Lemon is often used in recipes of traditional medicine, they lighten their nails, while nourishing the skin around them. Lemon for hair is used in shampoos and masks. The well-known fact that citric acid slightly lightens the hair, because it is absolutely safe way to become a blonde or just a little change the tone of the hair.
Lemon for hair - rinse
There are several methods and means for achieving the necessary clarification effect. In any case, it is worth remembering, they all act slowly and ultimately only the most patient will achieve the desired result.
The easiest way to lighten your hair with a lemon is to rinse it after washing. In this case, the state of health of the hair is important, so that they do not overdry.
- For normal hair, lemon juice is simply diluted with warm water, taking 4 servings of juice and 1 serving of water. The resulting diluted juice is conveniently poured into the nebulizer and from it to spray hair along the entire length.
- For dry hair, lemon juice is diluted in the same proportion as the hair conditioner. In this case, the effect of lightening hair can be a little worse, but you will save their health.
First it is recommended to lubricate the hands with sunscreen, then applying the product with a brush or spray on the hair, you need to stay in the sun for two hours. After a sun bath, after 90 minutes, the remedy is applied again and the sun therapy session is repeated for 30 minutes. After that, you can wash the lemon juice from your hair and treat it with conditioner. This method gives noticeable results only after 2-4 weeks, so you need to be patient.
Sometimes the question arises whether it is possible to lighten the hair with a lemon so as to highlight the strands. Yes, in this way, you can lighten not only all the hair, but also individual strands. For this purpose, the agent is applied only to them.
Hair mask with lemon
Another way to lighten hair is mask with lemon. For example, in the juice of lemon, diluted with water, you can add a decoction from the roots of burdock. With the use of such a composition, the hair will not only lighten, but will become stronger, will cease to fall strongly. To prepare it you will need:
- Pour 2 tablespoons of boiling water and boil for 15 minutes.
- Adding here half a glass of lemon juice, the resulting mixture (pre-cooled to a comfortable temperature) is rubbed into the scalp and hair roots.
The procedure should be done 10 minutes before washing your hair.
To the above mixture, you can add a decoction of chamomile and sage. The resulting decoction is washed with hair after washing as a rinse aid. Clarification of the hair with chamomile and lemon is used as a tool that has a clearing and health effect. This recipe will help to get rid of dandruff and strengthen the roots of hair, so they will fall out less and get a silky appearance.
Another mask is made using honey:
- 4 pre-squeezed and ground in a blender lemon mixed with rhubarb roots (about 30 g) and put on fire.
- Adding half a liter of apple cider vinegar, the mixture should be boiled for 10 minutes.
- The juice that was squeezed in the beginning is divided into two parts and half poured into a decoction,
adding flowers of chamomile and calendula (20 g each). - After another five minutes of boiling, the product is cooled and add to it 50 g of alcohol (95%) and honey from the acacia flowers, as well as the remaining lemon juice.
- All mixed and poured into glassware.
The mixture can be stored for a long time in the cold. Apply it should be, previously diluted 1 tbsp. Spoon the medium in 1 liter of warm water.
Lightening the hair with honey and lemon also helps to strengthen and nourish them.