Modern paint manufacturers offer a huge selection of lightening products for hair, including sparing. However, there are women who do not agree to spoil the hair with chemical oxidants and prefer to lighten hair with home remedies. In particular, this applies to young girls who want to change the image and at the same time keep healthy, shiny hair. With the help of natural clarifiers it is impossible to turn from a brunette to a blonde cardinally. However, you will agree that it is better to let the hair be darker, but healthy than light and absolutely lifeless. So, consider a few popular recipes.
1-2 glasses of crushed stems and leaves (dry or fresh), 1 glass of rhubarb roots (if any), 0.5 liters of white wine. Instead of wine you can use boiling water. Cook the broth until half of the liquid evaporates, cool, strain and apply to the hair for 30 to 60 minutes. Cover the head with cellophane. Rhubarb gives the hair an ashy or light brown shade and lightens them a little.
1 tablespoon chamomile flowers , 1 tablespoon rhizomes nettles, a liter of boiling water. Boil for 10-15 minutes, insist 20 minutes. Apply the broth on the hair and warm the head with cellophane. After 1 hour, rinse the hair with another decoction of chamomile (2 tablespoons of chamomile, pour a glass of boiling water, insist 15-20 minutes, then strain). Chamomile slightly lightens hair, gives them a golden hue and healthy shine .
Read more: Clarifying masks with chamomile
Mix a small portion of shampoo with a pinch of salt or soda and wash your head. This will soften the hair. Blot the hair with a towel and let it dry. Now put the honey on your hair (better acacia) and distribute it along the entire length. For long and thick hair, it can take a lot of honey. To warm your head is not necessary, because in the warmth the reaction of honey will slow down. For convenience, you can cover the hair with a light kerchief. Keep the honey mask on your hair for at least 10 hours, then wash off. The clarifying effect is obtained as a result of the separation of a special oxidizer from honey, similar in effect to hydrogen peroxide, which only gently affects the hair. With the help of such a mask, you can even partially wash the old paint off your hair, since honey is washing away the pigment of the paints from the hair structure. As a result, the color will be more even, and the hair will become soft and silky.
This variant of the clarifying mask consists of the following components: you need 0.5 liters of vinegar, 4 lemons, 20 g of dry chamomile, 20 g of calendula, 30 g of rhubarb root, 50 g of acacia honey (you can have another), 50 g of alcohol.
Rhubarb pour vinegar and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Then add calendula, chamomile and juice of two lemons. Boil the broth for 5 minutes. Close the lid and cool the mixture. In a cold broth add the juice of two more lemons, alcohol and honey.
In order to slightly lighten the hair, add a tablespoon of the resulting mixture in 1 liter of water and rinse the hair after washing. For stronger clarification, apply the broth to the hair and leave for 30 minutes. Just do not overdo it, alcohol and lemon can make your hair dry and brittle.Read more: Clarifying masks with lemon
Another safe way to lighten hair is a mask of kefir and lemon. The natural components of the mask restore the structure of the hair, accelerate their growth.
You will need:
The amount of the composition is calculated on medium length hair. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk with whisk. The resulting mask is applied to dry hair and spread over the entire length. Heat your head with a towel and polyethylene. It is best to leave the mask for the night, but you can keep less. Accordingly, the longer you hold the mask, the greater the effect of lightening. Rinse the mask with shampoo and apply a nourishing balm .
If you still doubted that you can lighten your hair without chemical dyes, try these recipes. Perhaps they are not as effective as chemical ones, but your hair will be alive and beautiful.