Q&A for How to Lighten Your Hair

Chamomile tea can lighten your hair. Black tea can actually stain it darker.

Vinegar may lighten your hair slightly over time. It tends to produce subtle warmth instead of strong brightness.

Lemon juice can cause dryness, but it isn't damaging. You can follow it with a rich conditioner to make sure your hair stays shiny and moisturized.

Chamomile, honey, and lemon are great natural lighteners. You can also lighten hair with hydrogen peroxide.

Yes, you can. Try also adding hydrogen peroxide or lemon juice. If using lemon juice, make sure you expose your hair to the sun for at least fifteen minutes.

If you spray too much then it will dry your hair a little, but make sure to just condition it after you rinse it out with cold water.

You can probably use another oil like grapeseed oil, but it won't have the lightening effect. I wouldn't recommend using vegetable oil instead, if that's what you're thinking.

No, but if you want to temporarily lighten your hair, just use like a L'Oréal or Revlon temporary hair dye. Then if you decide you don't like lightening your hair, you can wait for it to come out completely or you can dye it close to your natural color.

Bleach, because it is the strongest. The others will take a lot longer and probably require multiple applications.

It may have something to do with the color of your natural hair. I have very dark, ashy brown hair and I never saw a result either. My sister has brown hair with some lighter tones in it than mine, and the hydrogen peroxide lightened hers a few shades. The only thing I've found effective for lightening my hair has been actual hair bleach. Any person working in a beauty salon or beauty supply store should be able to tell you what type of developer you need for your desired shade.

Yes. You are removing the pigments from your hair, and you cannot put them back. If you want to go back to your natural color, you can dye it back.

The bottle will say if it's raw or not. Raw means unprocessed. Most likely the honey in the bear is not raw.

Yes, the honey needs to be raw.

If may be, depending on your natural hair color. Check out Lighten Hair Naturally With Honey for some tips.

Yes, because it contains hydrogen peroxide, which bleaches hair. Things to note, however: 1. It is permanent (once you remove hair pigments, you can't put them back, you have to wait for it to grow out), and 2. Toothpaste only work on some hair colors. I've heard that it didn't work for people with really dark brown/black hair, but on my friend who has dirty blonde/brown hair it worked perfectly. You may need a few applications.

Approximately 2-3 weeks if you apply it on your hair at least 3-4 times a week. Otherwise you could use the chamomile or lemon mixture, which is much more effective and quick.

Yes, but be careful with bleach. It is very easy to lighten your hair too much.

No, purple shampoo/conditioner does not contain any lightening agents. However, it may make hair look somewhat lighter by neutralizing brassy yellow or orange tones.

Lemon, honey, cinnamon, and chamomile tea all have effective lightening properties.

No, honey certainly won't make your hair sticky as long as it is properly washed out.

No, even the most efficient lighteners (like bleach) need at least 20 minutes for a difference to be seen. For natural lighteners, upwards of two hours could be necessary for a lightening effect to take place.

No; honey only contains trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide, meaning it is much less efficient as a lightener than bleach or even hydrogen peroxide itself. You would need to leave it in for two or three hours to get a difference, and even then it would be a very slight difference. If you want a very noticeable lift, you would need to either use honey multiple times or use a more potent lightener.

Your hair might be too dark to lighten with natural products. If your hair isn't blonde or light brown, it will be very hard to lighten it without bleach.

Apply a deep conditioner and let it sit for 15 minutes before rinsing it out. You could also use a hair mask and let it sit in the shower as you do your normal routine. Keep using products like these once or twice a week until your hair feels healthy again.

You don't have to, but it helps! Adding natural UV rays when you have lemon juice in your hair can help you hair lighten faster. Just be careful, though, as sitting in the sun for too long with lemon juice in your hair can really dry out your locks.

Toothpaste isn't a great option for lightening your hair, since it's clumpy, sticky, and fairly drying. If you want to use a product you already have at home, try lemon juice, hydrogen peroxide, honey, or chamomile tea.

Lemon juice is a good substitute for lime, also orange juice. They both are in the same family as lime.

Yes you can mix the lemon juice with the hydrogen peroxide. But only use it once a week or once per month.

You can leave it in overnight, but that will dry your hair out, so make sure to rinse and deeply condition it in the morning.

The bleach in whitening toothpaste could do so, but not in an effective or desirable manner, and cleaning it out of your hair would be difficult. It's best to avoid this method.