Q&A for How to Highlight Your Hair Naturally

Honey is a great natural lightener but it must be raw, organic honey to work properly. For an extra boost, you can mix it with some lemon juice.

Hydrogen peroxide can be used on its own to lighten hair or mixed with other ingredients ranging from powder lightener to baking soda. Either way, you want to leave it on for no longer than an hour. The lightning power will reduce significantly after thirty minutes.

Yes, lightening your hair is always permanent. This is because it involves breaking up your natural pigment. You can easily dye over highlights, but they will never disappear on their own.

Yes. Saltwater helps to break down the pigment in your hair naturally. It's most effective when combined with sun exposure, which also lightens hair.

Yes you can sit in the house. However, the natural sunlight better helps to lighten the hair.

There is no specific time of the year; you can put lemon juice in your hair whenever you would like in order to lighten it. However, it may make more sense to do it in the summer season (for the sun and heat) unless you live in a place that has warm weather all year round.

Yes, this would be an effective combination. Just make sure the honey is raw, not just organic.

Subtle, but yes, permanent. Any lightening effect is, since it involves the removal of natural pigments.

It does but it requires a thicker cover and multiple applications to really see the difference.

The honey+olive oil treatment works best. You need to use raw honey, which contains hydrogen peroxide (lightens) and the olive makes sure that the hair doesn't receive damage.

Depending on how long your hair is, one to two lemons usually works fine for longer hair. However, make sure to dilute, so that your hair does not get ruined.

Yes, it will work, but it may take more applications. Remember not to let it sit in for too long.

Yes, cinnamon can make your hair reddish-brown.

If you use it in a large quantity and/or leave it in too long, it will damage your hair.

Peroxide is a strong acid and if you use it by itself, it may severely damage your hair or corrode it (thin your hair until it has the consistency of granny hair). For these very sound reasons, do not add peroxide to your hair without diluting it first!

Yes because you are still having the sun hit your hair and it still gives off the same heat.

Yes, but you might need more limes since they are small and contain less acid than lemons.

Yes, the acids will bleach any hair on your body the same way.

Honey and olive oil are both good for hair it will at no point damage your hair. In fact, in many countries, people use this method just to get healthy, good looking hair. Usually, this method gets your hair dark brown or light brown it all depends on what color your natural hair is.

It depends on what color your hair is in the first place. The highlighting from honey is subtle, so it'll just be a slightly lighter version of your current hair color. You can keep repeating the treatment to gradually lighten it more until you reached your desired shade.

Try doing it 3 times every week, but put coconut or olive oil on two times a week, since lime can dry your hair. Repeat the process for a month.

It depends on your natural hair color. I have black hair and the cinnamon method is turning my hair dark brown. If you have blonde hair, it will make your hair darker.

Sitting in the sun with lemon juice on your hair will expedite the lightning process, so it's highly recommended.

It doesn't make a difference what form your hair is in, as long as you can clearly place the formula where you want it to go.

Tea bags will work on brown and even black hair. This theory has been proven by scientists and beauticians.

The longer you wait, the lighter your hair will get. Going in the sun or using some type of heated tool on your hair will lighten it even more.

No. The acids that are in the lemons or limes bleach your hair. In oranges, there is no acid that will bleach it.

You can use lemon juice on its own, but it may take more applications to reach the desired color. Sunlight boosts the acids in the lemon juice.

Honey would work the best for light brown hair. Lemon will take few tries.

Yes, but you should use a cotton ball or something to apply the lemon mixture to your hair to ensure even coverage.