm
| Why not just use a high lift color in that case to create streaks where u want it lighter? |
Posted By: mysty
Date Posted: October 02 2005 at 6:29pm
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I've tried John Freida's Blonde Gel and it is good but I really didn't notice any difference. ------------- Cindy 8 months to *Mid-Back*..give or take! |
Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: October 02 2005 at 9:12pm
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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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