Has anyone ever lighten their hair with lemon juice?

[Qualitee]

Is it damaging? I can imagine that it would be

 

[Katherina]

It depends on your hair. I tried lemon juice and "Sun In" in high school. It only lightened it a tiny bit with no observable damage. Permanent dye (kit from wal mart) was more damaging to my hair than lemon juice. Thinkin about trying it?

 

[Fhrizzball]

I guess it depends how dark your hair is? Perhaps use a moisturizing product with it? Honey is pretty moisturizing yet it lightens hair as well supposedly so perhaps use both in conjunction? I figure it'll have better effect during hotter months though.

 

[Qualitee]

It depends on your hair. I tried lemon juice and "Sun In" in high school. It only lightened it a tiny bit with no observable damage. Permanent dye (kit from wal mart) was more damaging to my hair than lemon juice. Thinkin about trying it?

I might

 

[Aireen]

I think it depends on the regimen and how you try to take care of your hair.

My mum did apply lemon juice to her hair at one time, it worked but broke off. She didn't care because she's always had long hair and her attitude is that it's just hair and it'll grow back.

I did once but not pure, I mixed it into a leave in conditioner. My hair got extremely light but it left some kind of weird white residue that looked like thick 3D dandruff flakes. It broke my hair a little but nothing a deep conditioning treatment couldn't protect against.

 

[nappystorm]

I tried it. Didn't a damn thing happen.

 

[Kneechay]

I had a conversation with a friend about this today. Qualitee, if you try it, let me know how it turns out...I've been looking for a hair change...

 

[Iluvsmuhgrass]

I did it back in high school. What I would do is apply it straight to my hair and go sit in the sun. It worked because I had subtle streaks that you could see in daylight. (But keep in mind my hair turns into a dark auburn color during the summer if I'm outside alot.)

I also used peroxide for streaks from time to time. It didn't kill my hair but it did make it dry. I loved the color though.