6. Lemon Juice

Here comes the most popular and simply method to lighten your hair, lemon juice, which is perfect for blonde tresses as well as darker hair – all credits to the presence of citric acid. But, this method must only be used when you are planning to spend the whole day outdoors. The sun will help to bleach your strands by opening the cuticles and allowing the lemon juice to lift their color.

Add a cup of lemon juice and about one-fourth cup of warm water and mix them well. Spray the mixture onto your hair, while making sure that you add ample amounts of the same around the roots. Stay in the sunlight for a good deal of time to allow citric acid to lighten your hair naturally. Until you achieve the desired results, you must reapply the mixture and bask in the sun once per hour. However, you should not stay in the sunlight for more than a half and hour in one go to avoid overexposing your hair.

Wash out after you are done in the sunlight, or you can also leave the lemon juice in your hair overnight. The juice will lead to some dryness, so make sure you moisturize and condition your tresses before and after the process. What’s great about lemon juice is that it lightens dark blond or light brown hair without leaving any reddish tones.

7. Raw Honey

Honey is one awesome natural hair dry that not only lightens your hair beautifully, bu also saves a great deal of dollars you would otherwise spend on artificial treatments. Raw honey contains glucose oxidase, which results in the production of hydrogen peroxide that works as a great bleaching agent for your lovely locks.

To try the remedy at home, what you need to gather is some honey that’s rich in hydrogen peroxide, along with some distilled water. combine water and honey in a bowl in 1 to 4 ratio. Let the mixture sit at room temperature for about an hour. Take an applicator bottle, fill it with the mixture, and apply it all over your wet tresses. You can also brush it over selective sections for highlights using a hard makeup brush.

It is quite significant to keep your hair wet all the time when you have applied honey to them in order to keep the bleaching action of hydrogen peroxide going. It is advised to use a shower cap for the same, and wait for an hour to let the honey do all the magic. Rinse the mixture out using some conditioner, and voila ! It’s all about you and your gorgeous locks.

8. Cinnamon

Another all natural hair lightening mask loved by beauty experts is cinnamon that changes your hair color with a great element of minimalism, while keeping things totally safe. And yes, it has got an amazing fragrance to it as well. Being natural sunscreen, it will not only make your hair silky and soft, but will also protect them from the harmful effects of the sun rays.

Add some cinnamon powder to about half cup of conditioner, making a thick paste of the two ingredients. Take a wide toothed comb and apply the mix onto your tresses, followed by twisting your hair into a nice bun. You can leave it on for about 3-4 hours before rinsing, or can even put on a shower cap and let it sit for the whole night. The longer you leave it, the better the results. Finally, wash the solution from your hair.

A key point to note here is that cinnamon doesn’t showcase very drastic results in the very first application, and you must be willing to be a little patient while going for cinnamon to lighten your hair. However, it will surely lighten them up to 2 tones with gradual application, ending up in some spectacular results and super smooth hair.

9. Vitamin C

Vitamin C sports a lovely softening effect on your hair as well as can lighten your hair for quite a long time. It opens the hair cuticles to bring the effect to life, and works great when used in the form of a solution. Additionally, it can speed up the lightening effect of the sun on your tresses.

You can find Vitamin C tablets easily available at most health stores, that too at a very budget-friendly price. What you need to do is place about 15-20 tablets in a Ziploc bag and use something heavy yet sturdy enough to transform the tablets into a fine powder. Mix the powder with a good amount of shampoo in a bowl (for medium length, it is advised to use about one-fourth cop of shampoo). Apply the paste onto your tresses using an applicator brush or your hands. Make a bun and cover your head with a shower cap, leaving the paste in your hair for about 2 hours before finally rinsing and conditioning it well.

While you wash your hair, you will be actually able to see the color going down the drain. What happens is that the paste opens your cuticle layer and the action of the shampoo washes away maximum of the color molecules accumulated into the hair shaft. Isn’t it quite an interesting thing to hear about, let alone actually experiencing it !

10. Henna

If you are looking for getting oh so thick, long and shiny hair, you would love the effect that henna can have on your tresses. The ingredient can be readily found in the stores, but you must make sure you are buying natural henna to get reliable and safe results. Simply grab some powdered henna and get going towards the process.

It showcases stunning end results when applied in coordination with some yogurt. So you begin by mixing the powder henna with yogurt to achieve a good consistency, followed by letting it sit overnight. In the morning, separate your hair into thinner sections using plastic gloves and clip away the top section of those divisions. Apply the henna and yogurt blend advancing towards the bottom area from the top. Make sure you wipe off the mix if it gets on your forehead to avoid any staining of the skin. After the application, wrap a piece of cloth around your head, covering all the hair. Leave the mixture on for about an hour before rinsing it out thoroughly. If you wish for a stronger color, you can always apply it again and leave it a little longer before washing your hair with some water, followed by applying a good shampoo for color treated tresses.

You must not use henna that has got chemicals in it or is black in color. Before applying it to all your hair, you can test its action on a small section and determine the time for which you should leave it in your tresses for getting your choice of color.

It’s surely no less than a miracle to achieve gorgeous natural highlights without exposing your hair to harsh chemicals, while cutting on some extra hair-treatments costs at the same time. And, when getting pretty tresses has been made such a surprisingly easy to achieve task with the aforesaid remedies to lighten your hair naturally, why wait to get the color of your dreams ?