Since we have a while until fall, I wanted to write this post so you all could take advantage of the summer sun. Sometimes in the summer we get natural highlights from the sun. To play up or increase those highlights, you can put lemon juice in your hair. This works best for light to medium brown hair, but it can work really well with caution on dark brown and black hair. There are a few ways to put the lemon juice in your hair.
Method #1: Before you get in the shower, cut a medium to small lemon in half. You can either bring it in the shower as is, or juice the lemon and put the juice in a plastic cup. In the shower wash your hair as you normally would. Apply conditioner to your hair as you normally would as well. Then, pour the lemon juice on any areas of your hair you would like to lighten/highlight. Rise the conditioner out as you normally would. Please use caution when applying the lemon juice, for this can discolor your hair when too much is applied. After your shower go out in the sun! Remember, your hair will not lighten immediately, this takes some time.
Method #2: Wet your hair so it is damp but not soaking. Mix juice from one lemon in a cup with water, so there is one part juice to two parts water. Add about a capful of conditioner. Put mixture in a spray bottle and spray any areas you would like lightened. Go out in the sun! The same precautions apply as from above.
The video above that I found on you tube will help! (that is not me:)
Enjoy your summer hair!!
xoxo, the oldest CC
