There are plenty of safe and natural techniques for lightening up both dyed hair as well as the one that has never been coloured before. In order to change the shade of the streaks, you do not longer have to use bleaches or peroxides. In this situation, application of herbs and other plants will be much more profitable. Learn, how to prepare hair washes of hair brightening features.
Lighting up of non-dyed hair.
Natural hair (non-dyed) are much easier to highlight because the streaks are not covered with any layer of a hair dye, a hair shampoo or other colourizing product. One of the natural techniques for making your hair brighter is use of chamomile. Cover several bags of this herb with boiling water and give it some time to infuse and cool down. Obviously, the length and thickness of your hair determine the number of chamomile bags you should use. When the infusion is ready, you can wash your hair with it. In fact, it will make no difference if you apply the mixture on washed or dry hair. However, it is suggested to use a blow-dryer after putting on the chamomile infusion. If you want to accelerate working of the chamomile, expose your hair to the sun. This kind of treatment can be repeated several times per week. All you have to be aware of though, chamomile tends to make hair dry. This is the only side effect that is worth mentioning. But certainly, you can counteract this adverse condition by applying moisturizing cosmetics of high quality.
Another natural technique of making your hair brighter is use of honey and lemon. As it is not hard to guess, all you have to do is combine a few spoons of honey with lemon juice. When you obtain the mixture, apply it on hair and hold it for several hours. It is advisable to wrap the hair in a plastic bag and a towel. This kind of treatment has to be performed frequently in order to make hair moisturised, nourished and lightened up. The above-mentioned ingredients are able to affect scalp in a positive way too.
For lighting up your hair you can also take advantage of a lemon and chamomile mist. Obviously, amount of the ingredients required for this home-made cosmetic has to be set individually since it all depends on length of hair. The mist has to be poured into a disinfected bottle ended with an atomiser. Naturally, after that, you can spray your hair with the mixture. Do not forget though, to expose your hair to the sun strictly afterwards. The effects are expected to be produced fairly quickly. Just last thing that must be pointed out, remember to moisturise the hair properly after every single application of the lemon and chamomile mist.
If you are not fond of the above-mentioned techniques of hair lighting up, maybe combination of yoghurt, honey, lemon and rhubarb will win your approval. Boil the rhubarb for five minutes. After that, add yoghurt, honey as well as lemon juice, and blend all the ingredients till you obtain a pulp. Apply the mixture on the hair and hold it for approximately two hours. After that, rinse this kind of a hair mask with lukewarm water.
Lighting up of dyed hair.
All of the above-mentioned techniques will be suitable for dyed hair as well. But what are the other ways of changing the colour of coloured streaks? When it happens that we are not content with the colour of hair we obtain, we can fix this by washing the dye out using a shampoo. Suffice to wash the hair several times to make hair scales open and ‘give up’ the dye. Obviously, you cannot forget about moisturization.
Soft hair lighting up is also possible due to application of bicarbonate of soda hair wash. This white powder has to be dissolved in water and then combined with a shampoo. Next, the mixture should be applied on the total length of precisely washed hair. After that, you have to wash the hair one more time.
And what are the techniques of darkening hair? Darker shade can be obtained thanks to application of a hair wash that contains one of the following extracts: oak bark, nuts, black turnip, castor oil or nettle.
