Lightening hair w/o bleach

[sassyhair]

I want to lighten my hair to a lighter shade of brown maybe like 2 shades lighter than my hair. I want a rich noticeable brown. Should I use a developer and then color or will a developer work alone. Or could I just use a blonde color to lighten?


I just dont wanna bleach no more.

 

[NeeSee]

Maybe you should just use a color. Have you found one you like?

 

[sassyhair]

I have tried using just color and it doesnt penetrate to change anything.

 

[Puddles]

I've used Sun In......and that has worked for me. It lightened my hair gradually. I had no harsh results.

HTH
;o)

 

[baglady215]

To go lighter, I think you need a developer and color. Just color alone will not lift your natural color, so you won't go any lighter.

 

[sassyhair]

Is developer damaging? what is sun-in?

 

[Puddles]

Click Here to check out Sun In.

 

[itismehmmkay]

Click Here to check out Sun In.

It's the hydrogen peroxide and benzoic acid making it lighter. I know b/c if I used to accidently get my Neutragena-on-the-Spot (benzoyl peroxide) on my hairline and it would make it lighter. I might just try this myself.

 

[IrisDaVirus]

I've used Sun In......and that has worked for me. It lightened my hair gradually. I had no harsh results.

HTH
;o)

I used Sun In back in high school and it turned my hair an amazing auburn color. It didn't cause any damage either.

 

[sassyhair]

How long do the effects of this last? Do you all think it is better than developer? I might try to lighten my hair with the sun-in and then color it.

 

[Angelicus]

Uncolor by Clariol took all my black rinse out. Then I used a ton of concentrated lemon juice and threw it in my hair. That got it light enough for a purple rinse to show.

 

[LizLeila]

This is interesting. Maybe they changed the Sun In formula because I used to hear that it was damaging (alcohol, I think). I might check it out for the summer.